S.O.S. - Converting SWF or F4V to a video format!!!

I have these tools at my disposal:
iMac with commonly preloaded apps
QT 7 Pro
Captivate 5
CS4 Web Premium
Why can't I seem to come up with a solution to convert any rpoducts of .cp project file or a published .swf or .f4v to a video format (other than .swf or .f4v)???
HELP!!!
This is me calm.
Thanks in advance for your input.

Thanks for the quick reply but I omitted to mention that I am not trying to maintain interactivity in this particular video.
I simply grabbed screen shots from an iPhone app and added mouse clicks and paths to the images for what I thought would've been an effortless, quick video.
With this clarification I hope somone has a recommedation on converting either a(.swf) or (.f4v) or (.flv) into a format that is accepted by iMovie?
Thanks again community,
- B&C

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3. Set advanced settings
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