SWF poor quality and poor lip sync?

I normally use After Effects and today is my first time experimenting with Flash.
I create virtual presenters that are filmed against a green chromakey screen. I use Keylight in AE to key the green and replace it with different backgrounds. These are then saves as .FLV files.
In my current project the client really wants SWF files. I have tried to convince them to accept FLV's but they won't take them. So, my task is to basically convert my high quality FLV files created in After Effects to SWF's.
I've imported the FLV into Flash and exported it again as an SWF. However, the quality is very very poor and the video is playing at half the speed of the audio, which throws the lip sync off.
Can some please walk me through the correct process of importing the FLV and converting it to a high quality SWF file? As this is my first time with Flash it will need to be a 'take my hand' walkthrough as Flash is very new to me and I am not at all familiar with the softwae interface etc.
The poor quality SWF I created is attached, as well as the high quality FLV I am working from. My task is to create an SWF that replicates the quality of the FLV.
Many thanks.

I would take what Kglad has said a little further. Lyp syncing a live action video of a person with flash is impossible. You could probably do it with some kind of animated figure.
The client is not always right. Unless they have a limitless budget and are willing to fund you and a team for a year or so, I would suggest that you all take a look at why they want a swf.
If they think it is because swfs offer good quality, scalable raster graphics, in a small file size...well they are wrong. For this kind of video the file size will be just as large or larger than an FLV and it won't scale up without getting pixelated.
If they think it is because the swf is easy to play back and an FLV isn't...well they are kind of correct. But in that case the answer is to create some kind of player that plays back the FLV.
Those are the only two reasons that I can think of why someone would say, "Oh we have to have a swf."
Maybe there are others?

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