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SWF to FLV converter

Jul 15, 2012 8:32 AM

I doing a 90 second piece of animation with music, sfx and lip-sync in CS4 on a iMac. When I test it as a swf file, it's perfect. In order to create a FLV file, I have to export it as a QT movie, then convert it. The QT movie is crap. It drops scenes and leaves residue images between scenes and some of the backgrounds are semi transparent or not there. I've tried it with different compressions, and some are better than others, but generally they suck. Is there a good converter that will take a SWF file and convert it to a FLV file? Why you can't export a FLV file in Flash CS4 is beyond me. Any info or ideas on a converter would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

17980 Views   12 Replies   Latest reply: Jack Olivor, Oct 14, 2012 10:25 AM
 
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  • Rob Dillon
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    1. Rob Dillon,
    Jul 15, 2012 12:06 PM   in reply to dbthumb
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    You can't export to flv directly from Flash, in any version. For the best quality, you want to export your movie as an uncompressed quicktime video and then create the flv file using another application. If your movie won't export correctly as quicktime then you may need to resort to recording the screen playback of your swf file.

     
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    Jul 15, 2012 1:57 PM   in reply to Rob Dillon
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    In QT incompressed it's terrible. Isn't there a 3rd party program that can convert a SWF file to FLV?

     
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    Jul 15, 2012 2:56 PM   in reply to dbthumb
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    None that I know of.

     
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    4. dbthumb,
    Jul 15, 2012 3:29 PM   in reply to Rob Dillon
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    Thanks Rob, But, why on earth doesn't Flash export their own format file? Why convert it to a QT movie and use that in their converter to make a FLV file.

     

    My file is only 480 X 303 pixels in size, and converting to QT it's all of the above problems. Have you any suggestions as to how I can get the QT export to actually copy the SWF file in quality and sync? Fill me in on "recording the screen playback".

     
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  • Rob Dillon
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    Jul 15, 2012 3:45 PM   in reply to dbthumb
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    Exporting to video can be problematic. Flash only likes to export animation on the timeline. It has a problem with exporting animation that is produced using Actionscript. Some works, most doesn't.  You may have more success if you chop up your movie into small chunks and export each smaller movie as a separate QT movie. Then you can piece them back together in a video editor app.

     

    You may be able to record the playback of your Flash swf using a third party screen recorder application. There are many available for either Mac or Windows.

     
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  • Rob Dillon
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    6. Rob Dillon,
    Jul 15, 2012 4:03 PM   in reply to dbthumb
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    Flash can only export a limited subset of an swf. Anything created on the timeline will usually work, most actionscript animation will not. The complexity of the animation will also impact the success of the export. I have had to cut up a flash movie into smaller chunks and export each chunk separately. Then I pieced the movie back together in a video editor to get the final product.

     

    You may be able to record your movie's playback using a screen recorder application. There are many available for Mac and Windows.

     
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  • dbthumb
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    7. dbthumb,
    Jul 16, 2012 8:37 AM   in reply to Rob Dillon
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    Because if overlapping music, sfx and VO's, it's really tough to break it down into smaller units. I might as well go back to film animation and lay in all the tracks separately. I have found numerous SWF to FLV converters on the Internet. I'm going to research some of them and download trials and test them. Because the SWF file played everything perfectly, it just makes sense to go that route. I'll let you know how it goes if you want. Thanks again.

     
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  • Dwight SIMS
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    8. Dwight SIMS,
    Jul 17, 2012 1:01 AM   in reply to dbthumb
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    To be honest, videos exported from Flash directly do suck no matter what the output settings are. So, I always use the third-pary tool SWF converter Mac to convert my SWF files to MOV videos so that I can import them into iMoive.

    I've had this tool for nearly 9 months, it works good till now.

     
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    Jul 17, 2012 5:16 AM   in reply to Dwight SIMS
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    Thanks Dwight, I downloaded it and it works like a charm! Is there any difference between the free version and the paid version? It doesn't specify that the free version is a trial version or what.

     
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    Jul 17, 2012 11:29 PM   in reply to dbthumb
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    A watermark will be left on the output if the software is not registered.

     
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  • droidcub
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    11. droidcub,
    Aug 24, 2012 5:46 AM   in reply to dbthumb
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    i was able to convert swf to flv using on2flix pro

     
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  • Jack Olivor
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    12. Jack Olivor,
    Oct 14, 2012 10:25 AM   in reply to droidcub
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    Tried After Effects.  First frame turns into a 50% opaque still over the whole video on render.  Audio doesn't come through either.  File is fine in Premiere but no audio.  [edited]

     
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