0 Replies Latest reply: Oct 1, 2013 8:41 AM by rygaar RSS

    Converting swf to flv to take advantage of streaming

    rygaar Community Member

      The problem

      My captivate 6 SWF is set to start playing after 1% download is achieved. You can see the movie at www.gmatfix.com/swf/app_videointro.swf.  My site uses the standard ActionScript3 Loader class to load the SWF, but in so doing, the entire file gets loaded before it starts playing, regardless of the preloader percentage I set. If you clear your cache and go to http://www.gmatfix.com/#/app/videointro, you will notice that there is a significantly longer delay before the file is available for playing. I would like to avoid this delay.

       

      Failed Solution

      I would like to convert the SWF to an FLV file since these (I believe) can be played in embedded flash content even while they are still being downloaded.  I removed the only interaction from the SWF (a couple of buttons on the last slide), and the advanced interactions panel (F9) in Captivate shows no interaction on any slide.  I then tried to follow the instructions from Adobe on how to get Captivate output to FLV by publishing the project as F4V and using Adobe Media Encoder to convert F4V to FLV.  However, in Media publishing options I don't see the F4V media type; only EXE, APP, and MP4.  I tried dropping the SWF directly into Adobe Media Encoder, but the SWF is not compatible with that application.

       

      What is the best way to convert an SWF (contains no interactions besides the playbar) to FLV?

       

      Thanks