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HELP! How do I download a movie file in a swf Flash file?

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mouser:
jdd,
this is one of those cases where it's really far easier than you might think.

an .swf is just a file, the reason its hard to download from your browser is that your browser wants to play it!

so you can use any download manager to download an .swf, for example the now completely free flashget (http://www.flashget.com/en/download.htm).

note you still have to find the url of the swf file, usually easy but if you have trouble, try our own URL Snooper(https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/urlsnooper/index.html).

tinyvillager:
Mouser posted while i was editing this but i'll post anyway even if it's redundant :D


This recipe should work,but i'm increasingly running into harder to get to media,and flash seems to be
a good way for people to hide their media

You basically need three things

The finder (finds whats going on in the background when you visit the webpage )<-this is essential to the whole process.The flash file should show up with an extension like,flv.,fla,swf.

Use mousers' url snooper
1)https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/urlsnooper/index.html
Right click the Url you find in Url Snooper

And shove it into the...

The download manager
2) I can't really speak for many other download managers,cause i've only used Net Transport,cause it
handles streams so well,etc.But i think a "plain jane" downloader should work

You should have the file on your hard drive at this point to play...
3)The Player,FLVplayer and Media Player classic as mentioned below should play them.


And if you want to convert,well it's kinda a jungle out there,this is the only freeware i can find for that
http://download.rivavx.de/RivaEncoderSetup2.exe

A guide for Riva Encoder
How to convert .flv (flash video) to .avi
http://www.videohelp.com/forum/archive/t259578.html

Here are some flash utility resources i have in my bookmarks ( i haven't used them,just stuff i've glanced
at and might purchase later on)

Amor SWF to VCD SVCD DVD Creator & Burner
http://www.zealot-soft.com/ <i'm thinking about buying from these guys,there programs look pretty
nifty,though i wish they'd combine their resources into one app,i think it's a sales gimmick,but oh well.  


Some stuff over here looks promising
http://bytescout.com/index.php  




Oh i almost forgot,if your dealing with youtube,google video,etc.
Check this site out...
http://keepvid.com/

  

jdd:
Thanks Mouser and tinyvillager.  I've got some homework ahead of me....I tried downloading some flash with with Flashget but it was not as intuitive as I exepcted it to be.  I guess I'll have to play around with it a little more.

Since I hadn't yet downloaded URL Snooper, maybe it will work better when I've done some snooping.

And finally, I also found the last free version of Net Transport so I'll have to give that a whirl as well.  I'll report back later.

thanks,
jdd

mouser:
I tried downloading some flash with with Flashget but it was not as intuitive as I exepcted it to be. 
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it should be as simple as pasting the url of the .swf file into flashget as a new file to download and saying download.

lanceg:
I've posted an alpha version of a youtube downloader and converter (free for testing).
If you're interested give it a shot - it's nothing fancy at this point and you'll have to download ffmpeg separately.  I provide a link to both on my page below.

Feel free to go here and read more.
http://www.krahne.com

It converts to MOV, AVI, MPG and MP4.

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