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how can I convert swf files to avi?

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Curt:
cdblu, there is no file format that can make this swf file play any easier. Any problems must be in your Internet browser / browser's apps, or PC, as swf is The Smallest video file format you can have - flash or not.

mikiem:
If it helps at all...

SWF video is usually 15 fps, & there are a couple of codecs used. TO convert SWF to avi, the easiest way I've found personally is with Super; swf to avi isn't the most common or popular conversion. For a light weight player of saved swf on your hdd, you might look at SWF Opener. With 6 tabs open, playing the linked swf file, Firefox in TaskMgr showed 211,000kb -- in SWF Opener, it got to about 131,000kb. If I had to guess (which is what I'm doing  :) ), I'd say part of it was the codec implementation Camtasia used, though that is just a guess. I opened a flv I had (the actual Shockwave format video in an SWF) and it was in the 17,000 kb range. If you watch TaskMgr though you'll also see the memory usage go up along with frame numbers... The linked video has a large frame, & as the amount of visual data increases, so does the memory to hold it.

While it's possible some other software of DS filter could be effecting playback, in the end I'm inclined to mostly blame the Flash video format -- as codecs or formats go it's at or near the bottom, & the only thing going for it is people tend to hate MS, so it has the 2nd most available player. :P

Curt:
I will second that SUPER may be one of the finest converters you can have, but to call it "the easiest way"? No, I cannot second that! It took me a long time to learn how to use SUPER the best way, and during that process I found quite a number of converters that would do the job   as good or even better   easier. Anyhow; there was no problem with the flash file which started this thread. My guess is that the "300.000" he saw in TaskManager made him think it ...[deleted nonsense]. I tested the file, and it was all normal.

canarsie:


   if it's 'you tube' videos you would like to convert this is a nice program;

    http://www.xilisoft.com/youtube-video-converter.html

PhilB66:
1. FLV Convert by James Hansen (aka Qjimbo)

"Description: Using ffmpeg, this program acts as a frontend which allows you to convert FLVs to MPEG or AVI"

Discussion at http://forum.doom9.org/archive/index.php/t-104183.html

2. Online FLV Converter (I have not tried this service yet)

3. Good info on .flv file converterss at http://1024k.de/bookmarklets/video-bookmarklets.html (Scroll down the page)

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