Re: [Swftools-common] Fwd: video problem - RESEND

[Phil Rhoades]

Matthias,


On Sun, 2007-07-15 at 22:23 +0200, Matthias Kramm wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 01:35:29AM +1000, Phil Rhoades wrote:
> > I have downloaded and am trying to convert swf:
> >     http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/EMPIRE17.swf
> > to some sort of video [...}
> > 
> > swfextract Empire17.swf
> > [...]
> >  [-i] 6 MovieClips: ID(s) 28, 29, 47, 48, 60, 63
> > [...]
> > 
> > Then I run:
> >     swfextract -i 48 Empire17.swf -o out.xxx
> > 
> > and I get an out.xxx which is a little smaller than Empire17.swf but it
> > appears to be another swf file?
> 
> A "MovieClip" in Flash Slang means a SWF file recursively embedded
> in another SWF file. It's not a real video file.
> 
> There are solutions for converting SWF to Video, but none of those
> are contained in swftools. (Except for swfrender, which gives you single
> frames out of some simple SWF clips)
> 
> One example for a solution to your problem might be
>     http://www.flash-video-mx.com/
> which I didn't try personally though, so I don't know how good it works.


Thanks for that - unfortunately it is a Windows only program (and it
doesn't seem to work with wine) - I have put a note on their wish list
for a Linux version.

Regards,

Phil.
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