Converting a Shockwave file (non-movie) to FLV movie

[beyondthegrave]

Is it possible to convert Flash/Shockwave files (not movies, but normal Flash with animations and stuff) into FLV movies?

And this is assuming I don't have the original FLA, I only have the SWF file.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

[Ai Haibara]

You can use a video capture program like CamStudio (or whatever you prefer; check the Desktop/Screen Capture section in VideoHelp's Tools section for other such programs) to capture the video as it's playing, and save it to an AVI. Of course, that works best if you don't have to move the mouse or click on anything while the video's playing (otherwise, you could capture your mouse pointer as well, or potentially cause lag).

There are a number of SWF to AVI programs out there - but most are shareware/commercial, and, as far as I know, don't work all that well, anyway.

Once you've created an AVI, you can then convert that to FLV using the method of your choice.

[beyondthegrave]

Yeah I actually thought of that afterwards. But it doesn't seem to capture full-quality colour; gradients are appearing sectioned, and for some reason the audio capture is also not working.

Thanks.

[Ai Haibara]

Under CamStudio?

You might try capturing using a different video codec, or making sure the video codec settings are set for full (high) color. CamStudio has one (separate download) that's supposed to be better for capturing - but in my experience, it's been a slight pain converting it to a more 'universal' codec afterwards (and yes, I know I should be avoiding re-encoding it as much as possible...)

If you have the space, I think you can also try saving the video as uncompressed. Not sure how well that works for capturing, though.

What audio codec were you using to compress?