swf to mp4, mpg, avi, etc

[chadstone30]

Hello,

I have a .swf flash file that I am trying to convert to .mp4 so that I can use it on my iPod.

I am using ffmpegX 0.0.9x and my MacBook Pro. When I open the .swf with ffmpegX the "Source format" pane says the format is "unrecognized." If I try to transcode the video anyway it finishes in less than a second and gives me this "Process Information" when I click on the "i" in the blue circle:

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Sun Dec 17 15:05:30 EST 2006
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
[swf @ 0x5597b8]No media found in SWF
/Users/chadly/Desktop/I Work at Burger King.swf: I/O error occured
Usually that means that input file is truncated and/or corrupted.

I don't understand why ffmpegX can encode to flash but not from flash. Can anyone help me?

thanks, c

[Case]

[swf @ 0x5597b8]No media found in SWF
/Users/chadly/Desktop/I Work at Burger King.swf: I/O error occured

I bet it said 'Unrecognized/No video/No audio' in the Summary window.

I don't understand why ffmpegX can encode to flash but not from flash.

ffmpegX can encode to FLV, while not every SWF file contains (FLV) video. Your clip likely wasn't really video, but a background picture with a scripted quasi moving mouth.
You could try to capture it as real video with a tool like Snapz Pro X.

[chadstone30]

dude, you're exactly right. what i ended up doing was using a program called WinAVI that converted it perfectly. thanks anyway though. c