Any gurus here that know how to capture SWF from the web?

[sdsumike619]

I would like to capture each portion of this flash presentation to my computer and convert it to video to make a DVD out of it (there is no copyright on this)
http://www.3rdear.com/861info/
Can someone tell me how to do this?

[redwudz]

Looked at this guide yet?: https://forum.videohelp.com/topic270338.html

[sdsumike619]

Didn't find what I was looking for there, so I PMd the OP of that thread to see if he knew anything that would work for my situation...

[Des]

The .swf file d/l to my Opera browser cache and I could play it from there. I'm sure the same would happen with IE, Netscape or Firefox. So, capturing doesn;t seem like it would be necessary.
Check you browser cache by date and then file type.

Not sure of the best way to convert to video as I've never tried. Others, I'm sure can help with that.

--dES

[sdsumike619]

Thanks! I hadn't thought about the cache, I'll clear all my cache out and then go to the video page to make it easier to find..

[mohnitor]

This isn´t just 1 swf file.
The menu.swf is charging every part of the file separately.
Easiest way: click on every link of the menu flash, then, when this part is completly loaded: check in your Temporal Internet folder for the new swf file. menu.swf, one is called 861_2.swf etc.
Copy each file from the temp Internetfolder to a folder of your choice.
Until you have all swf files, all instances of the presentation.
After that it´s your choice how to capture these swf files to video.

[sdsumike619]

got it, thank you for the help. I do notice that in between segments it has to load each one which is probably when it's downloading to the cache. I should have thought of that! Thanks =)

[mohnitor]

You can also download the file one by one:
http://www.3rdear.com/861info/861_1.swf
http://www.3rdear.com/861info/861_2.swf
http://www.3rdear.com/861info/861_3.swf
http://www.3rdear.com/861info/menu.swf
etc.

Haven´t checked all files, but you simply figure this out.

[sdsumike619]

even more helpful, thank ya again

[t0nee1]

CamStudio will work also...it'll convert straight to avi...

[sdsumike619]

I've got the 10 swf files downloaded now. I'm trying to figure out how to convert those to avi files. I tried a few tools, no such luck yet..

[Midzuki]

ZD Soft Screen Recorder.

[theewizard]

SUPER will convert some swf files to avi and most flv files to avi

also there is bytescout swf to video, is trial ware, that will convert the files to avi

[DarrellS]

You can try a program called Sothink SWF Decompiler. You can download the program called SWF Catcher for free as a seperate download or bundled with the demo.

http://www.sothink.com/product/flashdecompiler/

http://www.sothink.com/product/swfcatcher/ie/index.php

http://www.sothink.com/product/swfcatcher/firefox/index.php

SWF Catcher will find the SWF files on a webpage and download them for you.

[sdsumike619]

I've been messing around with this bytescout swf to video program and it's pretty much junk. The encoder hangs and has all these issues. So I'm going to try one of the other programs now.... Has anyone here successfully converted an swf to avi?

[Des]

You can try Wondershare Flash to video converter (not a sales plug).

My brother tells me he's used it in the past with good sucess.

http://www.swftools.com/tools-details.php?tool=4493200624

I'm surprised Super didn't work, though not terribly surprised.

--dES

[Supreme2k]

Flashants is great for swf conversion. Also try Super, as previously mentioned. CamStudio is pretty good, too.

[Midzuki]

sdsumike619 wrote:

Has anyone here successfully converted an swf to avi?

Yes.

[DarrellS]

Has anyone here successfully converted an swf to avi?

I've tried a whole lot of programs trying to convert SWF to AVI and I haven't found one that will do it although all of them say they will.

The only way that I think I was able to do it was with a screen capture program which is not the same as converting to AVI.

A SWF file is usually made up of thousands of jpeg or bitmap images and an MP3 file. It could be made up of a bunch of pieces like lips, eyes, arms etc and a script telling the pieces what to do at a certain time. Pretty hard for a program to make an AVI out of something like that.