Converting FLV or AVI to SWF format

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Permalink Reply by David Kapuler on October 26, 2009 at 1:03pm

I had this issue too when I recorded something using Jing and it turned it into SWF which is a flash file. Flip4Mac may work, but what I ended up doing was this. I opened the flash file using a browser (in my case Safari). Then I used Screen Flow or SnapZpro to record what I was watching in Safari.

The reason I had to even do this was because I recorded something in Windows using Jing (it was free and had nothing that supported windows) and then I put that on my Mac and used a "purchased" recording app that I had to convert that SWF file into a Quicktime file.

Sounds crazy, but it worked and I hope this helped.

Permalink Reply by Ben Stafford on October 26, 2009 at 1:33pm

QuickTime Pro and Perian...maybe? Use Perian to allow Quicktime to play swf files and use QT Pro to export to another format.

Permalink Reply by David Kapuler on October 26, 2009 at 2:00pm

I'm not positive, but I think Quicktime will play SWF files w/ the Perian plugin w/out audio. At least from my recollection.

Permalink Reply by Pamela Jackson on October 26, 2009 at 5:31pm

Thanks for the feedback, but I'm not sure if I'm saying it right. The problem is that I'm using a CMS (Weebly) that requires me to upload a video file that is a SWF format. It will only play SWF. I have AVI and FLV files and and am unable to convert it to SWF. I know this may sound a bit weird, but that's what it asks for.

Permalink Reply by Pamela Jackson on October 26, 2009 at 6:54pm

Found an online file converter in Delicious http://www.youconvertit.com. Vidflash.com was a download; prefer online. Will try it tomorrow at work.