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Old April 10th, 2008, 08:38 AM   #1
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Swf Converter To Video

I've come across a project of a cartoonist in need of converting his cartoons onto DVDs. I've found a number of programs that can do this feature, but they are for PC's.

Are there any programs out there that can convert an SWF file to a Quicktime movie file or something that will work with good quality to put on a DVD?

Thanks for your time and assistance!
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Old April 10th, 2008, 09:08 AM   #2
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Not sure... but i think this will do the job: http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/

Try it and see.


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Old April 10th, 2008, 10:10 AM   #3
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I just tried it and errors came up all over the screen.

FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
libavutil: 49.4.0 libavcodec: 51.40.4 libavformat: 51.12.1
built: Feb 12 2008 20:12:17, gcc: 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363), ppc
[swf @ 0x4da5e0]Compressed SWF format not supported
/Users/Battlestation/Desktop/BOFFO/Boffography Episode/BoffographyRedo-Part1-A.swf: I/O error occured
Usually that means that input file is truncated and/or corrupted.


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Old April 10th, 2008, 10:26 AM   #4
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http://www.easywma.com/wmv/

This is another one I found, but unfortunately it did not work. I emailed the author to see if he had any suggestions.
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Old April 10th, 2008, 12:04 PM   #5
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My quicktime can open some swf files. I don't know if it's because I have flash, or a codec, but I can check a "play swf" box in my QT preferences.
He should really export the animations from flash for you, with the settings you need. This doesn't always work for me though, it depends if he has a "movie symbol" in his scene, in which case he would need to copy his frames in the movie symbol and paste frames into the actual scene.
I hate flash...

...I wonder if you can open it in flash player 9 and export from there?
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Old April 10th, 2008, 12:11 PM   #6
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In Flash File>Export>Export Movie can export directly to a quicktime movie. The cartoonist should do this and the send you the .mov files that you should be be able to get onto a DVD
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Old April 10th, 2008, 02:42 PM   #7
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Quicktime will not play the files. I've researched and the older versions of Quicktime will play the files. I found http://www.macvide.com and it seems to import and preview the files perfectly, although when I export them they come out really crappy with no sound.

This is turning out to be a difficult process, but thanks for the assistance so far.
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Old April 13th, 2008, 12:05 PM   #8
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Check this out. A little complicated at first but it did a good job the one time I used it.


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Old April 14th, 2008, 03:23 PM   #9
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Thanks, I will try it out.
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