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Posted by Frank on 02/19/07 16:41
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:00:08 GMT, in 'rec.video.production',
in article <Re: swf to video>,
ushere <removethis.leslie.wand@gmail.com> wrote:
>Frank wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:42:21 GMT, in 'rec.video.production', in
>> article <Re: swf to video>, ushere <removethis.leslie.wand@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:38:01 GMT, ushere
>>>> <removethis.leslie.wand@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> best software to convert swf files (ver 4 and above) to avi
>>>>> (uncompressed)?
>>>> Dunno, why not google for it and let us know which you think is
>>>> best ?
>>>> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=swf+to+avi&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers - Neil ------------------------------------------------
>>>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>>> i have, i have. there are so many out there that i have no idea how
>>> to differentiate one from another. yes, i could download trials of
>>> them all, but life's too short for that ;-)
>>>
>>> i was hoping ssomebody had trod the path before me....
>>>
>>> leslie
>>
>>
>> I have trod the path before you, and have the sore feet to prove it,
>> too. :)
>>
>> In my situation, it wasn't just the conversion of .swf files to
>> uncompressed .avi files, it was also the conversion of .flv files to
>> uncompressed .avi files.
>>
>> Like you, I searched Google and got a zillion hits. I tried trial
>> versions of numerous programs and get widely varying results.
>> Basically, what I found was that some programs would convert some
>> files fine but not other files.
>>
>> What I finally did was getting several programs and adding them to my
>> "video toolkit arsenal" so that I would be more or less prepared to
>> convert almost anything that came my way. I can't even give you the
>> names of all of these programs; in fact, several of them have very
>> similar names.
>>
>> My best suggestion to you is that if you're lucky and all of the
>> files that you need to convert come from the same source, you may
>> just find a single program that will perfectly convert them all.
>> Else, you may end up like me with a half-dozen new applications on
>> your system.
>>
>> Good luck, and sorry that I couldn't offer more specific advice, but
>> especially when it comes to .flv files, with MP3 audio, Nelly Moser
>> audio, Spark video, On2 VP6 video, etc., the number of variations
>> seems too great for any one program to properly handle. Even with
>> just plain old .swf files, there appear to be some variations due to
>> the specific software that was used to create the file. These days,
>> there are many applications besides the Adobe/Macromedia Flash
>> products that are capable of creating .swf files.
>>
>> The above was my experience about six or eight months ago when I went
>> through all of this. Perhaps things have improved since. I don't
>> know because I haven't revisited the situation.
>>
>> As a starting point, I would suggest that you try the free trial of
>> Total Video Converter.
>>
>> http://www.effectmatrix.com/total-video-converter/
>>
>> You might also want to try Super ©, which is free.
>>
>> http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
>>
>
>many thanks for you time and input frank. nice doing business with you ;-)
>
>my main problem is getting some really cute text output from a couple of
>swf text generators into vegas 7. apparently 7 doesn't recognise any swf
>after ver 4. i like some of the ffects in textosterone, which thankfully
>puts out an uncompressed mov file as well as swf. but more often than
>not, they usually put out swf 5 and upwards. i've got winavi (works, but
>is a bit of a toy with it's gui), and i tried amor, which did an awful
>job, but then again, it could have been my impatience not reading the
>i/o details.
>
>i'll stick with mov from textosterone for the moment, the only downside
>is that the text isn't well antialised so i have to use a little blur in
>vegas....
>
>dylan had it right in his clip - big cards.
>
>again thanks
>
>leslie
Okay, but since Super © is free, you could give that a try.
--
Frank, Independent Consultant, New York, NY
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