Anybody know how to convert swf (shockwave flash) files to mpeg2? I've got transcode, mplayer, ffmpeg, etc but I can't figure it out. I thought about dumping with mplayer, but it won't play. Can I compile mplayer with shockwave flash support? Thanks ahead of time.

ffmpeg will do it.

I have "ffmpeg version CVS, build 3277056", there's no option to compile with swf support. Here's what I get when running ffmpeg:

ffmpeg -i ghost_player.swf output.mpg
ffmpeg version CVS, build 3277056, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
configuration: --prefix=/usr --enable-a52 --enable-gpl --enable-shared
built on Aug 28 2007 20:56:35, gcc: 4.0.2 20051125 (Red Hat 4.0.2-8)
[swf @ 0x5691c0]Compressed SWF format not supported
ghost_player.swf: I/O error occured
Usually that means that input file is truncated and/or corrupted.

I had this problem some time ago and could do it using a python script 'edit.py' from the 'pyvnc2swf' package.

/usr/share/pyvnc2swf/edit.py -o output.mpg input.swf

or simply type 'vnc2swf-edit' and use the provided interface.

Okay, thanks. I tried that and I get like a 2kb file output.
Apparently the swf file I'm trying to convert is in compressed format. How can I decompress this thing?

well, I guess it depends on what kind of object is inside the .swf. I cannot say anything to this as I don't have the file. If you post a link or upload it somewhere I'd take a look at it.

Okay, check it out:
http://www.wfeca.net/users/rbandmb/ghost_player.swf

this file does not play for me anywhere, not even in flash player or gnash. How did you play it ?

With Firefox web browser.

this file does not contain any video, it only contains the controls for the player.

edit: it's the player applet from break.com, they use embedded .flv videos. You need to retrieve the url of the embedded video and then download the .flv.

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Oops, sorry almatic. Here you go:
http://www.wfeca.net/users/rbandmb/l...occer-ball.flv

now you can use the ffmpeg command from above. It will produce an mpeg1 though, if you want mpeg2, add option '-vcodec mpeg2video'.

ffmpeg -i video.flv -vcodec mpeg2video video.mpg

I wound up encoding with mencoder. ffmpeg complained with "could not find codec parameters".
Thanks for your help.

Also trying to convert swf to flv but with no luck. Here is output:

r@ZAGADUM1:~/Рабочий стол/видео для редактирования$ vnc2swf-edit -o 002.flv 001.swf
Using pygame 1.9.1release
Input movie: version=7, size=800x600, framerate=25fps, frames=1470, duration=58.8s.
Output movie size: 800x600
Scanning source swf file: 001.swf...
MP3: stereo=0, samplerate=44100, initialskip=1633
.................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... ......................................................................1470 frames written (duration=58.8s)

And I get file with no video and no audio.
Maybe somebody knows how to do that?

Hey, im also facing the same issue, running in circles, dedicated the entire day finding a solution to this matter...

i have tried ffmpeg, mencoder, pyvnc2swf, and nothing has ever given me any hope whatsoever! im having the same output as Rulet1... all blank! nothing but a tiny 9kb file.

Rulet1, have you found a solution to this problem?