components to convert SWF to MOV

[David S]

Anybody know what's involved in converting a Flash SWF file to a MOV file that can be viewed in Quicktime on Apple computers? (The problem with most Camtasia videos embedded into web pages is that they require an OCX control that prevents them from being viewed in Mac environments. I have something that will download these files, and I want to add an option to convert to a format that's viewable to Mac users.)

[Tim Sullivan]

Post by David S
(The problem with most Camtasia videos embedded into web pages is
that they require an OCX control that prevents them from being viewed
in Mac environments. I have something that will download these files,
and I want to add an option to convert to a format that's viewable to
Mac users.)

Apparently, that has been resolved with Camtasia v3 and v4. Addiitonally,
Camtasia supports export to QuickTime as well as Flash, so you could always
re-export them as Quicktime if you can't upgrade for whatever reason.

[David S]

Well, you're right, but ...

I'm thinking about this from the other angle: Mac users with
access to a PC who want to download Camtasia videos to watch
offline on their Mac or iPod.

I strongly doubt that many folks will bother to re-do all of
their existing Camtasia videos. And remember that LOTS of these
kinds of things were NOT generated with Camtasia, but with one
of the many freeware programs -- that have NOT been upgraded.

Post by Tim Sullivan

Post by David S
(The problem with most Camtasia videos embedded into web pages is
that they require an OCX control that prevents them from being viewed
in Mac environments. I have something that will download these files,
and I want to add an option to convert to a format that's viewable to
Mac users.)

Apparently, that has been resolved with Camtasia v3 and v4. Addiitonally,
Camtasia supports export to QuickTime as well as Flash, so you could always
re-export them as Quicktime if you can't upgrade for whatever reason.
--
Tim Sullivan
Unlimited Intelligence Limited
http://www.uil.net

[Dennis Landi]

Post by David S
Well, you're right, but ...
I'm thinking about this from the other angle: Mac users with
access to a PC who want to download Camtasia videos to watch
offline on their Mac or iPod.

Can't you just install the flash player on the MAC? That will certainly
view any SWF file. Or does Camtasia have some sort of internal
handshake/lock implemented? (doubtful).

-d

[David S]

Post by Dennis Landi

Post by David S
Well, you're right, but ...
I'm thinking about this from the other angle: Mac users with
access to a PC who want to download Camtasia videos to watch
offline on their Mac or iPod.

Can't you just install the flash player on the MAC? That will certainly
view any SWF file. Or does Camtasia have some sort of internal
handshake/lock implemented? (doubtful).
-d

I'm still quite new to the Mac world, so maybe there's some
kind of workaround that's I'm not aware of. I am able to play
SWF files on my iMac; just not through the typical embedded
links that Camtasia and other software create.

The problem is that these programs all insert an HTML <OBJECT>
or <EMBED> tag in the page that requires the browser to play
the file through an ActiveX plugin, which is meaningless in
Mac environments. I've tried to get Safari to play these in
lots of pages, and it just doesn't work.

As far as I can tell, they don't inject code to detect
environment settings. If they did, then a link to the SWF file
would be sufficient. The Flash Player is a windows browser
plugin that relies on ActiveX to implement it.

-David

[k***@gmail.com]

在 2006年12月18日星期一UTC+8上午9时09分45秒，David S写道：

Anybody know what's involved in converting a Flash SWF file to a MOV file that can be viewed in Quicktime on Apple computers? (The problem with most Camtasia videos embedded into web pages is that they require an OCX control that prevents them from being viewed in Mac environments. I have something that will download these files, and I want to add an option to convert to a format that's viewable to Mac users.)

I usually convert swf to mov, mp4, avi and etc on Windows with freeware HandBrake and: http://www.kvisoft.com/swf-to-video-converter/