Thank GAOTD team for offering this piece of swf to video conversion program for free.

I know a program (called Clone2Go Video Converter) that can also be used to convert SWF to all sort of video formats such as AVI, MP4, 3GP, etc. However, after using sothink swf to video converter, i'd like to make a simple comparison between them in terms of the SWF to video conversion feature:

1. Both can convert Flash SWF to AVI, MPEG, iPod/PSP (MP4), 3GP.
2. Sothink can convert Flash SWF to animated GIF and image series (BMP/PNG/GIF/JPEG), while Clone2Go cannot.
3. Sothink can add watermark, logo, copyright image onto the created video, while Clone2Go cannot.
4. Sothink can Add watermark, logo, copyright image onto the created video, while Clone2Go cannot.
5. Clone2Go can convert between all popular video formats such as avi, mp4, wmv, flv, 3gp, rm, rmvb, etc.
6. Sothink support Flash movies including Action Scripts, movie clips, and sound.
7. Clone2Go can help to customize profile for the output video file.
8. Clone2Go has support for a variety of mobile players such ipod, iphone, zune, psp, blackberry, mobile phone, etc.
9. clone2go also servers as a YouTube downloader which can help to download videos from YouTube/Google and other video streaming websites.

sucringing  –  17 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+77)

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The Good
* Straightforward and easy to use.
* Can convert to AVI, MPEG, MP4 (iPod/PSP), 3GP/3G2 and (animated) GIF.
* Can convert each SWF frame to BMP, JPG, PNG and GIF image.
* You can add an image watermark before you convert.
* You can crop your video before you convert.
* You can record in "interactive" mode or "frame by frame".
* You can add audio from an external sound to your video.
* You have control over the FPS, bitrate, etc. for your output videos.
* You can choose to convert the whole SWF or just parts.
* Not too bad on computer resources.

The Bad
* Program crashes for me when trying to convert a Flash 8 SWF video.
* You can't control any of the output settings (FPS, bitrate, etc.) for MPEG except the MPEG type.

Free Alternatives
SWF to AVI
Super

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Ashraf  –  17 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+74)

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Cropping works great, but conversion to video leaves a bit to be desired. Every encode I ran made a super-fast playing clip (about a 10 second SWF compressed into a 6 second AVI). I couldn't get the audio to rip. Didn't bother with the watermark feature after all the other problems.

Might be useful for people that want to capture interactive flash games where timing is moot.

oni.ookami  –  17 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+26)

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I have been searching for a tool to convert swf files for a long time, downloading each of the video capture utilities from GOTD. None of the others convert swf to video. Very frustrating, because youtube does not support the swf that many of my video's are in. This Sothink SWF Converter did the job very nicely! SWF is compiled flash and most converters can't do anything with it. Even $700 Camtasia can't import swf. It appears that this converter re-records the video, but allows me several options. For example, I bumped up the bitrate to 24 rather than the default of 12 to support youtube HD definition. Additionally this converter provides me the ability to easily capture multiple screenshots for real low bandwith needs. The audio was exactly in-sync and good quality. Many web servers don't natively stream .swf without special code, so this will help me there as well.
This is a GREAT solution! From my initial testing, the conversion quality looks great. Thank you Sothink and GOTD! The best giveaway of the month!

Dan Peay  –  17 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+12)

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1. Some commenters think swf is the same as flv from youtube and say they have a lot free video converters.
swf is a fast small vector cartoon requiring a PC program to play.

2. "swf to video" is the only soft to migrate flash vector cartoons from PC to video players. I know only 2 free alternatives with less features.

3. Sothink are experts in everything for swf format: composing, decomposing, converting. All that are not everyday task and not needed for everyone. So please do not rate negative if you do not need it today. Some day you will realize they are the best in swf.

4. To #7 - interactive menu can be skipped or the choice can be pre-defined.

Serg  –  17 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+12)

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