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I’m a big fan of the Camp Chaos “Napster Bad” series that they did on Metallica back a few years - well, I ended up saving the Flash files from their site, and forgot about them - well, recently I checked their site again and they’ve converted to QT files - lower res, but better audio, whereas the Flash files are perfect resolution and can be scaled up or down without quality loss, but the sound is kinda bad… In any case, I have lots of the stuff they did, plus stuff that’s no longer on their site including games and I want to preserve these on DVD, the only problem I’m running into is converting the flash files to a workable video and possibly mixing the best video (Flash) with the best audio (QT).

So, the question is, has anyone else ever converted Flash Movie files to some other format without a loss in visual quality, and what would be the best way of going about doing it?

Also I realize the minigames probably won’t be a candidate for preservation (since they require a mouse) so is there any way I can include all the original files on the dvd, maybe as a DVD-ROM feature?

Thanks!

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Hi,

You might wanna ask ThrowgnCpr as he put together the DVD of STAR WARS - FLASH OF SPOOFS. If anyone can help you, it should be he.

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Don't forget to put "Plan 9 from George Lucas" on there.

FE<3OT

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I have done a lot of conversion from .swf files. They can be really tricky to mess with or really easy depending on how they were built. If it contains one complete audio file (e.g. song) then its easy, but if there are lots of separate little audio segments in .swf then often times, the conversion goes out of sync. I use ADShareit as a first attempt to convert the files. I have found it to be the best out there. If I still get audio sync issues, I usually just do a screen capture. set the flash up to about the correct dimensions, and record it. I like Camtasia Studio for this. Another thing that can get tricky is if there is user interaction in the .swf file. Its best to practice just how you want it to go, and then use a screen recorder.

This is all for flash files (swf) which mostly store the images as vectors (thats why they can be scaled up very nicely), however if you have flash video (flv) thats a whole other story. You just convert it like it was any other video.

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Originally posted by: ThrowgnCpr
I have done a lot of conversion from .swf files. They can be really tricky to mess with or really easy depending on how they were built. If it contains one complete audio file (e.g. song) then its easy, but if there are lots of separate little audio segments in .swf then often times, the conversion goes out of sync. I use ADShareit as a first attempt to convert the files. I have found it to be the best out there. If I still get audio sync issues, I usually just do a screen capture. set the flash up to about the correct dimensions, and record it. I like Camtasia Studio for this. Another thing that can get tricky is if there is user interaction in the .swf file. Its best to practice just how you want it to go, and then use a screen recorder.

This is all for flash files (swf) which mostly store the images as vectors (thats why they can be scaled up very nicely), however if you have flash video (flv) thats a whole other story. You just convert it like it was any other video.


Thanks for the advice - it is a SWF but I think I'll have to do a screen capture since some of these have audience participation, and it's not just one song per file, most of the clips are a few mins long with lots of dialogue and background music

I'll try ADShareit first and let you know how it goes from there

Also, is there a specific size I should use if I have to screen capture? I know it shouldn't be 640x480 or anything like that. I want the best possible video and since it is SWF I wondered if there was a way to make this anamorphic fullscreen since it can be infinitely scaled (if that's even a real term and/or possibility)
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heya, update on this!

 

In my ever long quest to free hard drive space, I'm going to be doing this some time soon