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06-May-2005, 04:42 PM #1
Powerpoint 2001 for Mac and *.swf files
I'm attempting to run a download *.swf file on a Mac OS X computer, as
part of a PowerPoint presentation. I can't run it embedded in PowerPoint.

QuickTime Player is the default player for SWF files and it won't play
it because the file "contains invalid media" or some such stuff.
Internet Explorer for Mac will not play the *.swf file at all. Safari
will play the file, but about halfway through it goes blank and stops
playing. These are the only applications that will open the *.swf file.

Is there any way to convert the *.swf file into a format playable by
QuickTime, or hopefully, PowerPoint?

when played in Safari, the Flash file stops at the same spot every
time, just as the file opens a pop-up. In case you're wondering, the
file in question is located on www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html .
I downloaded it from http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.swf.

Note:
you'd have to view the webtoon to get why the pop-up appears. I am
viewing the webtoon with the "Block Pop-ups" option off.



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11-May-2005, 12:04 AM #2
Not sure, as have not had to do this, but as a quick guess, have you looked into the following as options to convert the .swf file into something else?

http://www.winavi.com/swf-to-avi.htm
http://www.multidmedia.com/software/zinc/
http://www.flashkeeper.com/fk/swf2exe.htm
http://www.download.com/sort/3150-6676_4-0-1-2.html

Whatever you do, if successful, please reply to let us know what did and didn't work - thanks and good luck!
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02-Jun-2005, 02:27 PM #3
I ended up just linking an action button to the website, and playing it in Internet Explorer. It was the way that worked the most consistently, and it was much nicer-looking than playing the *.swf, because the SWF file version played outside of the boundaries of the screen, and apparently the pop-ups that were part of the show made the entire works gum up. That's not to say that I didn't keep a copy of the SWF on my computer, for my viewing pleasure.

The SWF-to-AVI was the first one and only one I tried, and I greatly disliked it because it left a HUGE nag reminder saying "to remove this nag, buy this product" which was actually as large as the 45 pixels x 45 pixels screen that the "converted" show was shrunk down to (from almost full screen on the original show)

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20-Jun-2005, 05:44 AM #4
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Originally Posted by holy_saiyan1

Is there any way to convert the *.swf file into a format playable by
QuickTime, or hopefully, PowerPoint?
FLash to Video Encoder is a good program for converting Flash animation into *.avi files.....
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