--- In [email protected], "comfederation" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No it's not OK ;) > > When a company has different file formats then it's really sad and > unfortunate to have to rely on third party tools for conversion > between those formats - if for no other reason then integration and > overall better experience. > > My laymen understanding is that FLV is a streamable video format and > like you said SWF is like an exe. Well actually it's more like Java > byte code in that it is a stream of byte code that is only > understandable by the Flash Player. > > If you look back through some of the responses or maybe they are on my > other post, you will see that at least one person on this forum has > suggested using SnagIt or some other screen capturing tools. No, > indeed it is not OK if folks who are evidently at least dabbling with > Flex and there they are suggesting third party screen capture tools. > > Not only is it not OK but it is quite sad that Adobe, who is smack > deep in this space, has left even one developer thinking of resorting > to such band aids. I for one am disgusted by it and only because they > know the best how to "play" a SWF file and how to capture the video > "stream" that comes out of it. > > Enough said on my part.
Adobe has Captivate, though I'm not sure it can do flv, since the idea behind Captivate is to create _interactive_ movies. I guess maybe no one at Adobe sees much value to stripping all the intereactivity out of files provided in the swf format.
