what do i need to play a .swf format file?
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http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=SWF\n\nThere's a list of apps that may help
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it is just the player to play flash animation on web pages, go to www.macromedia.com for more info
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Install the flash player in a dedicated directory/folder
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there is a plug in for quicktime called "flip4mac" that plays wmv formatted files...\nhttp://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_download.htm
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The easiest way is to get a DVD authoring tool. Any one could import flash files.\n\nAnother cheesy way to do it, is to Convert the FLA to AVI (via  file save as).\n\nAfter you have the .avi you can convert it to any format you want by using any conversion tool
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Hi. Are you trying to play the .swf files on your own pc and not on the net? If so, just clicking them on your pc won't let you play it, even if you have the most updated Shockwave Flash Player.\n\nInstead, try opening them on your browser. Right click the .swf file, and click "Open with", a list of programs will come up. From there choose your Internet browser. (ex. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc.) If you really have update you Flash Player, you should be able to view them play on your browser. :-)
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Does it say that you don't have the program to run it, or is it the message box that gives you the option of choosing the program from the list?  If it is that box, just click on that option and then go out to your program files and choose the flash player as the program, and click the box that says to always open that type of file with that program, so that you don't have to do it everytime you try to open a swf file.  If that doesn't work, you may have to uninstall and reinstall the Flash software, when you do the Flash player should automatically be loaded also, you shouldn't have had to download it separately.
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Try downloading flash player 8 from "www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/"
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If you cannot find the file in the temp directory, you can follow this very crude method of getting the .swf file. This may not always work, but mostly you can get the file.\n\nIf you are using internet explorer, goto, View >> Source\n\nA notepad window appears with the raw Html code of the page you are currently on...\n\nPress Ctrl + F and find ".swf"\n\nYou'll usually get a link to the flash file that is embedded in the webpage.\n\nJust use a download managerto download the file ;)\n\nResolve to this method if all other methods fail.
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you can make a vb/c++ program to use the flash activeX control and load that swf file. then name that program with a .scr extension.
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go to the macromedia site and download the flash player 8
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dude if you are really smart you can do this. First select view source and find out the exact location of the .swf file.\n\ne.g http://domain.com/x/abcd.swf\n\nthen if you r working onlinux then use wget to download the file.\n\ne.g Shell>>> wget http://domain.com/x/abcd.swf\n\nIt solves your problem.
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- embed an mp3 into external.swf \n- type the following actionscript at the frame on which you want external.swf to be loaded:\n\nloadMovieNum("external.swf");
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You might want to go directly to Microsoft for that, depending on the version you have. Dont download just anything or else you will screw up your player.\n\nGo to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/format/codecdownload.aspx
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<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="550" height="400">\n  <param name="movie" value="YourPath/YourFlash.swf">\n  <param name="quality" value="high">\n  <embed src="YourPath/YourFlash.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="550" height="400"></embed>\n</object>
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use "save page as", in your browser that creates a .htm file + a folder. in that folder you should find a .swf file that is your flash animated file
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Yes it is possible.. there are a lot of tools available to convert flash (.swf) files to any movie formats you want. Just try the website www.softpedia.com and navigate to the multimedia category. There you can find a lot of such tools.. Alternatively you can try one more thing.. you may be knowing it is possible to export a flash movie as AVI file.. you may know there a thousands of utilities to convert AVI to any desired format.. Try Yahoo!Search with query phrases like "SWF to WMV Format", "SWF to MP4 format", "AVI to WMV Format", "AVI to MP4 format"..  I have seen swf to mp4 format converters in softpedia.com.. you better check that out.. bye.. all the best.. - Arun