I need to convert a swf movie that is created entirely through code (with the help of TweenLite) to a .flv format. The issue here is that I need to 1) Do this as a batch process, and that 2) since the swf is entirely generated by code it only has 1 frame and as such normal conversions like from CS5.5 to to the .avi format give me just 1 frame in the resulting video format. Is there a free converter out there that can get past the fact that my video is technically only 1 frame long and can handle batch jobs? Thanks for all your help
Sounds like you could implement a JSFL extension if you have a copy of Adobe Flash or a trial from their site. It basically adds a command to publish multiple folders and sub folders.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1021887
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I have to analyse data in a flash file. I have given with swf file , which i decompiled and produced .fla file which contains 35000 lines of code.
In that .fla file how to find user written code (i think so Action Script ). I am struggling with this.
Meanwhile i am preparing environment for flash editor with flashdevelope software.
Can somebody please suggest me how to find user written code in a flash file(.fla)
You have to look on each and every keyframe which have an action symbol. I put an image to show how it will appear in flash file.
If your swf is targeted to AS3 then probably all the codes will decompiled in external ActionScript files. You will have to search in all the directories generated from your decompiler.
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as #BadFeelingAboutThis suggests, there is another way by looking at the left panel within action panel.
I have a problematic situation that I wish to expose you because it contains some opposites constraints. Maybe someone will have an idea on how to unlock my problem.
I'm going to make a mobile application with ActionScript 3 and Air for iOS and Android. This application has to download zip file which it uses to display text, bitmap and sound.
This last one is the problem.
After some research, one of the best way I found to check a zip file is FZip, but it allows us to get data from zip on a ByteArray form. And a Sound can't be converted from ByteArray. ( That's what a lots of results about it appear to say. )
One of the solution proposed is to put the ByteArray of a sound and put it in a SWF. Then take the SWF from the zip to get the Sound.
I can't do that because this zip will be uploaded from a admin interface used by anybody. I can't force them to use Flash.
I have few potential direction where I ask for your advices :
• Use Code or Native Extension ( iOS and Android ) to check a zip without files read in ByteArray
• Convert a ByteArray into Sound without have to pass it in a SWF
• Dynamicly create a SWF with the ByteArray of a Sound
• In the last possibility, another way to drag and download few files together which can be consulted in another format than ByteArray ( Like a iOS Bundle but with android too )
Thanks a lot to help me,
You can simply write the ByteArray on a local mp3 (or mp4) file and then play it, to write a ByteArray to file see documentation here.
It seems as though every actionscript file (not custom ones) is automatically included when coding in the timeline's actions, so I'm wondering if it's necessary to import the files through the code. Are there any advantages? Can I prevent flash from importing every file to reduce the size of my flash application (SWF)?.
For example, I don't need to import MovieClip to use the MovieClip class in timeline actions.
You can indeed load external assets, that is, anything of SWF, MP3, WAV, JPG or any byte sequence you have a decoder for, then parse it via code, then use in your Flash app. The advantages are flexibility, for example, if a user has all sounds turned off, you are free to not load large music for him thus saving him some traffic - this might be crucial for some people out there. There are also disadvantages, because the files (assets) in SWF are available from the start of your app, and because the connection can get lost at any moment, you might not receive your external files in time for the app to use, or not receive them at all.
Not importing in order to reduce the SWF size? I'd say reduce the size or quality of those assets instead. The actual mess with Loaders is something you should avoid unless you have dynamic downloadable content (some extra levels' metadata maybe) which you plan to generate on a timely basis in order to attract longer attention to your app.
In short, all static content is better embedded, all dynamic content should be loaded afterwards.
Compiling FLA file doesn't embed every AS file in the resulting SWF. My test directory structure.
Work Directory
file.fla
ClassA.as
ClassB.as
The code on my timeline.
var a:ClassA = new ClassA();
The resulting SWF only contain the ClassA.
For multiple SWF files with code, every SWF embed the class. It's your job to tell the compiler.
If you are using FLEXSDK, you can look to these parameters.
-link-report file.xml : Generate a file containing all AS file include at compilation.
-load-externs file.xml : Exclude all class containt in the file.
If you are using Adobe Flash exclude class article
Is there any method in as3 that flash can write file's last modified date.
Its stand alone flash application which had external swf loading. I want to check the last modified date of the swf during the loading.
please suggest any possible methods.
Thanks.
In AIR, there is File class with modificationDate property. But in plain AS3, there's no file concept at all. If you loading swf with Loader, you only get data, but not the attributes of file (and file might not exist at all if loading something by URL.)
I have an mpg file which I want to convert to flv format, but I have a requirement that while converting the mpg file, I also have to simultaneously play the converted flv file in the flash cs3. How to do it? I am using cs3 and as3.
If you want to convert your files programmaticly then use ffmpeg. This is a commandline tool which can convert video files to nearly everything. You have to execute ffmpeg with the correct params and wait until the video is ready. This works only on serverside. Means the flash client loads up the video file to the server. There it gets converted. You can execute ffmpeg with any serverside language like php.
Sadly I have no idea if it is possible to watch the video while converting. I think not but maybe someone else knows more.