Convert videos to flash FLV and SWF with “FLash this!”
Description: Flash this! is a small, free tool that can convert video files to flash (both FLV and SWF).
This program is a frontend to FFMpeg, the transcoding engine behind the majority of freeware video conversion programs. Here are some notes on this one:
- No decisions to make: except whether you want to convert to FLV or SWF. No resizing, changing aspect ratio or bitrate, etc. This is part of why I like this program. The resulting video will have the same resolution, aspect ratio, bitrate … etc, as the original. For a more ’transformative’ FLV conversion use Super, Internet Video Converter, etc.
- Super fast: probably because it is not re-encoding individual video and audio tracks but simply creating a new container.
- Supports SWF: which is simply fantastic, and another reason why I decided to feature this program on Freewaregenius.
- Memory use: a nice compact 8 megs.
Wish list
- The ability to go the opposite way (FLV to AVI). I know you can do this with any number of freeware conversion programs (which I mentioned above), but it would be nice to have this functionality here as well using the same simple interface, without giving the user a battery of decisions to make.
- Portability. It would seem that a portable version would be very easy to implement.
The verdict: a very nice free tool to keep in your collection, especially if you just want a simple 1:1 format conversion and re-encoding. You will especially like this tool if you do SWF conversions as well as FLVs.
Version Tested: 3.0
Compatibility: Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP & Vista (not tested on Vista 64-bit)
Go to the developer’s page to download the latest version (approx 8 megs). Scroll down to the middle of the page.
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Great! By the way, guys, have you heard of DemoForge? It’s worth a look, here: http://demoforge.com/
And about Scream, another great animation program? It’s able to create animations (.amz) MUCH smaller than Macromedia Flash. Unfortunately, its
Well, these old OSes are listed in the review above (compatibility).
development was discontinued long past and thus it only works on Windows 95/8 machines.
If you happen to have access to Win95/8 machines, you should give it a try. I guess you’ll love it.
You can download it from the following link:
http://mcdalmnit.googlepages.com/GetScreamed.7z (1.39 MB in size)
One its creators is called Dee Long, reachable at http://www.deelong.com .
He may let any of you devs who have a penchant for tiny animes take a peek at its source code.
This works well. Thanks for sharing!
THis software is great, and the author has a load of other goodies at his site!
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This does not currently appear to be freeware; there’s a “one-time” $19 fee to download an exe file that is the downloader itself.
Mind you, I don’t object to the developer making a little something from his work, but unless there’s a hidden link someplace, there’s no free downloads.