No, the SWF file is a Flash player file. Any flash player can play it.
It's an adobe file format for flash. SWF originated with FutureWave Software, and was initially called SWF for "shockwave flash"
Steps to convert the audio/video files from SWF to MP4 files are as follows:Download and install the Pavtube Video Converter Ultiamte on your computer.Select the SWF files that you want to convert.Click "Format" and choose MP4 as output formatClick the "Browse" button to specify the folder to save converted video files. Then, click "Convert"Then the conversion will be finished. It is very easy to convert video files from swf to mp4 file format.
The Adobe Flash FLA file format represents a Flash document in its editable format. It is the intention that an FLA be compiled into a usable SWF. An SWF, then, is a compiled FLA, ready to be reinterpreted by a movie viewer. In short form, an FLA is a work in progress that can't be readily distributed, where as a SWF is a completed FLA ready for release.
ShockWaveFlash later it became Small Web Format
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FOr Mac users:Please consult the following link : How to convert SWF file to MP4, AVI, MPEG, MOV, 3GP, MP3, etc. on Mac OS X for iPod, iPhone ?For windows users, the best swf converter for converting swf to avi is moyea swf to video converter.E.M. Magic Swf2Avi is a good handy swf converter for Windows users
SWF (short for Shockwave flash) is a very advanced file format that supports flash and animations. Operating SWF is very easy to the beginners and also it has very less file size. And the most important is, the internet is mostly composed of SWF files, instead of FLV (Flash) files and is supported by many devices since it doesn't need that much of system requirements to run.
An .swf ("Shockwave Flash" or "Small Web Format") file is a flash extension file used by the Club Penguin Team when designing rooms,player cards, penguins, games, etc. When you open a .swf room, no penguins appear, because it is just a local .swf file. Club Penguin is made with Adobe Flash. All penguins in .swf's are dark black because it is the default color.
You must convert the files into a format that the design software exepts, there are many small applications that allow this the easiest format to add to a website is in an SWF file which is a flash file so you would need an application for changing video to swf. I hope this helps www.prologik.co.uk enquiries@prologik.co.uk
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Most understandable tool for this conversion is the SWF & FLV Toolbox, which can convert SWF and FLV files to AVI video format with high quality and mp3 sound. Then you can write the output file on CD or DVD and watch it on any video player.http://www.swf-kit.com/convert-swf-to-avi.html
swf is vector format, that means image can be re sized without loss of quality, but if you place bitmap or raster image in swf file when resized (enlarged) image will appear blurry.