How to Get Video from Flash Movie?

SWF to FLA Converter Guides

FLV is a "Flash Live Video" file. It is a format that is designed for web playback, offering high rates of compression. Currently, Flash video is very popular on the web and almost every video sharing site uses FLV to stream videos online.

Sothink SWF to FLA Converter is a professional SWF extractor. It helps you easily to get video from Flash movies. Now, please follow this tutorial to learn how to extract Flash videos.

Step 1: Open target SWF in the SWF to FLA Converter

Launch SWF to FLA Converter, and then from "Explorer" panel, navigate to the folder in which the SWF file locates. Now all the SWF files contained in this folder will be listed automatically in the below panel.

get video from Flash - open target SWF

Step 2: View resources of the SWF

Now the SWF you selected is listed in the "Single File Export" window of the "Export" panel. When you click the "+" sign, all the SWF elements will be decompiled automatically and displayed by category.

get video from Flash - preview SWF elements

Step 3: Extract Flash video from SWF

Now please select "Video" folder and check the video file you want to extract.

get video from Flash - view resources

Click the "Export Resources" button, and you will see the "Export Resources" pop-up window.

Set export path and choose "Flash Video (*.flv)" as export file format, and then click "OK" to start exporting the Flash video.

Tip: You not only can get video from Flash, but also get other SWF elements such as shape, text, video, etc. But please remember to select the specific elements in the "Export" panel first.

When the desired Flash video has been exported successfully, you will see the following prompt.

get video from Flash - prompt

Step 4: Find extracted Flash video file

Now you have successfully get video from Flash and saved it as a *.flv file. You can directly click the "Open the folder" button or go to the export folder you specified to find the extracted Flash video file.