help playing a .swf file

wenger08

Hi i downloaded a file and it came as a .rar file

winrar openeded the file and it the extracted as a video.swf file but i cant seem to play it on anything?

what do i need to play this video, does anybody know please?

it says file type "shockwave flash"

any help would be greatly appreciated!

thanks...

bat999

Firefox browser will open swf files (if it's got adobe flash plugin), probably other browsers too.

wenger08

bat999 wrote: »

Firefox browser will open swf files (if it's got adobe flash plugin), probably other browsers too.

thanks, but i tried to open it with firefox and it just asked me if i want to save or open the file, when i click "open" it just seems to open another firexfox page and ask the samething again?

im not sure if i got the flash plug in though?

i checked plug-ins and it says "adobe acrobat pdf plug-in for firexfox and netscape 9.3.4"

bat999

wenger08 wrote: »

i checked plug-ins and it says "adobe acrobat pdf plug-in for firexfox and netscape 9.3.4"

No, that's the plugin for viewing pdf files.
You need 'Adobe Flash Player' from here:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:7

wenger08

bat999 wrote: »

No, that's the plugin for viewing pdf files.
You need 'Adobe Flash Player' from here:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:7

thanks, i did that and it now plays.

but the video doesnt seem to be re-sized for firefox and some of the images in the video arent on the firefox screen when i watch it. (also there are no control like play, rewind, pause etc)

i tried to open this .swf file in real player, it seemed to open ok, it plays bu then after liek 5 secs it just stops. seems to do that on the other video's too.

am i just stuck with what i have as its probably the way the video was saved, as to the reason of how im viewing it, and playing it right?

bat999

wenger08 wrote: »

thanks, i did that and it now plays.

but the video doesnt seem to be re-sized for firefox and some of the images in the video arent on the firefox screen when i watch it. (also there are no control like play, rewind, pause etc)
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am i just stuck with what i have as its probably the way the video was saved, as to the reason of how im viewing it, and playing it right?

Hi
Maybe someone else will be able to suggest a 'dedicated' swf viewer (or converter).
I use Firefox to view swf files, it's a cheap and cheerful method.
These days there don't seem to be many of these files to view anyway.

(F11 will toggle to Full Screen):cool:

Chris55_2

I use Flash Movie Player which seems to work very well for most .swf files.
http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/flash_movie_player/

bat999

Chris55 wrote: »

... use Flash Movie Player which seems to work very well for most .swf files. ..

Yup, it's working with Ubuntu and Wine.:D