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January 17, 2008
SWF to QT to MS
SWF to QT to MS: Nothing new here, but I'm writing this blogpost because the other weblog doesn't accept comments, and they might accept trackbacks. The Microsoft Expression Media team has a post that starts like this: "Microsoft Expression Media (Ver. 1) uses Apple QuickTime to import and play Flash Movies (SWF). However, Flash movie (SWF) playback support is NOT available in the latest version of Apple QuickTime version 7.3.1. Thus, Expression Media wouldn't be able to import SWF movies if Apple QuickTime version 7.3.1 or later version is installed." That SWF engine in QT would not have read many modern files anyway, and I'm surprised that they relied on it at all, considering it was default-disabled in Sept 06 and removed entirely in Dec 07. If Microsoft Expression Media wants to view SWF then it's easy (just invoke the system-level Adobe Flash Player in its ActiveX wrapper)... to convert various SWF assets to something else might be tricky, considering that SWF is optimized for delivery and contains so many different media types. (A search doesn't readily reveal what type of SWF support they advertise, although forums show some of the expectations.) Anyway, no real news here, but the lack of commenting at the original blog is what prompted me to try to help via my blog....
Posted by JohnDowdell at January 17, 2008 1:40 PM