Flash Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v3.03, by Dr. Herong Yang
Installing FFmpeg to Manipulate Video SWF Files
This section introduces the FFmpeg package that can be used to manipulate video stream SWF files, and other multimedia data.
The best tool to manipulate video and audio stream SWF files is probably the FFmpeg package.
What Is FFmpeg? FFmpeg (Fast Forward MPEG) is a free software project that produces libraries and programs for handling multimedia data.
FFmpeg contains the following components:
Note that FFmpeg package can only be used on stream (video and/or audio) SWF files.
Downloading and installing FFmpeg on Windows is easy:
Run the following command to verify the installation:
C:\herong>\local\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg -version ffmpeg version N-63378-g1d36def ... libavutil 52. 86.100 / 52. 86.100 libavcodec 55. 63.100 / 55. 63.100 libavformat 55. 40.100 / 55. 40.100 libavdevice 55. 13.101 / 55. 13.101 libavfilter 4. 5.100 / 4. 5.100 libswscale 2. 6.100 / 2. 6.100 libswresample 0. 19.100 / 0. 19.100 libpostproc 52. 3.100 / 52. 3.100
Excellent. FFmpeg is ready on my Windows system!
Table of Contents
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Firefox
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Chrome
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Safari
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX for IE
Using "object" Elements for Flash Files
Using "embed" Elements for Flash Files
"mp3player" - MP3 Music Player
SWFObject - Hidding "object" behind JavaScript
SWFTools - SWF File Manipulation Tools
SWFC Script to Generate Flash SWF Files
ActionScript Embedded in SWFC Script
AS3Compile - ActionScript 3 Compiler
►SWF Files for Video and Audio Streams
Video and Audio Stream SWF File Structure
►Installing FFmpeg to Manipulate Video SWF Files
Playing Movie with FFmpeg "ffplay" Command
See File Properties with FFmpeg "ffprobe" Command
Convert File Format with "ffmpeg" Command
Issue with "ffplay" on SWF Output File
Break Long Video into Parts with "ffmpeg"
Concatenate Video Files with "ffmpeg"
Video/Audio Stream Concatenation Order
Split Audio Stream Out of SWF File
Split Video Stream Out of SWF File
Merge Video and Audio Streams to SWF File