Great software. Hope we will see SWF Quicker here too.

Did you know that SourceTec is a Chinese company that will not support your product purchase if you are running a website that is banned by their Internet filters. I have owned Source Tec products for several years. I took on a large client with a retail metaphysical store with a lot of different religious materials. They refused to support my questions. They would send me emails with these words 'I hope you understand.' No other explanation. I had a serious problem with one of their products and after 5 of those emails I got it. BUYER BEWARE.

I've just received a message with this software and the other, to encrypt. Why can't I download this one, when I was just noticed? I want this one!

Weeehaa! Thumbs up!

Installed activated and works wonderfully on WinXP HomeSP2.

I have some old .swf's that I made with SwishMax years ago, and lost the source files in a hard drive crash years back, now I will be able to pick them apart in order to remember what I did as far as SwishMax scripting!

I haven't had time to check it all out yet, but it appears to be feature rich, and it's interface is very professional.

I'm not crazy about the "Web Video Downloader For Firefox" as it wants to download every single Flash file it comes across and doesn't give me the option of choosing to do it manually at my own choosing. Plus it goes through a website to download. (Another Firefox extention called 'Download Helper' is not intrusive like this and allows me to choose what to download when I choose to and does not go though a third party website)

In looking at the site I want would love to see more SoThink here at GAOTD!


As an aside:
To the devlopers if you are reading here:

Am I mistaken or do I remember you from years ago at The Webmaster Forums when your site first went up?

the error message is"

SWF Decompiler has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.



Now what???

Thanks

I don't have any additional logons, so I know I'm admin on my Vista64 system, but every time I start the program, I have to re-enter the registration info. Anyone else having this problem, or know of a solution?

It registered ok but when I tried to use it I get "so think has encountered an error and needs to close" Then it asks if I want to report it...I wish it would work anyone got any ideas.....XP home sp3

When installing I got the following error:

Unable to execute file:
http://www.sothink.com/product/swfcatcher/firefox

ShellExecuteEx failed; code 2.
The system cannot find the file specified.

Anyone have an idea? This happened when running setup as administrator. I ran the setup a second time regularly (not as admin) and didn't get the error.

How can I tell if it's still registered properly? It doesn't ask for a reg key when I start it, but it also doesn't show that it is registered in About.

downloaded and all, but i cant seem to find where to register it. no window pops up, there no cunfiguration. it doesnt say trial either. its a great software, and i dont want to discover in two days it doesnt work anymore. can anyone help me? where do i press to get it to registeR?

#42 Dae Says it works on a Win98 system, but I'm getting the same results on my Win98SE box as #47 DarkEngine, that I need to upgrade my OS, in spite of what it says in the readme file displayed at install time.

Hi, I DL it and tried to install it on XP pro...no luck. kept aborting

@49 - Deb, Giveaway of the day offers this software today only. That means that you only have today to download and install this software. All offers on this site are free full versions of the product. As long as you install it on your computer today you can use it forever whenever you want.

~Regard, Chip

I just downloaded the software and the FireFox add-on this morning and already have put it to use.

Fantastic programs. Am looking for things to use them on. Thanks for the download SoThink and Giveaway of the Day.

The*Animal

ok this works very well. I know you all at GAOTD Get many requests but what id like to see as a giveaway is their Video downloader in the future. Thanks GAOTD!!!!!

Unlike declared, this application does NOT work with WindowsME (and probably also not with Windows98)!

Yesterday I was searching the web for a program that dealt with SWF files, Today I have one! And this one fits the bill. Installed & registerd perfectly on Vista home prem. Thanx again GAOTD team.
Now if you can just bring "Art Studio" back......I know, but it's fun!

Good stuff here today. Install, registered & runs beautifully on my Vista system. no aggravating the system at all. No need to run as administrator either. I don't take many give aways & very, very seldom one without a key code supplied. This one has such a code & it was no problems at all activating it.The user name must be Giveawayoftheday & must be exact for anyone having issues.
This baby will come in handy. Trust me, it's not something I'd pay for but as a free give away today, I must say it's a quality piece of software that most assuredly had a real pro write it's code. Well done GOTD & Sothink. Come back anytime. I'll be looking forward to your next offer.

Awesome program. Works with x64, useful and well written. Nice.

Along with what Terry said and to put it to rest; for the moment:
.FLA
Flash Audio
Flash Applet Script
{antiquated/Older use}
Precompiled Macromedia Source Script
Precompiled Macromedia Source Code
Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC, cut to FLA on/for x16 OSs)

FLV
Adobe Flash Created Video File
Flash Container Format
{antiquated/Older use}
File Log Value (Partial Unix/-X text directory dump)
Floating Line Value (CAD/CAM raw point graph)
Fine Linear Value (CAD/CAM raw point graph)
Floating Linear Value (CAD/CAM raw point graph)

Hope that helps. =D

ilovedjians:

I did say most often. There's always an exception. Flash containers are commonly tagged .flv. Flash complied Video tends to also share that extension. I know that an audio track alone created with/as Flash, or converted to flash, under CS3 and CS4 programs tags them as .FLA.

Regardless: MediaInfo will tell you exactly what the file is, if it's a standalone audio or video track, or if it's a container what's inside. The five terms it uses are video, audio, text (text subs), subtitle (image subs), and Unknown (other coding scripts/files).
In the lower default pane it will list each track's (enclosed file's) codec/format.

The program is available for $79.99, but it will be free for our visitors as a time-limited offer.

Does this mean it's only a free trial, and can only be used free for a limited time? Or just that it's only available for a limited time?
Thanks.

FLA - flash project or source. Needs to be "compiled" into a SWF file with the Acrobat Flash program.

SWF - Shockwave Flash applet. Like a little program, made from the FLA file. Usually runs in a plugin that is part of a browser, but there are standalone players for them too.

FLV - Flash Video. A Video file designed to be played in a SWF player that is set up for that purpose. Can be played in VLC and other players too.

Normally when you go from the "source" FLA code to the SWF code, it's a one way compile. This lets you go back again from SWF to FLA. It would let you see "how things work", as well as recompile the SWF with changes you want to make.

You'd only want this if you are into creating Flash for your website, and have seen a Flash app on another website and want to "take it apart" to see how you can implement it on your own web site.

Will not work with Win Me, despite what the sys reqs say. When trying to run my program, it says a newer version of Wndows is expected and I need to upgrade my OS.

I've never sought the need to actually comment here...yet today GAOTD has persuaded me to do so...hence I am forced to type...ABSOLUTELY AMAZING GIVEAWAY!!!!! THANKS YOU GUYS!!! Oh and to the people wondering what this could be used for...trust me the web content as you know it, is slowly evolving into Flash apps and sites(due to the web2.0 buzz). This means things that once were non-moving or static on your website can now be moving LOL!! And another plus is that these filesizes are very small...So why did I type all this to you? To explain to you that one day you will most definitely need to utilise this...So quit asking questions and download it lol!!! Besides the file download size is so small!!! Once again...GREAT GIVEAWAY!!!!

Well done gotd & Sothink! I did the same as #40 & it worked fine for me to. This is the way I'd like to see all give away offers. I prefer an activation code to anything else.
This is going to come in as a handy tool added to my media application collection & it's something I'd have never thought about getting. Thats why I drop by GOTD every day.
It runs great on my vista Ultimate (32 bit system) & doesn't require me to run it as administrator which is just the way I like it. It's a keeper that I recommend to all doing anything with flash video files.

This is excellent software. I purchased a copy back when it was version 3. A friend of mine had a flash movie on her website and she wanted to change the phone number on it. Unfortunately the person who made the flash was nowhere to be found and she had never been given the .fla files. The SoThink SWF Decompiler saved the day. Now we are bff's and she thinks I am a genius. That's a laugh! Anyway, I just wanted to encourage everyone to try this software. It's worth the money they charge for sure and for free WOW. Sometimes, I decompile movies just to learn how they are made. When I see something I have never tried before I decompile them and try my hand at reconstucting them. Great training tool when you want to keep your skills sharp. Also, just so you know, I had a time getting the download for the swfcatcher.xpi file which is required to install the catcher on Firefox. Click the download link for it and you will get some "chrome" files and some other stuff but no .xpi. You must use this link to get the .xpi ---http://www2.sothink.com/download/swfcatcher.xpi --- Took me a while to find it. But, it was worth the effort. Thanks very much GAOTD and SoThink for this software. I am very happy to have the upgraded version.

Hi all!!

GREAT product: this programs rocks!!!!!

One of the best SWF decompilers available on the market with a friendly interface and powerful functions!!

Probably the best GAOTD over the past few weeks...no way...LOL!!

So HIGHLY RECOMMENDED taking into account that as far as I'm aware there are no real freeware alternatives as good as this one capable of doing complex operations such as:



. Convert SWF to FLA completely and quickly
· Decompile Flash Movie (swf, exe) successfully
· decompile and convert all versions of SWF to FLA 6.0 or 7.0 or 8.0
· Support exporting the Flash movie file (SWF or exe) in FLA format, compatible with Flash 6, Flash 7 and Flash 8.
· Decompile, display and extract all Flash movie elements in groups, such as Shape, Morph Shape, Image, Sound, Font, Text, Sprite, Button, Frame and Action
· extract the shapes, sounds, images, sprites, fonts, texts and ActionScript from a Flash movie.
· extract the video file from a Flash movie and export it in *.flv format
· Support converting swf that contains video to FLA.
· Support ActionScript 2.0 fully.
· Show the Script code neatly within the program and then export the ActionScript code while converting the swf to FLA
· Support exporting ActionScript in .as format
· Support converting the swf that contains components to FLA file
· Support expanding the sprite frame by frame
. Convert all found letters to shapes and save them in Library so that you can get the same font result on any computer



Sothink SWF Decompiler has a built-in Flash viewer to view and play the Flash movies you have selected, an user-friendly Explorer-like interface and a SWF Catcher for Firefox and IE.

It also has an EXPLORER PANEL, which lets users browse hard disk or network to find Flash movies, and a nice feature that allows users to scan their Internet Explorer's cache so as to pick out the Flash movies they have previously viewed.


So all things considered 3 huge THUMBS UP from Giovi...LOL!!!

Thanks GAOT: you have done a great job allowing us to grab this GEM for FREE...LOL!!


Cheers from Italy

Giovanni

I tried it on my Win98
And found that it worked just great!
I aimed it at a file --
It did the compile
Before my food I could masticate!

(it means chew, dude)
Happy Dae·

#31 try Giveawayoftheday for the name it's the only one that will work

I can't speak in any technical terms with regards to this offer because I just don't do a lot with flash video filed. But, with it being so well received I decided to install it for later use.
I downloaded the trial from the publishers website & used the key from the GOTD download to register it. It worked fine & I didn't have to run anything as administrator on my Vista (32 bit) system. Not the setup (EXE) or the application after install & register. It just works fine, doesn't appear to have made any modifications to anything else on my system & didn't cause any software conflicts..
To my way of thinking, that makes it a true Vista compatible piece of software. It's expensive to buy, free here today & it is the latest release. It should be a handy tool, especially for those that do a lot with flash video files. It looks to be profesionally designed & has many options/tools.

It asks me install Flash ActiveX control on my system (XP SP3)when it is already there. Can anybody help me ?

FWIW...
Flash/Shockwave files, usually those with an swf extension, contain separate media, scripts etc -- SWF Decompiler gives you access to those components in some (most?) swf files. Usually the files are stored in your browser cache, & for this ie is easier since the files are stored individually & can be copied, rather than being combined into a temporary file like in FireFox. [Often folks will try 2 or 3 cache exploring programs without success when Windows Explorer does the job just fine] Be aware that sometimes the (C) owners would rather you not be able to do this -- some swf files are protected, &/or one swf file may reference [link to] the actual swf you're after (which may not appear in your browser's cache). While it won't do everything with every file you come across, SWF Decompiler is good enough to be considered a standard.

If all you want to do is keep a copy of something like a Shockwave game on your drive, Adobe has free software for download, intended to let developers try their work in older versions of the Shockwave player... a small program to convert swf files to exe (stand alone executable) is included -- swf files won't run by themselves. There's also free, similar software available on-line -- some apps will also convert to screensavers.

For saving Flash video to your hard drive there are all sorts of alternatives -- the method you use depends on the site hosting the Flash video you're after... while lots of folks recommend 1 program or another, I've yet to see one that works for every site.

To my strong opinion this decompiler is just a weak copy of Flash Decompiler Trillix by Eltima ( http://www.eltima.com/products/flashdecompiler/ ). Sothink has copied Eltima's interface, but could not copy the quality of Eltima product. Flash Decompiler Trillix by Eltima rocks!

To #31: The registration name is "Giveawayoftheday" (it's in the readme.txt included with the download, right above the registration key).

Top notch product. Installed it, found it easy to use, and was able to quickly decompile one of my own Flash files. It created an excellent replica of my source code -- definitely a useful tool to keep in one's arsenal. Thanks, Sothink and GAOTD!

Haven't written a review here for quite some time, but I've downloaded the trial version before, and it worked well.

You'll need a fla editor to maximise the use of this program.

Looking at the website, it's stated as the latest version - grab it while you can!

Hi # 26 & #27
I use flash decompilers regularly and I can vouch (like others here) that SoThink SWF Decompiler is among the best there is.
It has good indepth information via it's HEX and Instance windows.

For those who are unsure if this will be of any use to them, then ask yourself this, will I ever use or create flash files? Would I like to rip music out of a particular swf file? Or would I like to study (in some small manner) how flash animation works?
If so, then this program will come in very handy - especially if used alongside a good flash editor exmple: SoThink Glanda etc.
A lot of people use decompilers to hack into other people's flash files (BTW, I do not condone such practice) or grab (export/save) parts of a SWF file.
Parts can include pictures, text, sprites, frames, music etc in other words, everything that makes up an actual whole swf file.

One can export parts of - or complete sections into their Macromedia Flash program (via the FLA export) for further editing etc or export it into their favourite flash making/editing program such as SoThink Glanda, Alligator, Flax, Astro, Text-Osterone etc - via the Export Resource option.
It makes a great addition to those who create or rip flash files.
An excellent offer from GOTD & SoThink.

If you do not use or have no intention of using flash files - be it SWF or Fla, then forget it. It is after all, a flash decompiler which is created for the purpose to identify, separate and export the various units within a flash file.
Hope this helps.

@28, buckoooo

swf is a flash file like u see on websites.. (eg. mini games)
fla is a adobe flash pro file extension.

@29 lostinlodos
are u sure fla is and audio file?? i thought it should be adobe flash pro file extension??

When I try to register this free giveaway of the day, Decompiler 4.5

it calls for a key, which I've got, but it also calls for a name. I tried the name of the product, it wouldn't work.Then I put in my name, it wouldn't work either. I am confused. The little window says that it is a 30 day trial.

I own most of Sothink's products and can vouch for their quality and customer support. This one is no exception, so grab it, especially since it's free today and Sothink's pricing is always going up.

#27. FLA is (most often) flash audio. Just a renaiming of some other format. Try using MediaInfo to find out what the file actually is.
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

Then change the extension to that and drop it into a free audio converter to change it to something else more to your liking, say MP3 or PCM.

Works on every Windows version from 98SE on; on x32, x64 and IA64
Works on Wine if you have all the other dependencies the program will call on.

I've had this for a while now. It really is the ONLY program that can dump the contents of any compiler's shockwave container.

Anyone using it to capture or rip flash video is missing what the software is really all about. And the key function that it does best.

RealPlayer's flash downloader works far better for ripping flash videos from web sites. And can download even deeply embedded, sandboxed, and off-site/redirected flash videos.
http://www.real.com/

VLC and MPC-HC both can support every version and variant of flash out there.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

If all you want to do is capture streaming video and save it to watch later, use them.

This can fully decompile a shockwave flash container. Allowing you to extract the contents YOU chose. Shockwave Flash is SWF, SF, and ShockWave extentions.
It also sorts container contents by type.


It's best used for pay streaming sites that have films as a separate swf file.
Save the SWF (in firefox: Tools:Page Info:Media:... find the SWFs and then Save As) Then load up this program, and dump the video out of it. Ignoring the separate DRM, software, and nonsense files all together.
With this you can really and truly protect YOUR rights to backup and maintain your purchases from sites that claim to give you a film you can watch anytime; forever, but then limit you to resource hogging proprietary players, that are non-transferable and offer no protection against crash/corruption. With this, you can always have a backup.

I'm with terry #22
WHAT DO YOU USE THIS SOFTWARE FOR, what's FLA and SWF files

This software does sound good and judging from the reviews it's a good program. How would one edit the .fla file?

I have used this SW before, and I used it to perform several tasks:

To take out music (mostly MP3) and Video (various formats) that are embedded in the SWF file.
To "borrow" some nice code and graphics from SWF files, for my personal use (not commersial).
To learn more about making nice SWF files and writing ActionScript code.
Can also be used to bypass restrictions coded in ActionScript that make bind the SWF application to one particular site. I do not recommend to do this.

@Terry: Assume you get a beautiful flash thing on a website and you wished you could edit that for example replacing the text there with another word... just for fun or for anything,,,you download the swf file...but since its im swf u cant edit that...so use this software to convert it to the flash raw file format .fla to edit...with flash and then recompile.

Honestly this software is great. I was waiting for it to come here on givewayoftehday.

For Vista users: Make sure you run this application as Administrator the first time, when you enter the registration information. If not, you will have to enter it every time you launch the application (or until you run it as Administrator and enter the code).

Great software. Thanks a lot Sothink and GAotD :)

Hi,

I expect to get dummed out for asking but can anyone tell me who would use this and why.

What would it enable me to do and for what purpose. It would be a shame to miss out on a great program out of ignorance.

Searched their site but still none the wiser.

I expect many on here will be wondering the same.

Kind regards,

Tel.

Oh, this program is old!
Now, we used FLV instead of SWF

About action, we now use Java, not SWF

#17, Jay

have you tried registering it when the box pops up after install that says " register" ?