PHP: get frame from SWF to JPEG or GIF

Question

How get frame from animate SWF to JPEG(or better animate GIF), using PHP. Possible using ffmpeg? Thanks.

Do you mean a video movie embedded in a flash file, or a real flash animation? — Pekka, Oct 07 '10 at 13:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

This is not really possible without using a Windows box to open the file and capture a screenshot of the file. If you can convert the .swf to .flv then you can use ffmpeg to pull a frame, but if it is something like a game, well yea you are sort of out of luck unless you can setup (or are on) a Windows box.

I will try and find my code I used for windows to capture a screenshot, which worked in Windows 7 and XP and post it here, will have to wait till later as I do not have access to my backup files right now.

You might also take a look at this thread: Website screenshots using PHP

PHP: get frame from SWF to JPEG or GIF

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