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Aerobotnik
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July 2, 2013
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Export sound from Flash CC

  • July 2, 2013
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For many years I've been using flash to generate animatics which I then import to After Effects to use as a base to build a project over.  The latest AE, however doesn't bring in sound with the SWF files, and the latest Flash doesn't export WAV (or any audio file).

I've managed to get some audio out by using export video - convert in media encoder, but the quality is terrible and completely out of sync with the original.

Is there some arcane method available that's not obvious?  Or has this functionality just been dropped from Flash?

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    Correct answer kheftel

    Thanks guys! I fixed it in this instance by exporting a WAV from CS6 on my windows machine - in the future I'll definitely look into these other options.  Turns out exporting WAV isn't available in mac CS6 either!

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    kheftel
    kheftel
    Inspiring
    May 13, 2015

    I am also disappointed to find that exporting WAV has been removed. I often have swfs with audio tracks composed of several files in a sequence.  Looks like I'm gonna install CS6 to get this functionality back.....  this was a core feature for me, I don't understand why on earth you would drop support for it if it was already working!

    chrisgelles
    chrisgelles
    Inspiring
    May 13, 2015

    There are JSFL snippets to do exactly this.

    Do a cursory search and, I'm positive you can find something.

    If you run into trouble, send me a message and, I'll hook you up.

    toddr47043624
    toddr47043624
    New Participant
    August 28, 2017

    Since this conversation, I've actually made a few sound export tools to grab things from the library and spit out the sound files.

    You could extend this a little bit by making a jsx script to run in after effects which could read in the frame index of the Timeline and place your sound files in an After Effects comp that way.

    If this is something you run into a lot, it might be worth a little time to investigate.


    I too am STUNNED by this removal. I used export to WAV all the time. I will check into other programs now and move on from Adobe.

    Was it such a burden of programming to carry over EXPORT AUDIO???

    It's almost like some dude over at Adobe said... Nobody does this anymore. And checked the box because it was obsolete.

    Meanwhile...

    F.

    chrisgelles
    chrisgelles
    Inspiring
    March 6, 2015

    Actually, I made a JSFL command that exports sound from the Library.

    It takes advantage of this:
    Adobe Flash Professional * soundItem.exportToFile()

    Works like a charm.

    pixpusher
    pixpusher
    Inspiring
    February 17, 2015

    I managed to extract the audio from Flash CC2014 by making a copy of the Flash file and changing .ai to .zip then extracting the files. What a pain. Makes no sense to remove wav support.

    pixpusher
    pixpusher
    Inspiring
    February 17, 2015

    Also, if you need to convert swfs to other formats I find that Swivel is the best... http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1331054

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    Sridhar_Elangovan
    New Participant
    July 3, 2013

    Hi,

    In Flash Pro CC, we have dropped support for the following formats (Windows AVI(*.avi), QuickTime(*.mov), WAV Audio(*.wav)) via Export > Export Movie.

    Can you share the source fla file and the exact steps which you followed to extract audio in Flash CC via AME. Since this issue is directly related to Adobe Media Encoder, we will try to reproduce this issue and escalate the issue to Adobe Media Encoder team.

    Thanks,

    Sridhar Elangovan

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    Anonymous
    July 11, 2013

    I'm having a similar problem.  The "export video" function completely destroys the quality of the sound files embedded in my .fla document.  I have a voice professional recording, which in its raw format, sounds great.  After being processed through flash, it sounds like I'm talking in a bathtub, and there's a huge amount of crackling distortion.

    Has there been any further progress on Aerobotnik's original comments?

    Thanks

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    Sridhar_Elangovan
    New Participant
    July 12, 2013

    Hi,

    We have tried exporting our Fla movie which have sound embedded in the timeline using Export > Export Movie. But while tried to play the exported sound, it does not have any crackling distortion sound. Since you are facing some problem in this case, please share the source fla file which you are facing this problem. Please provide the exact steps which will help us to reproduce the problem.

    Thanks,

    Sridhar Elangovan

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