Extract audio files from .fla file

[InfiniteStudio]

Hi everyone !

I have a .fla file that contains a lot of sound files in the library, and I would like to export them and use them in after effect.

I can't export them one by one because there are over 500+ sounds (the file is over 550 mb).

I tried to change the extension of the file to .rar and extract it with winrar, but I get an empty folder called "LIBRARY" (with only the sub-folders and nothing else).

Is there a way to get those sounds ? Thank you.

[JoãoCésar]

Hi.

Save your file as a .XFL, go to the generated folder > LIBRARY and get your sound files there.

I hope it helps.

Regards,

JC

[InfiniteStudio]

Didn't work, I got an empty folder just like with the Winrar technique.

[JoãoCésar]

That's odd. I've tested with AS3 and HTML5 (Canvas) documents and the sounds were in that folder.

Can you share your file with just one or two sounds so we can investigate?

[InfiniteStudio]

I left two sound files : File sharing and storage made simple

You may need to lower down the volume a bit.

[JoãoCésar]

Thank you!

I think it has something to do with having the sounds stored in the root or subfolders of the Library panel.

I tested with a sound stored in the root level of the Library panel and when I save the FLA as XFL the sound is exported to the LIBRARY folder as expected.

But when I store the song in a subfolder inside of the Library panel (e.g. 'sounds'), and save the FLA to XFL, the song is not exported to the LIBRARY folder.

Other interesting thing: if you go to the bin folder and change the DAT files to a valid audio extension (like MP3), they work... In my tests. But not with your files...

Maannn...

I'll see if there's a way to automate this using JSFL.

In the meantime, I hope someone else can give us an explanation.

Regards,

JC

[Colin Holgate · Accepted solution]

If MP3 was acceptable the fastest solution would be to convert the FLA to HTML5 Canvas, and do a publish. You would get all of the sounds that were either used in the timeline somewhere, or had a linkage set in the library.

For extracting perfect quality WAV, I'm not sure if renaming the DAT files will do it. You could export to video, and end up with a long recording of all the sounds used in the timeline. But that would be tedious.

[JoãoCésar]

Nice one, Colin!

The user would still have to do some manual work, but it would do the job.

Alternatively, here is a script that will export selected Library sounds to files.

https://github.com/joao-cesar/adobe/tree/master/animate%20cc/jsfl/export_library_sounds

As usual, I invite anyone to fix it or improve it in any way needed.

Code for reference only:

function exportLibrarySoundsToFiles()

{

    var doc = fl.getDocumentDOM();

    var selectedItems;

    var folder;

    if (!doc)

    {

        alert("Open up a FLA first");

        return;

    }        

    selectedItems = doc.library.getSelectedItems();

    if (!selectedItems || selectedItems.length === 0)

    {

        alert("Please select at least one Library sound.");

        return;

    }

    folder = fl.browseForFolderURL("Choose an output directory.");

    if (!folder)

    {

        alert("Invalid path.");

        return;

    }        

    for (var i = 0, total = selectedItems.length; i < total; i++)

    {

        var selectedItem = selectedItems[i];

        if (selectedItem.itemType === "sound")

        {           

            var destination;

            var extensions = [".aif", ".aiff", ".aifc", ".wav", ".mp3", ".asnd", ".au", ".snd", ".sd2", ".ogg", ".oga", ".flac"];

            var extension = selectedItem.name.substr(-4);

            if (extensions.indexOf(extension) > -1)

                destination = folder + "/" + selectedItem.name;

            else

                destination = folder + "/" + selectedItem.name.split("/").pop() + ".wav";

            selectedItem.exportToFile(destination);         

        }

        else

            fl.trace(selectedItem + " is not a sound.");

    }

}

exportLibrarySoundsToFiles();

Usage:

1 - Save the script in a file with a .jsfl extension;

2 - Open up your FLA;

3 - Select the library sounds you want to export;

4 - To run the script, do one of the following:

- Double-click it (the .jsfl file);

- Drag and drop the .jsfl file over the Animate IDE

- Go to Commands > Run Command....

Regards,

JC

[Naean]

How do I use this script in combination with a .fla file?

[JoãoCésar]

Hi.

1 - Download the .jsfl file from the link or just save the script in a file with a .jsfl extension;

2 - Open up your FLA;

3 - Select the library sounds you want to export;

4 - To run the script, do one of the following:

- Double-click it (the .jsfl file);

- Drag and drop the .jsfl file over the Animate IDE

- Go to Commands > Run Command....

I hope this helps.

Regards,

JC

[Naean]

Thanks for the quick response!  🙂

I've tried this, but either only a couple of sounds export, or no sounds export at all.

[JoãoCésar]

Wow! There were some huge silly mistakes on that script. It's been a while since I wrote that. As no one never mentioned, it remained wrong all this time.

Basically I was referencing the array of selected items as if it were the array items themselves! Shame on me.

I fixed it along with some minor improvements.

I hope now it helps!

Regards,

JC

[Naean]

Okey-dokey, cheers for looking into this!  😄

Could you provide a download for the new script file please?  🙂

[Jarmo28659133mmua]

It worked for me! Saved my day. 🙂

[JoãoCésar]

Awesome!

[JoãoCésar]

Sure. I've just updated my comment above with the link.

Regards,

JC

[Naean]

How do I download it from GitHub? I don't see a download link anywhere...

[JoãoCésar]

You're gonna have to download the whole repository (https://github.com/joao-cesar/adobe) or just copy and place the script in a text file and save/rename with the .jsfl extension.

[Naean]

Thanks! I'll give that a try, and see if your new file works.  🙂

[Naean]

Unfortunately, it still seems to not work. I've tried both double-clicking the file and drag-dropping it onto Adobe Animate, and no luck. After selecting a destination, nothing appears to happen.

I thought "Maybe my desired location is situated with a location path too long/in too many sub-folders deep for the script to handle", so I tried a different location in a test folder in my Music library, but that also didn't work. I'm using Windows 7 64-bit.

Any ideas?