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April 30, 2020
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Conversion of macromedia director files

  • April 30, 2020
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I have a project that I did in Macromedia Diretor in 1995.  I understand that Adobe bought this product.  If there a free program that I can use to convert these files enabling me to read them?

 

Thanks for your help.

barb

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    DeanUtianCommunity Expert
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    December 9, 2020

    I see this post was from a few months ago but came across it and will add something.

    If you have the DIR (Director source files) even from 1995, they can still be updated now and converted into something else. That would be done with the Director software. I've updated files for people that are 20 years old and have nostalgic connections for the person. There are still a few Director enthusiasts that have the product installed and can update files for others. 

    Barb - if this is still needed, you can send me a direct message.

      Nancy OShea
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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      December 9, 2020

      @DeanUtian,

      Shockwave is dead, folks!

      https://helpx.adobe.com/shockwave/shockwave-end-of-life-faq.html

       

      "Adobe Shockwave is a browser-based multimedia platform for interactive applications and video games. Retiring the Shockwave player for Windows is the last step in a multi-year process: Adobe Director, an authoring tool for Shockwave content, was discontinued on February 1, 2017 and the Shockwave player for macOS was discontinued on March 1, 2017."

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      Nancy OShea
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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      April 30, 2020

      Unfortunately, .dir is an obsolete project file that only works with Director.  It's not even a video file so there is no way to convert it.  By any chance did you export your Director projects to video?

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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      3125Author
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      May 1, 2020

      Hello Nancy,

       

      This was part of a project that I did for a multimedia class.  My ex-partner took my ideas and was the one who used Director. When we split, he took the finished product with him.  I have the pieces.  I guess the information is lost.    Thanks for your help all the same.

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      cyn0matic
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      October 8, 2020

      Get the emulator macintosh.js , find a copy of Macromedia Director 5, digitize it, install it in the emulator, then put your project in there and have a look at it in action.

        Peru Bob
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        Peru BobCommunity Expert
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        April 30, 2020

        I've moved this from the poorly named Community Help forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the Get Started forum.

        Derek Cross
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        Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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        April 30, 2020

        I wouldn't have thought so – very old software; good in its day, but even its successor, Flash, is now obsolete.

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        3125Author
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        May 1, 2020

        Thanks Derek.  I guess there is nothing I can do to retrieve the data.  It was a project that I created for a multimedia class that I took.  I actually didn't do the coding aspect.  My ex-partner did.  

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