swf2avi is a simple yet very useful application that can convert SWF files into videos without wasting users’ time with fancy settings and long configuration processes.

The main window might shock you at the first glance because it does look unprofessional, since you’re hit by a big grey screen, but that’s the place where the app will later display the SWF file you wish to convert.

In addition, there are also some useful details at the bottom of the screen, including the conversion process elapsed time, the estimated time left, as well as file resolution and frames.

It may all seem like piece of cake when opening the app, but there’s also a detailed settings dialog hidden under the Extras menu.

This lets you choose the file format (in case you want to convert the SWF file into bitmap sequences), the framerange, the output filename, but also to choose whether to ignore the lost frames and disable resolution check.

We’re not sure why would you ever need a System Info tool when working with a file converter, but swf2avi has that too, so you can get some useful information regarding your computer while waiting for the conversion process to end.

The time you’ll spend waiting for the AVI file to get born is minimal, but this obviously depends on the size of your SWF file, but also on computer resources.

Truth is, the app runs on low resources too, but you may notice some slowdowns especially when working with large files. Plus, it sometimes freezes or even crashes on Windows 7, but that’s probably because the app hasn’t been updated in a while.

In conclusion, swf2avi is nothing more than a decent conversion utility, but it still remains an attractive solution since it’s freeware and comes as a very light package.