smartSWF

smartSWF is a tool which allows you to play video files with the SWF format.

The interface of the program is based on a standard window in which you can import SWFs via the file browser only, since the "drag and drop" method is not supported.

You can use basic media player options, such as pause, navigate back and forth within the track, zoom in and out, and mute the volume.

But you can also jump to a particular frame, create a screensaver and convert each frame to an image (BMP, GIF, JPG, TIFF).

You can convert a SWF file to the EXE format (or viceversa), change the image quality, enable looping mode, load a SWF video from URL, capture from a local AVI file, and more.

smartSWF runs on a moderate amount of system resources and didn't cause us any issues during our tests. There is no help file available but that's because the tool is extremely simple to use by individuals with any experience level.

On the other hand, smartSWF offers nothing more than a simple way to play a SWF file. For example, you cannot create a playlist. Also, we weren't able to open a SWF from URL and smartSWF froze once out of the blue. We recommend this tool with reservations.