Video & Audio Glossary - SWF video format

Video & Audio Glossary > SWF video format

File Type

Flash Movie

Category

Video Files

Description

Animation created with Adobe Flash; may contain text as well as both vector and raster graphics; also may include interactive actions written in ActionScript; plays in Web browsers that have the Flash plug-in installed.

Flash was originally developed by Macromedia, which was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005. Therefore, Macromedia Flash is now called Adobe Flash.

SWF stands for "Small Web Format" and is pronounced "Swiff."

Program(s) that open SWF files

Windows	Adobe Flash Player GlobFX Swiff Player Eltima SWF & FLV Player Web browser with the Adobe Flash plugin
Mac OS X	Adobe Flash Player Eltima SWF & FLV Player Web browser with the Adobe Flash plugin
Linux	Adobe Flash Player Swfdec Flash Player Web browser with the Adobe Flash plugin

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