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I added Kodi on my Amazon Fire player, and it works well. But there is one area that has me confused. I'm in my mid 60's and lots of people I knew in life, has passed away. I'm from a small town, so there are only 2 funeral homes to choose from, and the one I chose to browse for obituaries, contract out to create Tribute's in a person's obituary, based on photo's that encompass their lives. However, the person uses FLASH, something I have dreaded since I got on pc's. You can download the Tributaries you want, if that person has one, and the downloads work fine, and are viewable on mu computer. But they are almost all are in .swf or .mp3 format, which Kodi doesn't play. I tried converting those, to mp4, but all I get is AUDIO, no VIDEO at all. Being as unknowing about FLASH as I am, I have tried several online converters, but the conversions, won't even play on my pc. So right now, I'm stuck on what to try next. Can anyone help me understand what I'm doing wrong with this on Kodi? Or is it better if I simply cast to Chromecast, and hope that works? Any ideas? Thanks. [/size]
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(This post was last modified: 2017-09-19, 00:41 by jjd-uk.)
Pretty sure swf files are not proper media files, they are just pointers to the actual media file location which should be an flv file that Kodi does play.
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Perhaps this helps. An Obit usually has TWO download options: Obituary Video - Audio, Tribute - .swf. I downloaded 1 of each, audio as mp3, tribute as .swf, and then tried opening each with VLC, and a few other players on my pc. VLC plays ONLY the audio, as do the other players, but VLC and the rest, shows NO VIDEO. I made an error thinking one of these showed video, but I guess it's a flash player on the Funeral Home site. I next went to settings, for the Flash downloader...
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It lists under Global options, .mp4, .3gp, .flv, .mov,.avi, .wmv, .asf, .dwf, .webm. All checked but .3gp, so I unchecked them all, but .mp4. Again, this is for the FLASH DOWNLOADER, I found in the Chrome Web Store. After I made the changes, I downloaded again, but only an .mp3 was available, no .swf. So, this is what I tried on my pc. Does this help any? Thanks.
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Is this an open to all website not requiring a login? If so it would be helpful if you posted the url.
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If it's the Funeral Home with the Obituaries you mean, I suppose I could list their url. If it's the what I use that I got in the Chrome Web Store, that has the different listings I wrote about, that is called the FLASH VIDEO DOWNLOADER, and it's free to use. Does that help?
I realize ONLY checking .mp4, means only .mp4 format videos will be made available, not that it converts other formats, into .mp4. That is what converters are available for. That's why perhaps I am ignorant on Flash video, that trying to convert .swf format video to .mp4, gave me only audio, that Kodi could handle, but it's the video part I can't seem to get. Other suggestions may be what I need to look into, to try and make it work.
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Mu understanding is that swf is just the flash player container that embeds the video, audio and website stuff into a single file for publishing to the website, normally the flash video file (with extension flv) that is embedded into the swf file would also be accessible via the website server, however you may have to sniff for the correct url to download the flv file directly.
So yes I wanted the 'Funeral Home' page URL from where the obituaries are being downloaded, assuming there's no login or other restrictions in accessing, as I wanted to see for myself if there's anyway to obtain the flv flash video file so negating the need for any conversion as Kodi is perfectly capable of playing flv files.
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I regret it took a few days to reply back. I was tossing around the choice of putting the Funeral Home's URL, or not doing so. I'm not sure of this Forums guidelines concerning the placing of an URL that I am speaking of, thus making it PUBLIC, or if it wasn't even allowed. But last night, it came to me what I needed to do, and that was NOT listing the URL here in this forum. Regardless of this Forums guidelines on this issue, it really doesn't matter, because those guidelines are SECONDARY, behind my own personal ideas, and that is to not list the URL. I'll try and find a work around with this, and there are other web sites, that I can probably add this on, that I'm a member of. Thanks anyway..
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If you are concerned about making the url public, but you still require assistance from a Team Member, and are happy for the Team Members to view the URL, then do the following...
1. Create a new post in this thread with the URL
2. Immediately Edit that post and remove the URL and add a comment you have done that, so it draws our attention to it.
3. Team Members will still be able to see the URL, but the public will not.
You don't have privileges for PM's yet.
