hey there, i hope i put this thread in the right place :)

is there anyone out there who can convert these old SWF animations to WEBM?
- https://e621.net/pools/2948

bogdanurs said:
hey there, i hope i put this thread in the right place :)

is there anyone out there who can convert these old SWF animations to WEBM?
- https://e621.net/pools/2948

I converted https://e621.net/posts/318360?pool_id=2948 SWF to a Webm, but the video will not show. (audio still plays strangely enough)
Have you tried using Ruffle in your browser to emulate the flash files?

hello there and thanks for trying to play the file :)

unfortunately Ruffle is not an option for me because my browser does not support it

however i do notice that some other SWF videos from Tiarawhy have been successfully converted to WEBM
- https://e621.net/posts/3192641?q=tiarawhy

what method might have been used to convert this file?

If you are looking to convert SWF to WEBM for the sake of uploading here, you can refer @Mairo's comments on topic #18412, topic #41217, and topic #22535.
They are responsible for most of the quality control on animated posts, including any conversions. They recommend using Swivel for conversion in this case.

thegreatwolfgang said:
If you are looking to convert SWF to WEBM for the sake of uploading here, you can refer @Mairo's comments on topic #18412, topic #41217, and topic #22535.
They are responsible for most of the quality control on animated posts, including any conversions. They recommend using Swivel for conversion in this case.

thanks for the recommendation :)

do you know of anybody here who would be willing to make the conversion?

bogdanurs said:
do you know of anybody here who would be willing to make the conversion?

Normally, I would, but this is spammy MLP stuff, so no.
Do it yourself with Ruffle, Swivel or just record your screen with Flash projector running.

mairo said:
Normally, I would, but this is spammy MLP stuff, so no.
Do it yourself with Ruffle, Swivel or just record your screen with Flash projector running.

Wouldn't that count as a screen recording and be rejected?

scth said:
Wouldn't that count as a screen recording and be rejected?

If it is for personal use or shared outside e621, then it wouldn't really matter.
Derpibooru exsists.

Like that pool already has 19 SWF Flash posts with essentially exact same animation, even with the enlarged max 10 same base posts instead of old 5, some of the uploads would be deleted regardless if uploaded here.
These would need to be uploaded to MEGA or similar and linked in pool description.

i checked Derpibooru and turns out that some of the video/webm files have already been uploaded there
- https://derpibooru.org/search?page=2&q=pantsu.html

ps you need to have your filters set to 'everything' in order to see the juicy stuff on Derpibooru lol

anyway thanks to everyone who replied :)

e621 really should implement Ruffle, the compatibility nowadays is great, and they are about to reach feature parity with the last version of Flash

devourer_ita said:
e621 really should implement Ruffle, the compatibility nowadays is great, and they are about to reach feature parity with the last version of Flash

See discussions on topic #22535, or rather, bring your comments over there since it has nothing to do with this current topic.
The problem is not with compatibility, our (only, volunteer) developer is reluctant to implement Ruffle because it will require a downgrade of our Content Security Policy and will need constant testing and patching for security flaws among other things.