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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT lycos.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>

> Will Mplayer do .swf files?

No. SWF has support for many different things which MPlayer
isn't designed to handle.

> People are always sending something new.
> (Shockwave Flash, I believe it is).

For SWFs you may either use the Flash plugin from Macromedia (for
Linux) or the free software equivalent:

http://www.swift-tools.net/Flash/

There is also swftools. One of the tools allows you to extract
video, audio, and other things from an SWF.

http://www.quiss.org/swftools/

David

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