How to save video from YouTube to swf flash movie file

This tutorial explains how to use SWF To Video Scout to extract video from YouTube and save it to swf flash movie file on your computer.

Download and install SWF To Video Scout.

Run Internet Explorer (SWF To Video Scout supports Firefox as well but we use Internet Explorer for this example)

Open YouTube and search for "Frank Sinatra". In search results look for Frank Sinatra. recording session video and play it in a window:


Video with Frank Sinatra will be played (live recording session with "It Was A Very Good Year" song). Please wait until it will be downloaded up to the end ( see grayed bar before the cursor):


Now click SWF To Video Scout button on the Internet Explorer toolbar to launch SWF To Video Scout:


Program will ask if you want to scan Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Firefox and Opera cache now? Please answer Yes


Program will scan IE, Firefox, Mozilla and Opera browsers and you'll see all available videos and flash movies at the left panel ("Extracted" list)
First movie get_video[1] is Frank Sinatra video movie.


To save it to the swf flash movie file use Save As.. command from File menu


It will display Save dialog - enter name of the swf flash file to save video movie.


Replace get_video[1] with Frank Sinatra Recording Session and click Save


You can also use Favorites to save flash video movie to review this movie again. Favorites movies are automatically saved to My Documents\My Flash Movies\ folder on your computer.

To add movie to the favorite right-click on the movie and select Add To Favorites... command


Program will show dialog to enter name of the movie. Enter Frank Sinatra and click Add


Now you'll see Frank Sinatra video movie in the list of Favorites flash movies.  Favorites movies are automatically saved to My Documents\My Flash Movies\ folder on your computer.


That's all!

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