Magic Swf2Avi 2008 converts Flash(swf) to various video formats suitable for AVI, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, Apple TV, Nokia cellphone, Sony cellphone, DVD, VCD, SVCD, Audio CD, and other video, audio and images easily and conveniently.

Pros: Flash is most likely the most popular format for videos on the internet. Now we have a whole lot of mobile devices that can play videos. Only problem is that they support a diverse array of formats. One needs something that can convert flash files available, particularly from sites like YouTube, to a format suitable for one of these devices that the user has. Magic Swf2Avi 2008 does that job by supporting a huge array of formats and the capability to convert videos from flash to one of these. That covers a range of formats that include AVI, MPEG, MPEG2 TS, MP4, WMV, 3GP, GIF, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.264/PSP AVC Video, MOV, YouTube FLV, etc.

Videos can be created that are suitable for recording onto VCD, SVCD and DVDs. In addition, Flash Converter provides an easy way to extract Flash(swf) file audio and convert to popular audio file, like MP2, MP3, AC3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, M4A, OGG, AAC, AU, MMF etc. The Flash Converter also can burn Audio CD. It is possible to convert flash (swf) to JPG, BMP image sequences, TAG, TIFF, PNG image sequences with alpha transparent channel.

The user interaction area is quite well designed. It is cleanly organized and easy to use. There’s a file/folders selection area where list of files to be converted are collected. Output file name is automatically selected or the user could intervene. There’s a large viewing screen with the relevant play controls. Physical dimensions of view area, frame rate & bit rate for the exported video, video crop and trim are all customizable. One selects the format to be converted to and the business is done. The interface is changeable to multiple languages. Currently English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional) are available.

Cons: No obvious or noticeable problems though with so many formats there’s likely to be. User feedback should be sought to find if there are any actually.

Overall: A useful application, easy to use and learn this certainly deserves 4 stars.