Merge Video and Audio Streams to SWF File

This section provides a tutorial example on how to merge a video stream SWF file and an audio stream SWF file into a single SWF file. '-map' option used twice to specify video and audio streams into the output file.

I am sure now you want to know how to merge a video stream and an audio stream into a single SWF file. Here is the "ffmpeg" command to do this:

C:\herong>\local\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg 
   -i video_input.swf -i audio_input.swf 
   -map 0:0 -map 1:0 output.swf

The above command uses "-map 0:0" to specify the first stream (video stream) of the first input file to be mapped to the output file. And it uses "-map 1:0" to specify the first stream (audio stream) of the second input file to be mapped to the output file at the same time.

Let's try it on our sample SWF file, Anchor_and_Spider_Man.swf:

C:\herong>\local\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg 
   -i Video_with_No_Audio.swf -i Audio_with_No_Video.swf 
   -map 0:0 -map 1:0 Video_and_Audio.swf

Input #0, swf, from 'Video_with_No_Audio.swf':
 Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
  Stream #0:0: Video: flv1, yuv420p, 416x240, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn

Input #1, swf, from 'Audio_with_No_Video.swf':
 Duration: 00:00:40.61, bitrate: 128 kb/s
  Stream #1:0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16p, 128 kb/s

Output #0, swf, to 'Video_and_Audio.swf':
 Metadata:
  encoder         : Lavf55.40.100
 Stream #0:0: Video: flv1 (flv), yuv420p, 416x240, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 
              25 fps, 90k tbn, 25 tbc
  Metadata:
   encoder         : Lavc55.63.100 flv
 Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (libmp3lame), 44100 Hz, stereo, s16p
  Metadata:
   encoder         : Lavc55.63.100 libmp3lame

Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (flv -> flv)
  Stream #1:0 -> #0:1 (mp3 -> libmp3lame)

Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame=171 fps=0.0 q= 2.0  size= 395kB time=00:00:06.84 bitrate=472.7
frame=454 fps=454 q=21.7  size=1019kB time=00:00:18.16 bitrate=459.8
frame=730 fps=487 q=31.0  size=1543kB time=00:00:29.20 bitrate=432.7
frame=986 fps=510 q=30.5 Lsize=1937kB time=00:00:39.47 bitrate=402.0

video:1293kB audio:617kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB 
   global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 1.422432%

Now enjoy the play with video and audio together:

C:\herong>\local\bin\flashplayer_13_sa Video_and_Audio.swf

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of Adobe Flash

 Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Firefox

 Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Chrome

 Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Safari

 Adobe Flash Player ActiveX for IE

 Using "object" Elements for Flash Files

 Using "embed" Elements for Flash Files

 "mp3player" - MP3 Music Player

 SWFObject - Hidding "object" behind JavaScript

 Flash Player Projector

 SWFTools - SWF File Manipulation Tools

 SWFC Script to Generate Flash SWF Files

 ActionScript Embedded in SWFC Script

 AS3Compile - ActionScript 3 Compiler

 Adobe Flex SDK 4

 SWF File Structure and Tags

 SWF File Processing Rules

SWF Files for Video and Audio Streams

 Video and Audio Stream SWF File Structure

 Installing FFmpeg to Manipulate Video SWF Files

 Playing Movie with FFmpeg "ffplay" Command

 See File Properties with FFmpeg "ffprobe" Command

 Convert File Format with "ffmpeg" Command

 Issue with "ffplay" on SWF Output File

 "ffplay" Interactive Commands

 Break Long Video into Parts with "ffmpeg"

 Concatenate Video Files with "ffmpeg"

 Video/Audio Stream Concatenation Order

 Split Audio Stream Out of SWF File

 Split Video Stream Out of SWF File

Merge Video and Audio Streams to SWF File

 Reduce Video Stream Resolution

 Reduce Video Frame Rate

 Outdated Tutorials

 References

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