SWF files are usually very small and easy to transfer over internet, but playing SWF vector animation consumes much CPU power and battery energy, so it is rejected by Apple on its mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad.

This format is widely accepted by most video sharing website. It usually uses VP6 or H.264 as video codec. If a SWF file contains only video clip and doesn't contain any vector image, it becomes a pure video file.įLV is a pure video format optimized for network playing. However, SWF can also contain images of video clips shot by camera as elements of the animation. If you scale up the image, the details will become blur or blocky. Those images or photos shot by camera are called raster image. The shapes and curves of the image are drawn by human artists, instead of being shot by cameras.

The details of the image such as edges, corners are still clear and crisp. Vector means you can scale it to any size while keeping its clarity. Apr 22, 2015, Posted by Andrew Smith Difference between SWF and FLV

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