Comments on: Decoding Flex “Unable to transcode” SWF error

By: vazor

vazor — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:28:09 +0000

I ran into this problem and after some double checking this: [Embed(source="PuzzleAssets.swf", symbol="Wheel2")] changed into this: [Embed(source="../assets/games/PuzzleAssets.swf", symbol="Wheel_2.ai")] once I got the path right and the symbol matching the export name, then it worked. Thanks, hope this helps too!

By: fatih

fatih — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:57:21 +0000

i had this problem too. and this worked for me.

right click the symbol in the library -> properities -> tick export for AS.

and enter the class name.

By: rÃ©da el karima

rÃ©da el karima — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:26:48 +0000

hello

must be the absolute link in the source

By: gackson

gackson — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:55:57 +0000

Thx, this article saved me a lot of time! I had the exact same problem, somehow using Background as a linking/class name creates a conflict. However the error isn’t descriptive enough to find the problem but google is

By: Gubber

Gubber — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:14:16 +0000

I had this problem.

I’m a starter in Flex and may be you try that I will write, but it helped me.

In symbol properties i check:
“Export for action script”
“Export in frame 1″
and
enter the CLASS_NAME

After that I go to Component Definition and set the Class name as CLASS_NAME.

After this I have embended swf file and get access to my movie clip.

By: Chris Simeone

Chris Simeone — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:01:55 +0000

Iâ€™m an experienced Flex developer, but a Flash CS4 newbie. I thought the error â€œunable to transcode xxx.swfâ€ was caused by a Flex 3/ Flash CS4 compatibility issue. I spent an entire day trying to resolve this problem. It turns out if you donâ€™t set up the linkage on individual movie clips as â€œExport for ActionScript,â€ Flex canâ€™t find the symbol definitions. However, and this is what messed me up, instead of just reporting that it canâ€™t find the symbol definitions, it also reports that it canâ€™t transcode the SWF, which led me to believe there was something wrong with the SWF. Now I know better.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:01:23 +0000

The problem is that there was an error in the SWF. Double check your SWF to ensure that there are absolutely no compiler errors.

By: Asiye GÃ¼naydÄ±n

Asiye GÃ¼naydÄ±n — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:21:39 +0000

I have also same problem. I wonder if the problem is about swf file generated? Is there a trich to create swf file from fla?
If anyone know the answer or try to test in their environment, I can link the file also.
Thank you.
Asiye