SWA file extension

How to Open .SWA files

Windows

Adobe Flash Player
QuickTime Player

Mac OS

Adobe Flash Player
QuickTime Player

Additional extension information

File type:	Audio
Popularity:	Not specified
Author:	Adobe
MIME type:	Not specified

Contains audio data for flash animations, these .SWA files are created by Adobe ShockWave and are similar to the popular .MP3 format.

Visitor comments

Brennan Young

2010-02-03 08:07:17

.swa is almost identical with mp3. In fact, it was the first version of mp3 to be pushed at the multimedia community, before Napster kicked off the mp3 pirate underground.

.swa differs most significantly from .mp3 in that it can contain 'cue points' for synchronisation with content in Director. Macromedia's SoundEdit was one of the first tools to offer .swa compression.

If you change the suffix at the end of a .swa file into .mp3, it will almost certainly play on any mp3 player without any trouble.

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How to Open .SWA files