Image::...::Flash(3)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is the man page for Image::ExifTool::Flash(3) — and it's literally the module that reads Shockwave Flash meta information 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

like, that's it, that's the whole synopsis. it doesn't get called by you directly, it gets called by Image::ExifTool. periodt.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

no cap, this module is the lil definitions shelf that Image::ExifTool reaches for when it needs to read SWF (Shockwave Flash) files and FLV (Flash Video) files. that's the vibe. that's the job. 🫶

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🌸 NOTES 🌸

okay so real talk — Flash Video AMF3 support has not yet been added. why? because the author literally hasn't found a single FLV file with AMF3 information in it yet 😭 if someone sends him a sample then he'll add AMF3 support. so like… if you have one, bestie, you know what to do. 📩

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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🌈 REFERENCES 🌈

• <http://www.the-labs.com/MacromediaFlash/SWF-Spec/SWFfileformat.html>
• <http://sswf.sourceforge.net/SWFalexref.html>
• <http://osflash.org/flv/>
• <http://www.irisa.fr/texmex/people/dufouil/ffmpegdoxy/flv_8h.html>
• <http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashMediaServer/3.5_Deving/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d11a0773d56e-7ff6.html>
• <http://www.adobe.com/devnet/swf/pdf/swf_file_format_spec_v9.pdf>
• <http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flv/pdf/video_file_format_spec_v10.pdf>

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

• "Flash Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames
• Image::ExifTool(3pm)

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that's the whole page, bestie — no filler, all facts, all slay. go read some Flash files or whatever 💅

mwah 💋 this was perl v5.42.1, dated 2026-03-31 — Image::...::Flash(3), out. 🎀