SWF files are used by Adobe Flash (AKA Shockwave Flash, Macromedia Flash) to encode rich interactive multimedia content and are, essentially, a container for special bytecode instructions to play back that content. In early 2000s, it was dominant rich multimedia web format (.swf files were integrated into web pages and played back with a browser plugin), but its usage largely declined in 2010s, as HTML5 and performant browser-native solutions (i.e. JavaScript engines and graphical approaches, such as WebGL) emerged.
There are a lot of versions of SWF (~36), format is somewhat documented by Adobe.
This page hosts a formal specification of Adobe Flash (AKA Shockwave Flash, Macromedia Flash) using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.
-- This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild
--
-- This file is compatible with Lua 5.3
local class = require("class")
require("kaitaistruct")
local enum = require("enum")
local stringstream = require("string_stream")
local str_decode = require("string_decode")
local utils = require("utils")
--
-- SWF files are used by Adobe Flash (AKA Shockwave Flash, Macromedia
-- Flash) to encode rich interactive multimedia content and are,
-- essentially, a container for special bytecode instructions to play
-- back that content. In early 2000s, it was dominant rich multimedia
-- web format (.swf files were integrated into web pages and played
-- back with a browser plugin), but its usage largely declined in
-- 2010s, as HTML5 and performant browser-native solutions
-- (i.e. JavaScript engines and graphical approaches, such as WebGL)
-- emerged.
--
-- There are a lot of versions of SWF (~36), format is somewhat
-- documented by Adobe.
-- See also: Source (https://open-flash.github.io/mirrors/swf-spec-19.pdf)
Swf = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
Swf.Compressions = enum.Enum {
zlib = 67,
none = 70,
lzma = 90,
}
Swf.TagType = enum.Enum {
end_of_file = 0,
place_object = 4,
remove_object = 5,
set_background_color = 9,
define_sound = 14,
place_object2 = 26,
remove_object2 = 28,
frame_label = 43,
export_assets = 56,
script_limits = 65,
file_attributes = 69,
place_object3 = 70,
symbol_class = 76,
metadata = 77,
define_scaling_grid = 78,
do_abc = 82,
define_scene_and_frame_label_data = 86,
}
function Swf:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function Swf:_read()
self.compression = Swf.Compressions(self._io:read_u1())
self.signature = self._io:read_bytes(2)
if not(self.signature == "\087\083") then
error("not equal, expected " .. "\087\083" .. ", but got " .. self.signature)
end
self.version = self._io:read_u1()
self.len_file = self._io:read_u4le()
if self.compression == Swf.Compressions.none then
self._raw_plain_body = self._io:read_bytes_full()
local _io = KaitaiStream(stringstream(self._raw_plain_body))
self.plain_body = Swf.SwfBody(_io, self, self._root)
end
if self.compression == Swf.Compressions.zlib then
self._raw__raw_zlib_body = self._io:read_bytes_full()
self._raw_zlib_body = KaitaiStream.process_zlib(self._raw__raw_zlib_body)
local _io = KaitaiStream(stringstream(self._raw_zlib_body))
self.zlib_body = Swf.SwfBody(_io, self, self._root)
end
end
Swf.Rgb = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
function Swf.Rgb:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function Swf.Rgb:_read()
self.r = self._io:read_u1()
self.g = self._io:read_u1()
self.b = self._io:read_u1()
end
Swf.DoAbcBody = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
function Swf.DoAbcBody:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function Swf.DoAbcBody:_read()
self.flags = self._io:read_u4le()
self.name = str_decode.decode(self._io:read_bytes_term(0, false, true, true), "ASCII")
self.abcdata = self._io:read_bytes_full()
end
Swf.SwfBody = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
function Swf.SwfBody:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function Swf.SwfBody:_read()
self.rect = Swf.Rect(self._io, self, self._root)
self.frame_rate = self._io:read_u2le()
self.frame_count = self._io:read_u2le()
if self._root.version >= 8 then
self.file_attributes_tag = Swf.Tag(self._io, self, self._root)
end
self.tags = {}
local i = 0
while not self._io:is_eof() do
self.tags[i + 1] = Swf.Tag(self._io, self, self._root)
i = i + 1
end
end
Swf.Rect = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
function Swf.Rect:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function Swf.Rect:_read()
self.b1 = self._io:read_u1()
self.skip = self._io:read_bytes(self.num_bytes)
end
Swf.Rect.property.num_bits = {}
function Swf.Rect.property.num_bits:get()
if self._m_num_bits ~= nil then
return self._m_num_bits
end
self._m_num_bits = (self.b1 >> 3)
return self._m_num_bits
end
Swf.Rect.property.num_bytes = {}
function Swf.Rect.property.num_bytes:get()
if self._m_num_bytes ~= nil then
return self._m_num_bytes
end
self._m_num_bytes = math.floor((((self.num_bits * 4) - 3) + 7) / 8)
return self._m_num_bytes
end
Swf.Tag = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
function Swf.Tag:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function Swf.Tag:_read()
self.record_header = Swf.RecordHeader(self._io, self, self._root)
local _on = self.record_header.tag_type
if _on == Swf.TagType.define_sound then
self._raw_tag_body = self._io:read_bytes(self.record_header.len)
local _io = KaitaiStream(stringstream(self._raw_tag_body))
self.tag_body = Swf.DefineSoundBody(_io, self, self._root)
elseif _on == Swf.TagType.set_background_color then
self._raw_tag_body = self._io:read_bytes(self.record_header.len)
local _io = KaitaiStream(stringstream(self._raw_tag_body))
self.tag_body = Swf.Rgb(_io, self, self._root)
elseif _on == Swf.TagType.script_limits then
self._raw_tag_body = self._io:read_bytes(self.record_header.len)
local _io = KaitaiStream(stringstream(self._raw_tag_body))
self.tag_body = Swf.ScriptLimitsBody(_io, self, self._root)
elseif _on == Swf.TagType.do_abc then
self._raw_tag_body = self._io:read_bytes(self.record_header.len)
local _io = KaitaiStream(stringstream(self._raw_tag_body))
self.tag_body = Swf.DoAbcBody(_io, self, self._root)
elseif _on == Swf.TagType.export_assets then
self._raw_tag_body = self._io:read_bytes(self.record_header.len)
local _io = KaitaiStream(stringstream(self._raw_tag_body))
self.tag_body = Swf.SymbolClassBody(_io, self, self._root)
elseif _on == Swf.TagType.symbol_class then
self._raw_tag_body = self._io:read_bytes(self.record_header.len)
local _io = KaitaiStream(stringstream(self._raw_tag_body))
self.tag_body = Swf.SymbolClassBody(_io, self, self._root)
else
self.tag_body = self._io:read_bytes(self.record_header.len)
end
end
Swf.SymbolClassBody = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
function Swf.SymbolClassBody:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function Swf.SymbolClassBody:_read()
self.num_symbols = self._io:read_u2le()
self.symbols = {}
for i = 0, self.num_symbols - 1 do
self.symbols[i + 1] = Swf.SymbolClassBody.Symbol(self._io, self, self._root)
end
end
Swf.SymbolClassBody.Symbol = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
function Swf.SymbolClassBody.Symbol:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function Swf.SymbolClassBody.Symbol:_read()
self.tag = self._io:read_u2le()
self.name = str_decode.decode(self._io:read_bytes_term(0, false, true, true), "ASCII")
end
Swf.DefineSoundBody = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
Swf.DefineSoundBody.SamplingRates = enum.Enum {
rate_5_5_khz = 0,
rate_11_khz = 1,
rate_22_khz = 2,
rate_44_khz = 3,
}
Swf.DefineSoundBody.Bps = enum.Enum {
sound_8_bit = 0,
sound_16_bit = 1,
}
Swf.DefineSoundBody.Channels = enum.Enum {
mono = 0,
stereo = 1,
}
function Swf.DefineSoundBody:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function Swf.DefineSoundBody:_read()
self.id = self._io:read_u2le()
self.format = self._io:read_bits_int_be(4)
self.sampling_rate = Swf.DefineSoundBody.SamplingRates(self._io:read_bits_int_be(2))
self.bits_per_sample = Swf.DefineSoundBody.Bps(self._io:read_bits_int_be(1))
self.num_channels = Swf.DefineSoundBody.Channels(self._io:read_bits_int_be(1))
self._io:align_to_byte()
self.num_samples = self._io:read_u4le()
end
--
-- Sound sampling rate, as per enum. Ignored for Nellymoser and Speex codecs.
Swf.RecordHeader = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
function Swf.RecordHeader:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function Swf.RecordHeader:_read()
self.tag_code_and_length = self._io:read_u2le()
if self.small_len == 63 then
self.big_len = self._io:read_s4le()
end
end
Swf.RecordHeader.property.tag_type = {}
function Swf.RecordHeader.property.tag_type:get()
if self._m_tag_type ~= nil then
return self._m_tag_type
end
self._m_tag_type = Swf.TagType((self.tag_code_and_length >> 6))
return self._m_tag_type
end
Swf.RecordHeader.property.small_len = {}
function Swf.RecordHeader.property.small_len:get()
if self._m_small_len ~= nil then
return self._m_small_len
end
self._m_small_len = (self.tag_code_and_length & 63)
return self._m_small_len
end
Swf.RecordHeader.property.len = {}
function Swf.RecordHeader.property.len:get()
if self._m_len ~= nil then
return self._m_len
end
self._m_len = utils.box_unwrap((self.small_len == 63) and utils.box_wrap(self.big_len) or (self.small_len))
return self._m_len
end
Swf.ScriptLimitsBody = class.class(KaitaiStruct)
function Swf.ScriptLimitsBody:_init(io, parent, root)
KaitaiStruct._init(self, io)
self._parent = parent
self._root = root or self
self:_read()
end
function Swf.ScriptLimitsBody:_read()
self.max_recursion_depth = self._io:read_u2le()
self.script_timeout_seconds = self._io:read_u2le()
end