I am a audio/video person that is new to Flash (8). I have a 6 minute Flash 8
file that I would like to convert to a DVD ultimately. When I export it as an
avi file the avi file does not open in any of my video editing or dvd authoring
software.

When I try to export the Flash 8 file as a Quicktime file I get a message
stating that I need to set the publish settings to Flash 5 or earlier. I did
that but now get a message that some Flash 8 features not get converted, plus
system doesn't finish creating the Quicktime file anyway, it hangs up for a
VERY long time.

Any guidance to help me convert this Flash 8 file to a video file of excellent
quality would be appreciated. I searched the forums and only found instructions
to do this using Director, which I do not own ...

Thanks in advance.

drp80

I just found this yesterday. In Adobe's video help sampler:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/
there's a video under the Flashsection called "Creating content in Flash for
After Effects"

Basically, you Export Movie to Quicktime, then open it in After Effects or
Premier or whatever.

You said it would not let you export to Quicktime, but it did work for me. So
maybe that video has a little detail I've forgotten.