Webex .ARF conversion to something editable on Mac
Posted by Wes in 
You can’t import the Webex format directly into iMovie or your editing tool of choice.
I tried downloading the Mac ARF player, which supposedly has options to convert the file to WMV and SWF.
http://www.webex.com/downloadplayer.html
After installing and opening my video in the player, I didn’t have File > Convert options that everyone talks about.
There are lot of tools on the Support / Downloads page for Webex:
http://support.webex.com/support/downloads.html
Maybe the nbr2mp4 utility would work (http://support.webex.com/supportutilities/nbr2mp4.tar):
A Linux-based conversion utility that allows you to convert your Cisco WebEx network-based recording files, which are in WebEx Advanced Recording Format File (.arf), and which were created with WBS 26 or higher to an MPEG-4 (.mp4) format.
It converts in realtime, though, so I didn’t try that path, especially since I’m not sure if all of the linux libraries would be support on Mac.
Since I already had a virtual machine with Windows, I grabbed the ARF viewer for Windows and it had the conversion options.
Glenn Fisher says:
The Cisco WebEx Knowledgebase article about conversion says specifically, “Note: The conversion of a WebEx recording to Windows Media Format or Flash-format (ARF only) requires a Windows-based application. WebEx recordings can be played back on a Mac, but they cannot be converted on a Mac. (https://support.webex.com/MyAccountWeb/knowledgeBase.do?root=Tools&parent=Knowledge)
Ron says:
When oh when are some of these software application companies that want to remain competitive going to wake up and realize that Apple is now one of the largest corporations in the entire world – and start working their butts off to make their apps fully compatible with Mac computers????
It’s to the point anymore that if the people I support ask for a new application – and it isn’t fully Mac-compatible – WE DON’T BUY IT.
COME ON, CISCO. GET WITH THE PROGRAM.