FLA/SWF to FLV conversion (fla2flv, swf2flv)

Hi,

I need some opinions.

Say I have a FLV player and a couple of Flash animations…What would be the best way to convert the FLA animations to FLV videos, without any significant quality loss or file size increase ?

I read some people say FLA -> AVI -> FLV, but is there no way of doing it directly from within Flash or another program? Others say stick to a SWF and an SWFplayer instead, but this is not an option. How about SWF to FLV - whats the best way to convert that?

Curious to see what you guys/gals think…