Compressing to Flash

Hi
I want to export my films to Flash for use on my website but not sure if I can do it from FCE. Do I need studio pro or is there a cheaper third party application that works?
Regards
Adrian

hey there brew guy,
iMovie, FCE & FCP work w/ Quick Time files. Flash is now an Adobe product. i would guess you'd need to buy Flash to get your movie into that application for the web. i've not seen an option for flash export in FCE or FCP, but i usually send to iDVD. se this link: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/
good luck.

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our web developper says that she was unable to compress image
with flash cs3 any idea why and what i can do for her ?
Thanks

Mark,
> I have set my publish settings to Flash Player 9.0 and
Actionscript
> 3.0, but keep getting an error as follows:
>
> "WARNING: The component 'FLVPlayback' requires
ActionScript 2.0."
Gotcha. You must have started the document in AS2, then
changed the
publish settings. Each version of the language has its own
version of the
FLVPlayback Component (written in the relevant language).
Start over and
compare two compleley new FLA documents: make one for AS3 and
one for AS2.
Open the Components panel and note the differences between
the two. There
are a different set of Components depending on the language
chosen for the
document. Drag the FLVPlayback Component from the Components
panel in an
AS3 document, and you'll have the AS3 version.
David Stiller
Co-author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers
http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
"Luck is the residue of good design."

MPEG 2 compression, images flashes every 4-5 seconds or so.

Hi,
I'm compressing a 93 minute Apple Pro Res 422 1080p 8 bit 25fps file into an MPEG2 for a standard PAL DVD.
Recently however, every time I compress a file, I get a flashing frame every 4 or 5 seconds. Any idea what's causing it or what I should look into?

HI Ian, first place to look is in the /var/logs (console.app) and use the global search for COMPRESSOR.app to see if its a UI issue. It maybe from another components. The logs SHOULD show this error. YOu may have to dig around a abit. Use the 'Find command now in console.app too)
YOu might want to consider upgrading the OS to something current if you can. 10.6.8 may be stable however the interation of the latest Compressor and Qmaster etc wit hthose frameworks etc in MACOSC 10.6.8 may not be clean.... just a guess too.
Do you have Little Snitch.app installed and activated on this host? This is usually ok, however Qmaster may be asking the outside world for a look? could be. Little Snitch may have barred him form doing this.. just a thought. Litt;e Snitch message usually stay up in its UI.... just a guess.
If the job is running and the backend is flashing these messages then search for QMASTER. You may also have DNS error message if your cluster is out hunting for other nodes.
IF you are using QMASTER (submit with batch), then you might want to check the logs of those services via the SHARE MONITOR... I'd that this is not the source.
The parms are not this issue me thinks.
TRy this when you have time if you DONT need QMASTER on another host.
Step 1: quiesce/ shutdown anything but COMPRESSOR and Qmaster.
Step 2: turn off / disable you network on your mac. (use system prefs/network/ create a new SETTING "no network" and delete all the NICS.. apply this... = no network.
Step 3: submit your batch again and determine the results
See if you still get these flashing messages....
IF not, then resinate your network (pull up the default system prefs settings for network) and apply.
Post your results for others to see.
Warwick

Best compression for flash videos on my webpages?

does anyone know the best way to convert short video clips so they will work great with flash and have the best quality possible for the web. i know a lot of different ways to convert them for the web, but i am having a hard time converting them to high, high quality for flash. can anyone please help?

you are talking about converting video, like quicktime movies, to flash right? if so, utodesk Cleaner converts abotu anythign to .flv or .swf. If you are trying to convert a worse format to flash, which is already a lower quality format (which is why it is used for web), then i'm not sure why you would.

Compressing for flash video setting

Anyone out there building content for flash video? I have a client who is shooting all their footage on a sony HD cam. All footage comes to me as 1080i60. They have requested all content be converted or embedded into flash at a 400X300 canvas size.
I have tried some differant setting but most comes up somewhat pixilated. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
Ron Nava

Maybe this is helpful: Flash 8 Pro comes with a Flash 8 Video Encoder. It automatically converts Quicktime files into a .flv flash video file WITH a .swf AND a playback skin.
The cool thing about this is how Flash then plays this back as a "progressive download," therefore less waiting time for it to start playback and smoother playback and very nice quality.
I have a sample of this at size 540x400, larger than I have made in the past with other programs, just to see how it would look. I'm still playing with the dimensions. Thinking of making it smaller, actually; but the quality really holds up, I thought. http://web.mac.com/bfkproductions/HomeOne/PowWowSample.html

Flash Video will not play anywhere.

In my hunt to solve this problem, I've come across a lot of
posts where people have embedded FLV files in HTML documents and
can play them fine on their local computer. But once posted to a
server, they will not play.
Well, my problem is similar except it won't play on my local
computer either. I'm using Dreamwever 8 and Sorenson Squeeze 3.1 to
compress my flash video. I have followed the steps outlined in this
tutorial,
and the end result just displays a white box where my video should
be. You can view my test
here.
The thing is, the tutorial's flash video works perfectly when
tested locally and on a remote server. And since all my code is the
same as the tutorial (and all the .swf and .js files were created
normally), this leads me to believe it has something to with my
.flv file. I have tried several configurations and compression
settings in Squeeze, but still nothing.
The FLV also works fine when linked into a SWF file using the
Media Component as you can see
here.
So is Sorenson Squeeze 3.1 out of date? Is there something in
the way it encodes the flash video that prevents it from being
played this way? Or is there some other (preferably inexpensive)
solution?

quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
Try this free FLV encoder.
http://urlx.org/download.com/79384
I should have mentioned that I'm working on a mac, so an
encoder that would work on OSX would be prefered. Also, i tryed
that Riva program on a PC and it crashed on the first try and on
the second, it gave a warning that my source file would not work.
For now, I've worked around the problem by using Flash 8 and
embedding the .swf that links to the .flv file. But it would have
been nice to get dreamweaver's FLV player to work and bypass Flash
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FCP Project to Adobe Flash

I've been asked to provide a completed FCP project to a web administrator who operates only in Adobe Flash. Mine is a 720p 16:9 project -- his environment is 4:3 sometimes as dial-up speeds. :--(
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David:
For Flash Video (at least up to version 8), developers have to compress to Flash standards. Usually that's OnV2, or Sorenson Spark. I think 9 and 10 have newer compressions and even HD. I'm not sure if it's h.264 as I work in Flash 8.
Either way, it'll work best with the best master you can give. So, if you have a DVCPROHD, HDV, or whatever file you can give him it'll look best when he imports/compresses the file for Flash. You would do this through the "export quicktime" command rather than "export using quicktime conversion" command in the export menu. Make sure he resizes it upon import and not in his flash project. You can import and resize to fit your project. If you resize it using the "transform" tool in Flash it can tend to get jagged. Flash doesn't seem to "soften" video you change dimensions on with the "transform" tool, but it does if you resize while compressing.
Another option, to keep the transit size down, is to compress it to flash for him. But, that'd require Flash on your system. Not sure if you have it, but you can export it via quicktime if you do. The new file will have a .flv extension and he can simply import that to the Flash library for his project.
Hope that helps.

Flash MX2004 - Disappearing Images

I am having a problem with images disappearing from the
library (and therefore from the stage/movie). Hopefully someone can
help me.
Here's what is happening: I imported several (~20) jpgs to
the library (bitmap properties: allow smoothing, jpeg compression,
use imported jpeg data) - then convert to symbol (graphic). I use
the symbol (graphic) in the movie, not the bitmap. Everything seems
to work ok and I save and close my file (.fla). Then, when I open
the file again, images randomly disappear from the library (both
the bitmap and the symbol). The places in the movie where I had
instances of the image, are now blank with the circle in the middle
of where the image was and the crosshair in the upper left of where
the image was supposed.
My naming convention - All bitmaps begin with bmp_. All
graphics begin with gfx_. There are no spaces in the image name...
I use the underscore _ when I need to separate words in the image
name.
I've used motion tweening on all of the graphics - the ones
that disappeared and also on the ones that are still there.
I've checked the properties of the disappeared images - and
the alpha is not changed to 0... I did not lock the W/H/X/Y.
The images that disappeared are not all on the same scene.
I don't know what is causing this... and I'm about to pull my
hair out trying to figure it out!! Any ideas?
Thanks for helping.

bai1ey;
Never seen such a thing, butcheck to be certain that the
images are
"flash import compatable" (non-progressive, rgb--simple flat
jpegs).
Alternatively you might try importing pngs and do the jpeg
compression in
flash. -Tom Unger

Flash load faster

Good morning,
Is here any thing that I can do to compress my flash
document in flash to load faster or is there anything that I can do
in the html page to help my flash to load faster.
Thank You,

There's nothing you can do in HTML. The best method to make
your Flash load
faster is to externalize the content - ie all images, text,
etc. can be
placed externally. You can also separate your movie into
different
areas/swf's. Instead of having just one swf, you'd have a nav
movie, and
various content movies that the nav movie manages. This is
how most pro
level sites are created.
Dave -
www.offroadfire.com
Head Developer
http://www.blurredistinction.com
Adobe Community Expert
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

Audio Publish In Flash 8 Sounds Bad

Playing from the timeline in Flash 8 sounds fine but when I
publish it the audio sounds tinny and has a high pitched whine. I
published the same piece in MX with the exact same audio settings
(mono MP3 32kbps) and it sounds fine. Any suggestions?

I'm confused - you just said the only compression you are
using is MP3 compression in flash - but
also that you are not using any compression - I can't figure
out what that means.
If your sound quality is bad on publish to SWF - then there's
too much compression being applied -
if compression is disabled then it would sound like the
source file before importing.
which one is it? Compression or no compression?
Chris Georgenes / mudbubble.com / keyframer.com / Adobe
Community Expert
Impeachnow wrote:
> The only compression I am using is the MP3 converter
that Flash uses to publish. Other than that I have compression
disabled.

Image compression

Question 1: does the JPG setting affect imported graphics (we
are using PNGs), or just backgrounds?
Question 2: Why does the Bandwidth profiler only show sizes
of uncompressed graphics? (unlike like the Flash bandwith
profiler.) Is this our clue that compression doesn't affect
imported graphics on layers.
It just doesn't compress like Flash...we may have to abandon
this tool --?
thanks!
Christine

Images, for example GIF and JPEG already are subject to complex compression algorithms tailored to the particular image format. Further compression is not possible.
George

Bizarre Sound Distortion on Export - Not Newbie Compression issue

I'm trying out the Flash CS3 demo - OSX. (Using OSX 10.4.10.)
I've got a slightly complicated timeline with about 8 layers
and some things alpha fading in and out, and a bunch of sound
samples being used as timeline sound effects (forget the term, but
attached to frames not streaming). No scripting.
The sounds are mostly too long for the amount of time
allotted to them in the timeline, and cut previous sounds off. I'm
speculating this might be a possible issue. That is, I have say a 5
second sound, which has only 3 seconds of time to play, before
another sound interrupts it in the same timeline layer.
There are two separate layers of sound playing at the same
time.
All the original sounds are imported into the movie as
44.1/16bit AIFFs. They are mono files (might be another possible
issue).
I'm trying to export with quality of 128k MP3. I've been
trying different variations:
- setting the compression for the audio files in the
Library/setting movie export settings to use Library settings
- setting audio files in the Library to use "default
compression", and specifying the correct 128k MP3 setting in the
export settings
- or both of these (set individually in library, then
overridden in export settings).
I've tried with and without the "use mono" setting (both in
Library files and export settings). (This is a question for me:
what should be the correct setting for that when the original file
already is mono?)
Sometimes everything's great. I test or export the movie and
the sound is fine.
Other times I test or export the movie -- with exactly the
same audio settings as the last time when it worked -- and now get
unbearably hideous hissing/cracking instead of the correct sound.
Most dangerously -- I think but haven't quite convinced
myself -- the same flash export file may sometimes play fine, and
sometimes play with the distortion. So I'm not sure if this is an
export issue, Flash player issue, or combination of export doing
something semi-weird that the player only sometimes chokes on. A
"bad" export is distorted both in the desktop Flash player that
comes with the Flash demo, and in a browser with Flash plugin 9 r45
(OSX).
GUH!
And this is the $800 product which is little more than a
basic text editor for scripting and an animation timeline that
hasn't gotten updated functionality since 1999.

This is a peer-to-peer public forum - if you demand
individual and undivided attention to your issue
then you can use the official adobe tech support.
As for your issue...let's go step by step:
[*The sounds are mostly too long for the amount of time
allotted to them in the
timeline, and cut previous sounds off. I'm speculating this
might be a possible
issue. That is, I have say a 5 second sound, which has only 3
seconds of time
to play, before another sound interrupts it in the same
timeline layer.*]
Is this intended? You are having an issue with 5 second
sounds being cut off after 3 seconds...why
not place them on different layers to avoid this? I don't
understand the workflow here.
[*There are two separate layers of sound playing at the same
time.*]
Ok - that makes more sense, so you have 2 layers both
containing sounds that cut each other off?
[*All the original sounds are imported into the movie as
44.1/16bit AIFFs. They
are mono files (might be another possible issue).*]
Mono shouldn't matter - but the quality of the original will
matter - specifically the levels, if
the overall level is originally too high (or "hot"), then
clipping will occur once compressed from
Flash (in some cases).
[Sometimes everything's great. I test or export the movie
and the sound is fine.]
Can you provide the FLA?
[Other times I test or export the movie -- with exactly the
same audio settings
as the last time when it worked -- and now get unbearably
hideous
hissing/cracking instead of the correct sound.]
Never heard of this before - need to see the FLA.
[And this is the $800 product which is little more than a
basic text editor for
scripting and an animation timeline that hasn't gotten
updated functionality
since 1999.]
You may take exception to this but it sounds very much like
user error or something beyond Flash
(like an issue with the source audio files). Your opinion is
subjective but AS3, Flash, Flex is
hardly "little more than a text editor". True the timeline
hasn't changed much over the years but
funny that it is still the king when it comes to animation
across so many mediums - why fix what
ain't broken and works so very well for so many worldwide?
Chris Georgenes
Adobe Community Expert
www.mudbubble.com
www.keyframer.com
www.howtocheatinflash.com
Mr Distortion wrote:
> Boing.
>
> These Adobe boards are not very useful with so little
traffic (how many posts
> with 0 responses?). And having such noticeably little
traffic keeps the traffic
> low -- why waste precious time posting as I have done
with such little chance
> of assistance?
>
> Solution: get Adobe support people in masquerading as
users to actually get
> questions answered, so the boards will grow in
popularity, and eventually be
> self-supporting.
>

Jumpstart flash slow

Hi all
Recently I created an flar image of a 480R server. The image size is just over 5gb. Image creation took just about an hour. The flash jumpstart install of this image on another identical 480R server took over six hours.
Any ideas on why flash install should take so long. The network interfaces are qfes 100Mbps , full duplex. qfe0 was used for jumpstarting .

IIRC, used a compressed image actually speeds up the flash installation (or so it seemed to me) - since there's that much "less" data to copy over the network. What I'm trying to say is that if you have a 1GB standard image and a700MB compressed image, the compressed image would travel faster to the target server since there is less data to copy across.
My reasoning is thus:
1) data xfer across the network would be significantly slower than within a system (bus).
2) Even though there would be CPU/memory/disk overheads in de-compressing a flash image on the fly, it would still be faster than transferring > 30% the size of the actual image (if it were not compressed).
Just my opinion...what do you think?
Also, I've seen HTTP based flash installs are faster than NFS based (I didn't actually time these, so I guess relativity could play a big role in what I just stated).
:)

How do I fix my video that becomes choppy when played in Flash?

I have a video that I'm integrating into a SWF. Only problem is, it becomes choppy when I play in within the SWF.
It's a video that I created, and plays perfect in other players, just not when part of a SWF..

As far as it goes, you are doing everything correctly. If the original video file was compressed, the problem may be in the transcoding from the original compression to Flash's .flv file. If you have the original video and can output from a video editor to the .flv format, then you may get better playback.
You may also want to look at reducing the image size and/or the frame rate to try and improve the playback.

Problem encountered with Adobe premiere Element 4 et DVD sony Handicam

I have a sony Handycam DCR/DVD203E . Window Vista edition familiale premium service pack 1 .Adobe Première Elements 4 .
I take 10 rushes of 2 minutes each . I finalised the DVD for importing it on my computer under Adobe Elements 4 .
When i do " add médias " , I only get two files , one called VTS_01_1.VOB which is the total of my 10 rushes but it's only one rush of 20 minutes .I get also an error message " C:\users\Videos\20081125\VIDEO_TS... FORMAT ERROR or file correupted/a component needed is may be not installed .
I shoud get my 10 rushes of 2 minutes instead of one rush of 20 minutes film .

Just a few clarifications first. Rushes, are the quick (hence the name rush) optical prints made from cine negative film. Their intention is for viewing, quickly, the results of the previous day's filming. They are not color corrected, or manipulated in any way. They are also not edited, other than being spliced together, take after take, so the crew and decision-makers can see what was captured. These are usually discarded soon after selections are made and decisions are finalized. The original negatives are then cut in the editing process and, when complete, are printed to positive projection stock with color and density corrections. Now, the final output is more often some digital format for commercial distribution.
What we have are 2 min. Clips, in digital capture parlance. However, lets go back a moment to the first paragraph. Just like the negative film stock, this Sony camera shoots to DVD. Just like cine negative, with an editing workflow, something else has to be done. Unlike the negative film stock, the DVD can actually be viewed in an optically correct, albeit unedited, format.
The .VOB files on the DVD are part of the inherent file structure of that medium, the DVD-video and are made up of MPEG-2 (DVD-spec) compressed files with very specific criteria. Unfortunately, the aspects that go into creating an instantly viewable medium, add some problems to doing any editing with it - first there is the structure .VOB, next, the initial compression to MPEG-2. Neither is ideal, if one plans on using an NLE (Non-Linear Editing) workflow. The .VOB structure will have to be converted at some point, and the MPEG-2 compression will have to be decompressed into another format, and most likely, be re-compressed back to MPEG-2, if the final output will go to DVD. Substitute that second MPEG-2 re-compression with Flash, WMV, or whatever, should the intent be streaming media.
Steve has addressed the problem head-on, which is a good way to tackle it. This is intended to just add a bit, to what he has already written, not to correct anything, or change anything.
With the proliferation of more and more non-tape capture devices, i.e. cameras, on the market, one must make a conscious decision, as to what they will ultimately wish to do with the footage captured. While it CAN be edited, with certain limitations, it is first designed to be viewed in its raw form. It handles this last job well - just pop the DVD/mini-DVD into a player and view, or hook the camera directly to the TV (or through other devices attached to the TV) and view. Editing, however, becomes a bit more complex, and needs to be well-thought out, and planned for.
The FAQs, at the top of these pages, go a long way to helping make informed decisions, come editing time. The compromises are outlined pretty well. Yes, there
b WILL
be compromises, as the medium is not designed to be editable in the first place. It is a delivery/viewing medium. This should be a strong consideration, when shopping for a video, or still/video camera. What will I want to do with the material generated by that camera? Do I want to just record and view, or do I want to edit, before the final presentation of the material? If one is here, in the Adobe Premiere Elements (or Premiere Pro) forum, then it is likely that some editing is intended. If one has gone with a tape-based capture device, the editing path is clear - Capture, edit, Export. If one has gone with a HDD (hard drive), DVD, magnetic storage camera, decisions have to be made and some planning must go into the process of editing. Then is the time to learn the proper workflow (will differ dependant on the exact process of capture, that the device uses), and will pay dividends. Learning what compromises will have to be made and how best to keep these to a minimum, will be needed.
The ease, with which these non-tape devices capture the footage, does not belie what lies ahead, should one wish to later edit. They seem so simple - shoot, then view. However, there the simplicity ends. It is later editing, that must be heavily contemplated. These forums, and especially the FAQs (remember, they are at the top of the main pages) are a good place to learn what comes next. The simplicity quickly peels away and a lot of new techniques need to be learned. As Dorothy commented, were not in Kansas anymore, Toto... If one wishes to get good results from the editing of this type of material, they need to be ready to learn. This might also be an instance, where learning by reading (first), is far preferable to learning by doing. It is far less frustrating. One also needs to be ready to dig deeply into their toolbox, which might well contain a lot of extra programs, to accomplish the task, in the best manner. Even for tape-based editing, one can never have enough tools in that toolbox, i.e. 3rd party utilities and programs.
As an aside, I use PEs big brother, Premiere Pro, for my editing. However, I picked up PE as another tool in the process, as it does some things better than big brother does. Never be shy of using the right tools, even if it means that you have to go outside of PE and even Adobe.
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