? Convert to Flash Video?

Will compressor convert a project in FCP into a flash video?
Are there different size flash files to choose from.

compressor can only do this if you have flash or the flash video encoder already installed from the Adobe CS or some other source. If you do, I would still recommend using the flash video encoder since if gives you more options. If you don't have it, then I have heard good things about VisualHub but I have never used it myself.

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Converting a flash video file to work with in FCE

Does anyone know how to grab a flash video file off the web and convert it to a format that can be edited in FCE 2.0.3? Thanks

Generally Flash video is streamed off a server and is not downloadable as some QuickTime files are.

Converting to flash video produces a single fine line

Hi
I export a video as a self-contained quicktime movie (1 min long) from FCP 5 and then use Sorensen Squeeze to convert it to a .flv (flash video) - the resulting flash video looks great except there is always (not the entire way through - usually in a couple of scenes) the occurrence of either a vertical or horizontal line (just a single one usually) on the video. It's subtle, but NOT good! It doesnt look like an interlacing issue as it is just the one line!
The video was de-interlaced in FCP ( upper field ) and I am choosing OnVP6 Flash video - and have tried numerous settings.
Anyone know how i stop these annoying lines?
Thx

Have you examined the area affected to see if it has excessive chroma or is too brite/dark?
Patrick

Text blurry when converted to flash video

I've been exporting my movies from FCP as 8 bit uncompressed to use as a master for converting to flash via the Flash 8 encoder.
The resulting images look great except for text on title cards that were created with text generator in FCP.
I've done numerous tests at various settings, but the text, after the Flash encoding, never looks pristine as it does in QT.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

I don't think you're gaining anything by exporting a DV sequence to uncompressed 8 bit. If you want to improve things, try editing in a ProRes sequence instead from the get go. 10 bit color, and it should play the DV in RT without having to render it as long as your computer is fast enough. But when you recompress a DV seqence to something else, you really can only lose quality. You can't get better by upcoverting the DV, but your titles will look better in 10 bit prores. Keep in mind that once you create something (say a title) in a DV sequnece, it becomes just that... so if you were to create the title in a ProRes 10 bit sequence, theory says that it should look better.
Also FWIW, the Boris Title 3D titler is vector based, not bit-mapped like the text tools are. So it should look nicer all around.
Jerry

Flash Video in Captivate?

I've used Captivate for a while now to create basic web-based
courses that are launched from our internal LMS. Now I would like
to include some video that I have converted into Flash Video. Where
do I start with this? Can I just point to the file on a network
drive or must I "stream" the video from a media server?
Has anyone successfully done this before? What steps did you
take? What were some pitfalls?
Thanks!

I use videos in our courses and normally we just include them
as an asset in the SCORM package.
It all depends on the speed of your LMS and the geography
involved. Are you distributing courses on your LMS through a
corporate LAN? Are you distributing courses to Asia? The bandwidth
can be a showstopper, but it all depends on how big the videos are.
How many users needs to view the videos and how many will view them
at the same time - the question is if your LMS can cope with
delivering videocontent to say 50 users at the same time.
We distribute courses through our LMS located in Europe to
countries all over the world. In the beginning we had some issues
with users from USA and users from Thailand and China.
The thing we did to make it work better was to compress the
videos even more. We have reached a level of acceptable video
quality and acceptable size, which seem to work worldwide.
There is no real recipe for how to do it - you need to test
and see the capabilities of your LMS and the bandwidth to your
users. A streaming solution could work if you just need one
streaming server located in one country. When we looked into it we
were looking at an extremely complicated (and very expensive) setup
with streamingservers located in various parts of the world.
Instead we solved it by recoding the videos again to compress them
more.

Multiple audio files for one flash video

My company is developing a presentation software program that
is flashed-based. We are developing a series of videos that will be
converted to flash video. We will also be recording multiple audio
tracks for different languages that we want to swap out and sync to
the video (like the different audio language tracks on a DVD). Does
anyone know if you can encode the video and audio to seperate
tracks and then swap out the audio with another and still synch it
to the video?
We want to try and avoid encoding video for all the language
tracks to save space. If we could have one video file and then
multiple audio files that can be synched with the video file,
rather than having to encode video and audio for each language,
this would save a lot of room. Can anyone think of a way we could
accomplish this using flash and flash video?

nope, Keynote doesn't have "triggers" though I figure this has to be on Apple's radar as it's been brought up every time a new version comes out.
I suppose one work around would be to make a slide for each sound, and have the sound play when you go to that slide. Then make your table a series of buttons that go to each "sound slide" (you can make link buttons, just not triggers). It would give you the effect of clicking to play the sound, it's just that instead, Keynote would be jumping to a slide and playing a sound. All the slides would LOOK the same, and you wouldn't use transitions between them. The effect would get you what you want, it just takes longer to build.

Flash Video & XML

I am not a Flash user, but from what I've read I think it
might do what I need.
I have a Quicktime that I could convert to Flash video. I
have jpeg files that I want to show side -by-side with the video at
specific times during the video. I also have an XML file that
defines when to show the jpegs (based on timecode) and which file
to show at that time. I would keep the jpegs on a server. Using
this method, I can update my jpeg graphics without having to edit
the video. Less time consuming to update an element than to update
the entire video. Update the jpeg, and replace it on the server
with the same name.
The user would play the Flash movie. At specific times, a web
browser window would open up to show a jpeg file. And ongoing
points, the web broswer would change to subsequent jpeg files as
defined by the XML. It's basically a power point that runs
concurrently with the Flash video.
Can this be done in Flash? Easily? Expertly? With what
software components?
Thanks for any help or comments.

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Converting swf to flv with flash video encoder

Hi...
I have a couple of questions please... I have managed to put some captions on a video file and would now need to get this video back into flv format to put it online;..I tried with the cs3 video encoder but it wouldn't let me.... So my questions are:
1. Is it actually possible to convert my swf file into flv with cs3 video encoder ...which would be logical as it is a flash file...
2. What is the best option I Have to convert my swf file with captions without losing the captions...
Many thans for any clear help as I am not a code guru....
Regards
Flav

Hi Vlaf (Flav),
the main thing for converting a flash swf into a flv is to make sure that the timeline is not embeded inside a moveclip (meaning that the timeline of the movie is on the MAIN timeline....and not nested somewhere else.
if this is right, then it should export correctly. If it still fails with the Encoder....try an alterative encoder caller "Super"(its free)...and does a great job!
unless specified by your client or target advert host, always try to use a minimum of 30 frames per second and you should be good to go.

Convert mpeg or avi to flash video for Web

Hello,
I wanted to know how can you upload a mpeg, avi, or wmw to a
website and convert it to a flash video file? What software is
involved? What is the easiest method for doing this? Is there a tut
out there or a book that details this method?
Thanks,

hi, for your situation, you would expect a video converter software, to convert avi or mpeg to flash video (.flv) for web. You probably know that there are plenty of free video converter out online. like Sothink Free Video Converter which I used for while, and I am sure it supports FLV video conversion. you could have a try.

Convert iPhoto video to flash video to use in Dreamweaver -- how to?

I've taken a 30 sec video with a Canon PowerShot SD600 camera and downloaded it to iPhoto. Now how can that video be exported so that Dreamweaver can use it as a Flash Video? I'm not experienced using Dreamweaver, so I don't really know if my terminology is correct.

You’ll need to convert it from avi or whatever the current format to flash for use with dreamweaver. One of these
http://www.macupdate.com/search.php?keywords=convertavi+toflash&starget=google
might help with that.
Regards
TD

Does iOS 7's Safari Convert Youtube Flash and HTML5 Videos to Quicktime? How Is it Playing?

Hi. It's good to see Safari (I have iOS 7) playing videos on sites like Youtube. Is it converting Flash and HTML5 to Quicktime or is the video playing because it's only using HTML5? How does Safari go about playing Youtube and Flash videos? Apple has solved the Flash for mobile problem then?
Thank you. Have a great upcoming sunday mass/ great week.
God bless.

there is no flash for mobile problem since adobe has discontinued flash for any mobile device.
Safari is not converting anything.
HTML5 facilitates streaming video in a format that ios devices can natively play(mp4).
Youtube/google is putting stuff up in html5.

What format converts best to Flash video?

Hi folks!
I'm trying to get the best Flash video I can. I can export from my editing program (Final Cut Express) in a number of formats, including QuickTime, mpeg4, and avi. Is there a preferred format such that the final conversion to Flash will be optimum? Any ideas? I realize I'll still have some trial and error, but I was wondering if anyone has any advice. I would appreciate your help immensely. Thanks very much!
Vixter

Generally, if you have the option to encode to H.264, that will be your best bet. Modern version of the Flash Player (versions 9+) allow for H.264 video playback without any additional encoding. If you don't have that option, then Quicktime would be your second-best bet, as it uses H.264 under the hood.

Flash Video Arrives in Adobe Acrobat 9

Adobe has released Acrobat 9. The newly released version now allows Flash Video contents, which makes it more powerful for business presentation.
Actually, the concept of using multimedia files in PDF documents is nothing new. In the previous versions of Acrobat, you are able to embed QuickTime video and other formats into a PDF file. But you need an external media player installed on your computer for playing the video. Now in Adobe Acrobat 9, video can be played within a PDF document with no need to have any media player installed. Thus makes it more convenience to share.
This is a challenging feature which will affect its surroundings. As we know, the similar program for business presentation, PowerPoint, now only supports video and SWF import. If you want to import an FLV file, you must convert the file to WMV, AVI, or MPEG, etc. which can be perfectly done with our product, Moyea FLV to Video Converter Pro 2.
The following passages are some notable features related to video import:
The powerful business version Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended provides more favorable features.
Deliver a compelling branded experience using PDF Portfolios
Create interactive, on-demand presentations with Adobe Presenter
Easily share video in PDF files
Share 3D designs and PDF maps
With Acrobat 9 Pro, you can insert FLV or H.264 video for direct playback in Adobe Acrobat® and Adobe Reader. New Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro even enhances Creative Suite 3.3 which is the indispensable toolkit for professional design and print production.
The Extended version provides even more powerful functions:
Easily adding audio, video, and quizzes to your PowerPoint slides and create rich, interactive presentations with Adobe Presenter (included)
Convert a variety of video formats to FLV for playback in PDF
Embed video in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint and convert to FLV in PDF
Convert 3D content to PDF for cross-platform sharing and collaboration
Combine multiple CAD formats in one assembly and save as PDF with Adobe 3D Reviewer (included)
Convert 2D and 3D designs from major CAD applications to PDF for use by extended teams without expensive CAD or viewer software
Create PDF maps by importing geospatial files that retain metadata and coordinates
In a word, Adobe 9 will totally change the communication and association of electronic files.
more information:
http://www.video-to-flash.com/
hope it can help u.

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Problem with Flash video/dropdowns in Mozilla

Am trying to add a flash video to a webpage using a
Dreamweaver extension called Active Slideshow Pro by DMXZone.
The page can be viewed: www.faith.org.uk/Testindex.html
In IE7 it works fine. The video shows and the dropdowns of
the menu work correctly.
In Mozilla Firefox the video works but the dropdowns do not
show.
If I remove the block of coding which is generated by the
DMXZone extension:
<object
classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0"
width="514" height="129" id="testshow" align="middle">
<param name="FlashVars"
value="xmlFile=testshow.xml&preloaderBackColor=0x0099FF&preloaderBorderColor=0xCCCCCC"
/>
<param name="movie" value="slideshowpro.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="best" />
<param name="scale" value="noscale" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />
<embed src="slideshowpro.swf" id="testshow"
wmode="transparent" quality="best"
flashvars="xmlFile=testshow.xml&preloaderBackColor=0x0099FF&preloaderBorderColor=0xCCCCCC "
scale="noscale" bgcolor="#000000"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="514" height="129"
pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
/>
</object>
The page works in both browsers and the menu dropdowns appear
correctly.
I would be most grateful for anyone's advice on this.

A discussion with Adobe support lends the idea that MPEG
layer 4 might be an issue. That since these videos come from DVD
perhaps encoded with MPEG layer 4 that that could be the reason tha
all of them have this problem. (Some were done using AVI - I have
to check and see if that makes a difference)
BUT
According to the PDF from Adobe Design - Flash Video Encoder
Wizard - By Tom Green and Jordan L. Chilcott
Flash should be able to convert an MPEG4 file. (Well it does
but they all stop after 30 sec.) Now how do I solve this problem?
All the videos still stop after 30 sec.s
quote snip snip>>
Flash Video Encoder Wizard
By Tom Green and Jordan L. Chilcott
The first thing you have to understand about the use of video
in Flash® is the original
video must be converted to a format Flash can read. This
format is FLV (Flash Video)
and you can either use Flash, the Flash Video Encoder, or
third-party software to
create the FLV file. If you use video-editing software such
as Adobe® After Effects®,
you can also export the file as a FLV file. If you are a
Dreamweaver® user, the current
version of Dreamweaver—Dreamweaver 8—contains a
feature that allows you to add
an FLV at the click of a button.
The purpose of the Encoder, therefore, is to convert the
video file to the FLV format.
When you installed Flash Professional 8, the Flash Video
Encoder application was
also installed on your machine. If you also have QuickTime,
Adobe After Effects,
Avid Studio, or Final Cut Pro installed on your machine,
they, too, were given the
capability to use the Encoder when it was installed.
If you will be converting a video to the FLV format, the
video must be in one of
these formats:
• AVI—Audio Video Interleave
• MOV—QuickTime 4 or later
• MPEG—Motion Picture Experts Group

My Flash Video is not working in my webpage

Could you please tell me what I am doing wrong?
I have dreamweaver CS3
I did use the Media option to insert the Flash Video content in my web page. When viewed in dreamweaver design window I can see the box, if I try to preview it http://www.stmarksavalon.org.au/public_html/pages/resources/TMPdwowk3qayn.php displays a 404 error.
I did upload to the host the .php and related files and try different browsers and does not display even the white space where the video means to appear
The original video format was MP4 I did converted it to FLV using the free software at www.dvdvideosoft.com
I did upload the encoded Flash Video (FLV) and the related files and the webpage
http://www.stmarksavalon.org.au/pages/resources/videos.php
Ta,
Sonia

Hi Melanie,
what I saw first is this:
That means. your *.flv-file is in your DW, ok, BUT, ist it on your server?
And are you really sure, that you did all the required DW-steps? In order you could control this I'll try to describe in detail from the beginning (translated from my German DW):
Create a really new subdirectory (not absolutely necessary, only to see/control the steps).
Create a new html/php-file.
Work in designMode --> Insert Flash-Video.
Search/browse ---> yourFLV.flv
Skin: Halo Skin 3 (min. width 280) ( it was my choice)
width 640 ( it's my choice)
height 480 ( it's my choice)
I clicked all the boxes
---> And now away with all these files below (produced from DW) to your server.
Best you have a look with WIN-Explorer into your directory, to see all the files DW has created in your subdirectory and don't forget one):
YourFlv.flv
YourFlv.htm (or YourFlv.php)
Clear_Skin_1.swf (my choice)
FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf
Could it be, that there is only the "FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" on your server?
Hans-G.

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