CP 4 swf to avi... which codec is best

I have been testing the swf to avi feature of CP 4. I'm
curious if anyone out there has any experience with the codecs that
are good and those not so good in the production of these avi's
with CP 4. Any help or suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.

>I have been testing the swf to avi feature of CP 4. I'm
curious if anyone
>out
> there has any experience with the codecs that are good
and those not so
> good in
> the production of these avi's with CP 4. Any help or
suggestions would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
So far I've not managed to come up with a happy medium for
this. I tested
several CODECs last week and found the process slow and
unreliable with the
file I was working on. In part, the answer depends upon which
CODECs you
have installed.
I think I ended up using Intel IYUV for my final publish
test, and it was
'ok'.
One of the Adobe engineer suggested Cinepac Codec by Radius.
This, in
computer terms, is a prehistoric CODEC. It is not very
advanced (it's not
mpg4, DivX or whatever) but that's probably a good thing.
The best answer really is just for you to experiment,
unfortunately, until
some patient soul turns up with more detailed advice :-)
Steve
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Adobe Community Expert: eLearning, Mobile and Devices
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