DVD to FLV

Hi All.
I have a question. I'm working with MX2004 and I have a DVD
with a 5 minute video on it and I would like to add it to a web
site.
Can the DVD files be converted to FLV and if not what would I
have to do to the DVD to allow importinh? Any help would be
appreciated. Thanks, Joy

I wish it was easy as Voila! I have done that, and can't get
the video to show. I've spent all day using the lynda.com training
video about using flash and dw8 to get video on the website via
progressive, and nothing. The windows are blank.
I've imported the video (AVI's) into flash and encoded them
with flash 8 medium quality using ON2 VP6.
Then I Inserted | Flash Video in DW8. I can see the file
locally when I preview, but just get a blank window on my test
page.
Would appreciate any other hints you might pass along. I'd
also like to know if Joy was successful.
Thanks!

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You don't necessarily need $2K+ for a good encoder: For MPEG-2 DVD, try HC Encoder -- it is free and much better than AME, IMO (requires some AviSynth skills, however). For .flv, take a look at On2 Flix. It is not free, but much less than 2 grand.
But perhaps more important than the "encoder" is proper preparation prior to encoding: This sometimes requires more sophisticated deinterlacing and scaling than Premiere can provide. In other cases, the solution is as simple as making sure the "deinterlace" checkbox is not checked when your sources are already progressive.
@franciscovidigal:
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> For flash, some lines seems flickering and there are little "teeths" on non ortogonal lines
This is perhaps because your sources are progressive but the "deinterlace" box on the Output tab of AME is checked by default.
> the same problem happens when exporting to WMV 1920 1080 full hd
... same situation as above.
> If we do export to h264 the "teeth" problem disappear
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> I must say that exporting to DVD makes always our films look a little blured...
Premiere is horrible at exporting HD->SD resolution.
To help you further, I need more information:
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2.) Are your animated sequences rendered as interlaced or progressive?
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I am completely new at this stuff
I have created a website in Dreamweaver and am now wanting to
put some video into my site.
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The Flash Help dialogue gives me advise on how to create an
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I am completely new at this stuff
I have created a website in Dreamweaver and am now wanting to
put some video into my site.
Two questions:
The Flash Help dialogue gives me advise on how to create an
FLV from a MOV or Quicktime file, but how do I take a DVD and
create an MOV file out of that?
Let me know if I am using incorrect terminology, I seriously
have no idea about the difference between any of these file
formats.
2nd Question:
With Flash video, it appears to be rather restrictive to the
viewer as far as sizing the video, where Windows Media files allow
me to resize the video to full screen and back down. Is this format
less attractive for placement on websites? and how would I create a
Windows Media File for play on a website from a DVD. Please let me
know the best program suggestions for making this conversion,
Freeware is always nice.
Thank you

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