Encoding as FLV?

I just noticed that I have the option to Export > Using QuickTime Conversion to make my video into a FLV. The encoding options seem very similar (actual options and interface) as that found in Flash.
1. Is this encoding FLV in FCP part of FCP or is it using the Flash video encoder?
2. Anyone have an opinion as to whether it is more efficient to encode directly in FCP or to export as self-contained QT and bring into Flash?
Thanks!

Easier that CS3 Flash Encoder? How is that possible, it's one of the simplest things out there. If you don't want to outlay any money and u already have Flash Encoder, I'd suggest using it. It's quicker than Cleaner and Squeeze, and it's an Adobe product, so you get a decent result.

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Quite simply I would like to encode a FLV file to MP4. When I drag the FLV file into AME, it tells me "The source compression type is not supported."
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Message was edited by: djmulryan - amended screen shots

Hi all, I hope somebody can help.
This morning I encoded from a 1080p QuickTime .mov file to a 360p .FLV file.
I have previously used this work-flow with CS4 and CS5.5 and have had great results.
When I attempted the same thing this morning, for the first time with CS6 Media Encoder, the .FLVs came out glitchy in places (screen shots 1 & 2 attached).
Thinking it was a process error, I tried several different methods and all yielded the same results.
So I returned to CS4, thinking it might be a software issue, and "hey presto" no glitches!
All updates are present and correct from the Creative Cloud/ Adobe Application Manager, so am I missing something?
Has anyone else experienced anything similar? Lots more encoding to be done this afternoon and would like to use CS6 ME if at all possible.
Any help would be massively appreciated.
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Message was edited by: djmulryan - amended screen shots

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First up why is there no forum for Adobe Media Encoder CS4?
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well im guessing or atleast hoping you 3 who posted on here got it sorted out by now but thought id post on here to help anybody who has the same problem in the future.i had the same problem and after searching a few different forums i found that mp4's are a bit troublesome when converting them.apparently a good way to get around it is opening the mp4 in quicktimepro and then exporting it as an flv.i dont know if its that simple but i dont have quicktimepro anyway so i couldnt do it.
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Hello Hugo
Sorry to know that you are facing these kind of issues, let me try to reply and understand issues one by one.
>>We have been primarily using VP6/mp3 for encoding. Most of our work is SD. We also always seem to have trouble when trying to encode the FLV file to another format, audio always seem to be out of sync, but sometimes it works...
-- Which application you are using to convert FLV to other format?
-- Is these any Audio - Video sync issue when you play FLV file in Adobe Media Player? if NO, it means FLV file created properly.
>> Do you know why that would be regarding the FLV audio falling off sync when encoding to another format, such as MOV? Also, when we try to play back the FLV, the audio sounds garbled up and only plays well in Adobe Media Player.
-- Which application you are using to convert FLV to MOV? if FLV playabck fine and without a/v sync issue, it should convert MOV with a/v sync.
-- It depend on audio codec selection by Media player or correct audio codec not installed for media player. Install appropriate audio codec to play in other media player if you dont want to play in Adobe Media Player.
>> I keep hearing H264 encoding will provide better video, but I just can't get that to work. Also, why is it that my entire CS4 suite of applications can't read or playback the F4V file- that's unacceptable from Adobe, just a big huge pain the butt... I've had to buy several cheapie applications to try and read F4V files and try to convert it, except that converting F4Vs seems to be a hit-or-miss.
>> What should I be using to playback and convert F4Vs? I also heard changing the extension to MP4 works, but I haven't seen that work, not even once. The cheap video conversion apps I have that read F4Vs are: FFMPEGX and Wondershare (Youtube). Sometimes they open F4V, but not most of the time...
-- Adobe Flash Media Server version 3.5 and later and Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder 3 can record content in MPEG-4 (F4V) format using an industry-standard recording technology known as "fragments" or "moof atoms." Some MPEG-4 compatible tools and players do not support moof atoms.
The F4V Post Processor tool aggregates the information from all the moof atoms into a single moov atom and outputs a new file." You can download the tool from above location: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/tool_downloads/
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