FCP to flv?

I am ready to send my website programmers final video for my site. The end size is 617 x 411 - a proportionate reduction of 720 x 480. They want it in .flv. I am on a Mac with MPEG Streamclip & QT Pro. I am using FCP 6.
What would be the best way (process, codec, app) to get the video there with good video / audio resolution? I have currently exported with Compressor using H.264 into Quicktime .mov and it looks great. Convert that or go back to FCP and do something else?
I apologize if the answer to this question is more complicated than a forum response allows. But, try anyway.

Reports here suggest that renaming the H264 file to have a .flv ending works. I have never tried it.
There are numerous flv converters available. Some are free, some less so.
And of course, there's always Adobe's Flash.

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I have begun to produce multimedia features (audio slide shows, stills combined with audio, no video yet) using FCP. I bit the bullet and bought the whole Final Cut Studio because I figured I would need many of the programs in the suite.
My first sizable client wants me to deliver the features not as QT files, but as .flv flash files. Is there a way to export my FCP project as an .flv file for this client with what I already have (all the FCP Studio apps) or do I still need to buy additional software? I have been researching this a bit and what I've come across so far are the following options:
1. buying flash and thus being able to export via compressor (but this seems like overkill considering flash is very expensive and I don't need it for anything else)
2. buy Sorenson Squeeze, but this also seems like an expensive option at $500 - 600.
3. I read somewhere on this forum that you can export to H.264 using compressor, and then simply change the suffix from .mov to .flv. Does anyone know if this really works?
To date most of my clients ask me to deliver content as QT .mov files, or in some cases make DVDs for them. I am unenthusiastic about spending $5-600 for Sorenson Squeeze unless there is no other good way, as this is the only client who has requested delivery in .flv files for their flash web server.
Is there any other high quality, reliable way to do this within the Final Cut Pro Studio set of apps, or do I have to invest more money?
Any thoughts or suggestions would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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I have been doing some research and testing, and for anyone who's interested I have some new information, and also a few new questions.
My One to One Apple trainer turned me on to something called MPEG Streamclip which is a free download (just google it for the link). I tested it and the result was pretty decent. I also discovered that there is a less expensive Squeeze option called Squeeze 5 for Flash ($199) and Squeeze 5 for Flash Pro ($299). Beyond the $39 Flix Standard that G. mentioned here, On2 also makes Flix Exporter, which is a plug in for Final Cut Pro, and costs $199. I will be testing it shortly.
My question now is has anybody on this forum been using the Flix Standard, or either Squeeze 5 for Flash (pro or non-pro version), and have any opinions as to how they compare? I'm trying to figure out the relative pros and cons to each one so I can make an informed decision.
Thanks for any feedback.
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I have update to FCP7 and now I can't export as FLV

Hi,
First sorry for my bad English, this is not my mother tongue.
My problem is the next,
In my PowerMac with FCP6, Flash8 Video Encoder, Flash8 and Quicktime Pro 7, I use to export without problem from FCP as FLV by File / using Quicktime conversion...
Now with my new MacPro with FC Studio (FCP7, etc) and with the upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite Master collection, I can't export as FLV directly from FCP.
Please do I need something else?
Export my videos to FLV files is something that I have to do all the time, almost the 90% of my production finish as FLV.
Any idea, plugin, codec or something??
Many thanks in advance

This might be of interest: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2275890

Lost export option - Macromedia flv

okay. I have been up all night so please excuse tired man's question. I usually export FCP to FLV by going to ; file/export/quicktime conversion and select "macromedia flv as the option. The option has disappeared. This happened after the last update, as best as I can determine. Does anyone know how to restore this function? If this was a third party app it installed automatically from another program.I have searched the discussion boards and saw the H264 option but I was really happy with the results I had before. Thanks in advance for any help you may have. zzzz.

Macromedia's flv isn't a legacy codecs. Check you your hard drive OS library folder-->Quicktime folder for the flv component. If it not there do a spotlight search for it. Just type in flv. If you still can't find it your going to have to reinstall flash.
You can only have the Macromedia's flv component if Flash 6 or 7 is install. From version 8 to date Flash is owned by Adobe.
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Unfortunately the camera does something with flash media, which could confuse the question. Do you mean that you want to use this camera for creating Adobe Flash Video content? If that's the case I would argue to use its 720p/24p mode, that would give you 24 fps 1280x720 movies that ought to work nicely in Flash, and could scale to smaller 16:9 sizes better than say a 1080i video would. You could use 720p/30p too if you want it a little smoother.
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I'm trying to make the transition from the PC to the MAC and I need to be able to view flv, wmv, avi, and mpeg. Plus I'd like to be able to convert .mov [from FCP] to flv, wmv, and avi.
I've evaluated VisualHub, easy to use and seems to have good quality, however, my source file was an SD 16x9 and I could only get it to encode 4x3. Very easy program to use but it doesn't have a player.
I have not tried Flip4Mac but it seems to be well recommended. Its a bit more expensive and doesn't have as many formats but it has a player.
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From the specs of your gear, I suspect that you are a power user. In which case, I think that you will need all of them...........
QT pro for general stuff and the ability to export from Quicktime. You may also find the mpeg 2 component useful although if you have FCP, you may find that it is included in the FCP package.
Flip4Mac to view wmv and some avi files and the ability to create wmv files - for which you will need a high end version.
VisualHub for conversions.
Streamclip
Also:
Toast for easy SVCD, VCD and DVD production and DivX stuff and mpeg 2 production.
VLC to play almost anything......for free!!!!!
There is much overlap of abilities but I could not do without any of them except perhaps Streamclip - but that is free anyway and it is highly rated by many.
With regard to VisuaHub encoding 4:3 rather than 16:9, I think that you will find an advanced setting to cover it. If not try the VisualHub forum.

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Cheers. Mark.

Yep, that's what I mean when I say I've tried from Quicktime...
No option at all

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I have Flash Pro 8 and the video encoder (which came with it) installed on my iMac.
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Mark,
Please do not start a new thread for an ongoing issue.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4927206#4927206
See my response in the original thread.
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Can anyone help?

Robs HD wrote:
i recently purchased CS5 Master Collection Student & Teacher Edition. i am told that with the installation of CS5, an flv export option should appear in FCP when using "Export QT Movie".
In this scenario, you don't want, Export > QT movie. You instead want, Export > Using QT Conversion. Then one of your "OPTIONS" should be "flv."
Unfortunately this is not the case, neither does it appear in the FCP export menu, nor does FLV show up in Compressor, when choosing "Quicktime Export Components" from the "add" button.
Can anyone help?
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Hy, when I did a fcp project, I export it well in QTime conversion to have .mov file.
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Hy, when I did a final cut pro project, I export it well in Quick Time conversion to have .mov file.
But If I want to have a flv file after doing my fcp project, and try to export in flv, Final cut is taking a long time and after few minutes doesn't answering.
Can you help me, I have a lot of files to export first in .mov and after in flv.
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Hy Dave, I have no encoder, I'am doing export via conversion quicktime (I have quicktime pro) and usually I did it for .mov, but when I ask him FLV options, he is doing it but slowly and also he is not answering so you have to stop fcp, it is not usefull. thank you to tell me if you know exactly what I have to do. My issue is to convert in flv files when I finish the fcp project (to give to people who have a website for example and who didn't want .mov file who is too large).

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