Flash Video Conversion

I am new to the web video flash stuff. What is the best way to export a 1-2 minute (Audio/Video) clip from Final Cut. I all ready have Snoch that will convert to a FLV.
I have been exporting as an AVI but the image quality falls apart as a flash video. Is there another format to export from Final Cut?

Export from fcp as a quicktime with sequence settings (the first quicktime export option not quicktime conversion). This will create an exact digital copy of your timeline. Then take it into your conversion software. Don't know this particular method of converting to flash, but compression is an art and getting maximum quality with minimum file size and minimum render time is complicated.
Things to consider: Reduce the pixel dimension of your video. 320x240 is a good compromise. Reduce the frame rate. an even division of your original frame rate is probably best. If your piece is standard american video (ntsc) 29.97 frames per second. Half that is 15 frames per second (don't ask).

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Quicktime conversion to Flash video

When I drag my Quicktime movies into Adobe Flash CS3 video encoder, I then click to resize the video and enter the specs. Then I uncheck 'Maintain Aspect Ratio'. Then I press start queue. I have been doing this for years but my memory seems to be having a little slippage. Does this process only send to my desktop the .flv file or should it also send the .swf file? The reason I'm asking it I'm only getting the .flv file and when I upload this to my server with the intention of putting the Flash video onto a website it asks for the source file which I'm assuming is the .swf file which Flash Encoder is not generating.
If I have forgotten and I'm only meant to have the .flv file, how do we then get that to appear and play as a Flash video? I have recently changed technical help and this was always done by former staff member. We need help. Thank you for your time.
Sheryl

would changing it to a Quicktime movie be more universal for people to view without having to download a plug-in?
Not sure about the "universality" of QT but believe it is generally found as a "freebie" on most PCs and, of course, on all Macs sold today. Don't use Windows Media since a good player with codec runs about $50 for my Mac but admit to keeping the "Flash" plug-ins installed for all of my browsers. Would have to abide by what David said as my one and only venture into flash conversions produced "less than adequate" quality as far as I was concerned.
As filmtex indicated above, Handbrake would be a suitable solution if you plan to convert the entire DVD (or chapters thereof) without edits directly to either MPEG-4 or H.264 files. Of the two, the MPEG-4 output would likely be more universal for QT since it would not require QT 7 be installed. On the other hand, the H.264 would provide files roughly one third the size of an MPEG-4 file at the same level of quality.
However, if you are planning to edit the material to any degree (i.e., extract highlights, break it into smaller files, enhance audio/video content, etc.), then you might prefer an alternate work flow. For instance, MPEG StreamClip (free) would allow you to load unencrypted or decrypted individual VOBs (or the the entire title) into the application and peform minor edits before ouputting material to any available QT format. Or, if you plan to make major edits in iMovie, FCX, FCP, or other such editor, you can convert the VOBs directly to the appropriate DV format for your particular editor.

Best export from FCP4.5 for conversion to Flash video player?

Hi,
I'm prepping a 5 min edit production for the best web presentation w/o excessive file size / loading time. The production has a lot of subtle detail & layered images so there a lot of opportunities for this to turn to mud (shot on low grade digital consumer video camera & also in lower light settings).
I exported in H264 at med quality & got a good looking 75 meg file. Tried uploading to YouTube, fearing the worst, and it actually created something decent from that file. I could just link that embedded file to the intended website, but I dont want that YouTube logo in the corner. I'd rather recreate what they do in Flash w/o the logo.
Does anyone have info on what YouTube does to the videos it processes into those flash video player files? Compression or resolution settings? It looks like going that route will give better results that can be universally viewed than the standard mpeg route. (file size & universal viewing on all platforms are my only reason not to post in H264).
Are these issues best solved going from a big FCP export and handled with settings in Flash? Or is there some export choice in FCP that will give best (size & res) quailty with minimal influence needed from Flash?
I've tried Compressor but havent been able to get any results from it. I just get errors that I dont understand. If thats the solution, I'll dig into that further, but would appreciate any tips / guidance.
thanks
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You could try Sorenson 3 at 640x480. Try a quality setting of about 80 percent.

Video conversion to FLASH ?

Hello,
I would like to take a small home video I made and have on a DVD, and convert it to FLASH format so I can put it online.
It's a little video that I made with a camera and at the end there's a diaporama.
It's not very long, about 8 minutes total.
How can I do that ??
THANKS

Klaus1 wrote:
When you Google 'convert dvd to flash video' they show 43 million links - one of them must be right!
Hem... yeah
well that's the point - so many of them - so I felt most of them would suck
why I was posting here was to find out if someone had done that in the past (direct convertion of a DVD to FLASH or two step process - from DVD to file like .MOV/AVI/MPG then to flash)
if so, then that someone could suggest me software(s) or freeware(s) that worked out good for him
I just wanted to save myself some trouble by trying out a couple dozen softs that dont't do good !
Anyone can help ?
Thanks !

How to create a relative path for Flash video on a CDROM

Hello - I need to distribute a web site to a client on a
cross-platform Hybrid CDROM so that they can edit and make
adjustments. This website also includes 2 flash videos that need to
be included on the CDROM.
My problem is this: I encoded the video in the Flash Encoder
app and brought them into the main Flash app for conversion into
swf files. I also used the media controller parameter to add a
control skin to the movies. I now have 2 swf files associated with
the flv video file, and I understand that all 3 of these must stay
together for the video to work properly. The video plays correctly
along with the controller skin on my Mac however only the
controller shows up but no video on the CDROM. I believe that this
has something to do with absolute vs. relative file paths for the
video flv file to the swf controller file.
I do not know how to change this path - I know "where" to
change it within the controller parameter options box but do not
know what syntax exactly to place here. How do you specify a
relative path here? When I try to do it I get an error saying that
the flv file cannot be found.
I am trying to use the following syntax: /video/welding.flv
where video is the name of the folder and welding is the name of
the file. I have done numerous Google searches on this subject and
stil cannot find an answer, so any help is appreciated.

OK - I assigned the FLVPlayback component the instance name
of videoPlayer to keep it simple. And I copied the above code into
an Actions - Frame on Frame 1. FYI - The name of the video has been
changed from welding to Timet Sponge.
Now I get the following error messages:
**Error** Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 1: 1119:
Access of possibly undefined property contentPath through a
reference with static type fl.video:FLVPlayback.
videoPlayer.contentPath = "";
**Error** Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 2: 1120:
Access of undefined property _global.
_global.videoURI = "video/Timet Sponge.flv";
**Error** Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 3: 1120:
Access of undefined property _global.
videoPlayer.contentPath = _global.videoURI;
**Error** Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 3: 1119:
Access of possibly undefined property contentPath through a
reference with static type fl.video:FLVPlayback.
videoPlayer.contentPath = _global.videoURI;
**Error** Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 1: 1119:
Access of possibly undefined property contentPath through a
reference with static type fl.video:FLVPlayback.
videoPlayer.contentPath = "";
**Error** Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 2: 1120:
Access of undefined property _global.
_global.videoURI = "video/Timet Sponge.flv";
**Error** Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 3: 1120:
Access of undefined property _global.
videoPlayer.contentPath = _global.videoURI;
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Access of possibly undefined property contentPath through a
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Display of Chinese Characters in Flash Video

'''Help needed to resolve issue with display of chinese fonts in Firefox.'''
I used to be able to run an html based chinese language learning program (with embedded Flash) in Firefox on my Galaxy Nexus mobile...that is until I installed the latest version of Firefox.
These are the instructions that came with the program to install/run it:
This site is best viewed with Mozilla FireFox 3.x+ (and above) with either Adobe Flash Player 8+ (and above) at a minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768. We also recommend that you enable both JavaScript and Cookies in your chosen browser's settings. Obviously things have moved on since then and the version of Firefox I installed around May 2013 would have been around 22.0
While the above appear to be targeted at computer/tablet platforms the program ran successfully on my mobile and the embedded flash video worked well. The video clips and accompanying audio for each lesson were also accompanied by text that updated as each speaker began conversing. This text could be displayed (by selection) in English, Pinyin or Chinese characters.
With an upgrade to the latest version of Firefox the Chinese characters now no longer display although 'English' fonts do...why? Is this a character encoding issue? Can this be set? What has changed between version 22 or thereabouts that I installed in May 2013 and the current version. Someone must surely know ??? If this cant be fixed, how can I re-install an older version of Firefox on my mobile. As an aside
I was able to download firefox-22.0.bundle, some bundle.parts and .source files along with Firefox Setup 3.6.28.exe but cant install any of these. HELP needed please.

Hello,
Can you please confirm that this is the summary of the issue you are facing
#On a site using Flash, and using Firefox 22.0, you were able to view English, Pinyin, Chinese characters on the flash video
#You upgraded Firefox to the latest version from the play store, and also have the latest Flash version, but the same Flash video doesn't display the Chinese characters now
#You are looking for the older version of Firefox for Android so that you can confirm that this issue has something to do with the latest version of Firefox
For the last point, you can download the Android APKs of the older versions from the following links
#[https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/22.0/android/en-US/ Android APK for Firefox 22.0 in English]
#[https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/22.0/android-armv6/en-US/ Android APK for Firefox 22.0 in English for Arm V6]
Please do note that you will need to enable the 'Install from unknown sources' option on the Android device to be able to install this APK. Suggest that you disable the setting after you finish your testing.
Please confirm the details above and we can help you resolve the issue.
Thank you

FCP Freezes When Exporting to Flash Video (FLV)

Final Cut Pro 7.0.2 freezes when exporting to Flash Video (FLV). The resulting FLV file contains only a few seconds of the exported video. A 2009 Apple Support notice offers this re. FCP 6 and CS3 Flash Video Encoder...
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Final Cut Pro: May quit unexpectedly when exporting to Flash
Last Modified: February 13, 2009
Article: TS2593
Symptoms
Final Cut Pro may quit unexpectedly when you export using QuickTime Conversion if you choose Flash Video (FLV) from the Format menu.
Products Affected
Final Cut Pro 6.x, Adobe Creative Suite 3 Flash Video Encoder
Resolution
This can happen if you use the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Flash Video Encoder and Final Cut Pro together. This issue does not occur with the Flash Video Encoder in Adobe Creative Suite 4. To work around the issue:
Choose File > Export > QuickTime Movie.
Be sure to enable Make Movie Self-Contained.
Open the exported movie in QuickTime Player.
Export the movie to Flash from QuickTime Player.
===
I just installed CS5, so I would think I shouldn't be bothered with an older, problematic Flash Video Encoder. I don't think I should have to convert an MOV file to an FLV file using QuickTime Reader or anything else. Why doesn't it export correctly out of FCPro 7.0.2?

oh well.

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 exporter for CS 4

Is there a flash video Exporter for CS4 on a Mac and if so where can I download this?
Yhanks
Jeff

Thanks for getting back so quickly,
Here is my problem. I have 2 Macs, a desktop and a laptop. The laptop
running Tiger (operating system) and Adobe CS3 which is fine for
conversion through Quicktime to .flv but on my desktop which is
running Leopard (OS) and Adobe CS4 I cannot do this type of conversion
without going into Adobe flash encoder which requires 1 more step.
I looked up Flash video exporter on the Adobe site (see link below)
and this component is only available for CS3. I want to know if it is
available for CS4 and for Mac.
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/flvencoder/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?conte xt=LiveDocs_NoParts&file=FLV_03.html
Thank you for your help.
Jeff Berman
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Best export for flash video

I have completed an edit of a 7 minute teaser for a feature film and need to export it to be displayed online in a flash player. The footage is HD 1080i, 29.97fps and edited in the Animation coded. My experience with best exports for flash conversion is very limited so please bare with with.
1) Is it possible to export directly from FCP to a flash file? If yes, would that be a good idea, or should I use third party softwares for better results?
2) Which third party softwares are recommended for flash conversion? And what export compression should I use in FCP for best flash conversion results?
3) Any other tips and tricks to get the best quality for flash video display?
Any help would obviously be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

When I have quality HD video that I want to export for flash, I compress it with h.264 codec. Then, with the new version of Flash, you can swap out the .mp4 extension for .f4v and your good to go in Flash. Quality looks pretty good at a fraction of the file size.

Advantages of QT over Flash Video?

I am of the opinion that from experience Quicktime is the best codec system available by far.
However when dealing with some clients re video for their sites they state that according to their webmasters flash video is sufficient.
Another argument put forward also by some webmasters also is that video is too expensive for their clients websites in general! (which I disagree with)
Can anyone back up my case for QT with some supporting technical arguments re 1 ) the benefits of QT and 2) the "cost" argument.
Long live QT!
ps ( I am not being critical of Flash but the quality of files I have compressed using QT is excellent)
Thanks
Mike

Both formats require third party browser plug-ins so some users may require download instructions.
Video quality of QuickTime is vastly superior to Flash video. MPEG-4 and H.264 even allow "HD".
QuickTime allows more video and audio codecs. This helps maintain backward compatibility for older OS's.
QuickTime can use "reference movies" which help in streaming video (RTSP) settings. One file can go a long way and reach nearly every version of the Player or the browser plug-in.
In the creation aspect QuickTime is highly scriptable which can speed up your workflow.
Flash video (.flv extension) requires you "build" a browser "player". QuickTime comes with its own player window.
Not many of us are sure of Adobe's (Macromedia's new owner) level of commitment with Flash software. Do they have some new plans? Will this require new software purchases? Will our old stuff continue to work?
Show your clients the quality by using QuickTime. Then show them the .flv "conversion". If quality matters they'll use QuickTime.

Exporting 16:9 Project to 4:3 Adobe Flash Video

Hello,
I have a 16:9 Video Project.
I'd like to export some of my sequences via the Adobe Media Encoder to Adobe Flash Video - 4:3 format.
I've tried using a Widescreen Flash Preset and then cropping the footage - however the footage must be getting distorted because the video gets a lot of lines in it when there's even a minimum amount of motion - with bitrate set to 500.
Any suggestions on how to export 16:9 project o 4:3 flash video without distorting the video? What if I want to export to 240 x 180 as opposed to 320 x 240? I'm not sure how the math really works for 16:9 to 4:3 to square pixel conversions.

Well, Chaunce, there you have it: Two differing viewpoints. Most of the output I do is for 4:3 square-pixel reduced size computer playback. Suffice it to say I have not been entirely satisfied with Premiere's handling of such a seemingly simple task.
Deinterlacing is an inherently lossy process. Even the best deinterlacers can't do it perfectly. So, I certainly cannot say that this is "lossless". Granted, scaling to such a small size as 240x180 will likely hide some of the adverse effects of poor deinterlacing.
I am also not particularly pleased with the way Premiere scales video. Large ratio scaling (like 720x480 -> 240x180) looks way too soft for my taste. Sadly Adobe does not implement better scaling algorithims (such as Lanczos) for resizing. It can really help preserve detail when downscaling video and images.
Premiere (and all the Adobe products) use approximated pixel aspect ratios. You may find that these produce slight stretching or squeezing of your footage when converted. It may not be problematic, but it is not "correct", strictly speaking.
For these reasons, I use Premiere strictly for editing and I have found alternative tools for preparing content for PC playback. I am hoping that Adobe will continue to make improvements in these areas.
-- Dan

Bass-sound disappear when exporting to Adobe Flash Video format

I'm making a guitar-tutorial on video, and want to export parts of it to Adobe Flash video by using Adobe Media Encoder. But when I do that, it sounds like the bass-sound of the band disappear. The sound generally becomes low also. Maybe there is a connection. Anyway, with the sound I have now, I can't use the video in flash format :-(
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jtp44 wrote:
Does "Data Rate" = "Bit Rate"
Yes
I selected DVD/CDROM in the "Data Rate" category...?
Umm....I assume you're exporting from FCP using QuickTime conversion,
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Frame Rate: Current
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Frame Reordering: Checked
Quality: Best
Encoding: Best
Data Rate: Automatic ... which then means you don't need to choose DVD/CDROM.
Give that a try and see how it looks.

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
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involved? What is the easiest method for doing this? Is there a tut
out there or a book that details this method?
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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.

Video Contrast in Flash Video Poor in Dreamweaver Playback

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