H.264 - flash video inside InDesign

hi there,
I'm using AME to convert movies for use in InDesign to create folio's for Adobe Digital Publishing Suite.
I've also poted this in the AME forum but don't know if this is an InDesign issue or it has something to do with AME.
Inside AME6 I found a setting for iPad 1080p 25fr and one for iPad 720p 25fr.
But after using these settings, when imported inside InDesign the infopanel shows it as Flash H264 video
Now, talking to tech support about troubles with the Adobe DPS folio, the support guy told me this is an error with the video.
He told me the format has to be H264 and not Flash H264. But all video I convert with AME and the iPad settings has that 'format' inside InDesign.
Don't know where InDesign is looking for that 'format' but I really want to figure out why some video's function well while others, converted with the same AME6 and the same settings, won't.
Hope someone can help with this,
thanx in advance,
Herman

I'm pretty positive that an MP4 file with H264 encoding is NOT a Flash format. It is supported in Flash Player but it is not a Flash format. Flash-specific formats would be F4V and FLV.
See the blog post on InDesignSecrets.com I did on video formats in June 2011. As far as I know, nothing has changed since then:
http://indesignsecrets.com/picking-the-best-video-format-for-digital-publishing.php

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