Merging Progressive Download Files?

I'm looking to combine multiple progressive download files into one. What is the best way to do this?

and is it possible/doable to, for ex, at 20 seconds in to press a key and jump to another video at, for ex, 30 seconds in that clip?
i know how (or used to) to do it with simple clips, just dont know how harder it gets with external videos (with progressive download each time theyre called in).
the idea is to do something like honda's press r video (2 story lines, switch between them when you press "r"), but using about 6 videos, jumping between them at the press of a key.

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With FLV files, it is possible to have progressive downloads.
In other words, while a part of the video is playing, the rest of
it is downloading.
I want to have SWF files that contain frame based animations.
Does Flash work the same way for SWF files also? In other words, is
it possible to play part of SWF file's frames, while the rest of it
is downloading, or does it need to be fully downloaded first and
only then start to play.
Thanks for your help in advance!
hkundra

> I want to have SWF files that contain frame based
animations. Does Flash work
> the same way for SWF files also?
Yes, it works the same. Loading from the first frame to last
in the order they come.
But, take note, if you place animation inside a movie clip
and that clip is on frame
(example) 10, it will need to stop on that frame and load the
entire movie clip to
progress to the frame 11. So the streaming and progressive
loading happens only if your
content is spread across main timeline.
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I cleared the list of downloaded files in the Download Window. Now the window is blank, even though I have downloaded several files.

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What is the difference between SWF and F4V in the context of Streaming or progressive Download?

Hello everybody,
I am absolutely a beginner in working with Captivate and furthermore my technological know how is not that good.
So, I have problems to understand if the export formats SWF and F4V are both capable to be published in the Internet as streaming video and as progressive Download? Well so, I do not really understand the difference between streaming and progessive download either?
Furthermore I was asking myself if this issue depends on how I imported flash videos (there are these two options) in my Captivate project during the production phase?
I would be very thankful for some helping information!
Greetings,
Mareike the beginner

Welcome to our community
I'm not certain I fully understand the differences myself, but will toss out what I believe to be true about the formats. Hopefully, if I'm incorrect in my bellief, someone with more definitive knowledge will chime in.
It was explained to me a couple of years back and is my understanding that "streaming" only applies to a video based format such as F4V, FLV and it doesn't apply to SWF. With SWF, you may specify a preload value. So when the SWF transmits from the web server to the PC, a certain percentage has to be received before play begins. But that's not streaming. It's preloading.
For streaming to occur, the web server establishes a communication channel between the server and the destination PC. This channel is monitored to see what speed is in use. Only enough information is then transmitted to be comfortable at that speed. If the speed improves during the connection, the server serves data at a faster rate. If the connection degrades, the information transmitted is also scaled back so as to accommodate the lower speed.
With SWF, after it has all been downloaded, a savvy user is able to poke around in their temporary internet files and save the SWF for play later. With streaming, this isn't possible because as the stream is viewed, it evaporates from memory.
Seriously hoping others will chime in here to confirm or deny this.
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How do I merge 2 pdf files into one file?

I use PrimoPDF (free download) to create pdf files. To merge two docs/pdfs/etc., print the first to a new pdf using Primo. Close it, then print the second and save it to the same new pdf. Primo gives you the option to 'append' or 'overwrite' the original file. By using 'append', you are just adding it to the back of the existing file. You can do this repeatedly to resort or combine existing pages into a new pdf.
Also, I'm using Adobe Reader X.

Download file from AL11 into CSV to load MD into BPC

Hi All
I have an issue in downloading file from AL11 which is in the form of CSV.
1) I have exported the masterdata for Costcenter using a Open hub.
2) The file is residing at the app server AL11 in the form of CSV.
3) I want to down load the file into CSV and upload that file into BPC NW for my costcenter diemension.
When i am downloading the file from AL11 , the total records are merged into one row, i cannot download same as it is available in AL11.
I have followed the HOW TO GUIED : HOW TO AUTOMATE MD LOADING IN BPC nw.
I m unable to get the file properly on to my PC.
could you please help me .
AK

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How to update bookmarks when merging two PDF files?

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I think you might be misunderstanding what I'm saying... we are not performing tasks for non-licensed individuals. We purchased a copy of Adobe Acrobat Standard so we could create a PDF of our catalog. That catalog we then put on our website and let people download it. Since our products change all the time, we generate a new catalog every night. The term "server" is just a place where a script runs, I could have it run on my desktop computer if that's really an issue but I think we're talking semantics. Acrobat is not what produces the main catalog PDF, that is done through XEP when it runs through the raw XML produced by our ERP software every night. The only thing we want Acrobat to do is an automated process to merge 3 PDF files together: Front Cover, Main Catalog and Back Cover. That's it.   Are you saying that is against the EULA of Adobe for us to do that?
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FLV Progressive Download SeekNavCue

Hello! I have been working on this issue for a couple days
now and cannot seem to find the resolution. I have a flash movie
that includes three FLV files that are progressively downloaded. I
have no problems playing them, but when I get to a certain point in
one, I want to switch to the other, but start the second FLV at a
certain cue point. The test works when I play from my hard drive,
but Since the files are progressive download, they don't jump to
the correct cue point when viewed online. Any suggestions on what I
should try next? My code for the FLV switch is below:
This is on the first frame (checks to see if the root var is
set to 1, if not then it should jump to a specific point in the
FLV):
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pam_vid.play();
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file is done playing, then jumps to frame 1 and checks the root
var):
import mx.video.FLVPlayback;
stop();
var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
pam_back.addEventListener("cuePoint",listenerObject);
listenerObject.cuePoint = function(infoObject:Object):Void {
if(infoObject.info.name == "cue2"){
trace("cue2");
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Christy

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How to Load Progressive-Download Video just when I press Play?

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What is the HTML code that I should insert into DreamweaverCS4?
I have seen this help page:
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Horsepower0171.

Excuse me, I am a beginner user of FlashCS4.
OK!
StepByStep:
My site is http://www.cavallodario.it. Please see the third top section called "Sezione 3D">Maya>the last bottom video on the page is published as Streming video (I think)...
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2) "Già distribuito su un server Web, Flash Video Streaming Service o Flash Media Server"; CHECKED and selected the URL: http://www.cavallodario.it/filmati_Maya/flv/Wagon_01_PAL_Letterbox.flv
> Next > SkinBar with Fullscreen Button (called "SkinUnderPlayStopSeekFullVol.swf") > Next > End.
But I have a doubt if this is a streaming function:
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How I can do to load the video just when I press the Play button?
- I have seen the "NetConnection / NetStream" classes in the FlashCS4 Help, but I am a confused beginner user and I don't want write an ActionScript code to build a custom navigation bar.
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No progressive download for H.264?

I was encoding a 6 minute video for web delivery in H.264 and it appeared that there is no provision for encoding for Fast Start or other setting to allow progressive download. The 6 minute video compressed in H.264 to about 30MB and was only downloadable off our web host as a full download. This required about 20-25 seconds on cable modem. Not a satisfactory result!
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This is crazy. If this is not currently possible, does anyone know if Adobe is taking steps to remedy? Is this remedied in CS4? I have heard reports of excessive crashing in Premiere CS4 so I have been reluctant to upgrade.
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Jeff

For a meaningful comparison, would you not have to view the same video,
encoded at the same bit rate for each format and in the same frame size and
frame rate?
I am not the expert here, but it seems to me that this condition would
have to be met to farily compare. Easily done of course if you provide your own
video for comparison, and that is exactly what I am trying to do. Can QT
Pro output an H.264 in MPEG-4 as well as QT wrappers?
I am going to experiment with both formats as well as Real Media and
Windows Media at similar settings. I do not have a program to simply encode
swf's without taking a few extra steps. It is cumbersome. To my knowledge,
flv's need to be embedded into a web page or otherwise incorporated into a swf
to be widely viewable. While I have a few players which can play flv's
directly, these are not as widespread as QuickTime or Real Player. Not sure,
but I think that Window's Media Player can play QuickTime files. I do not
try this too much so I am not positive.
Thanks for the help and best wishes. I will probably bite the bullet for
QT Pro in the next day or so. I think it is only around $30.
Jeff
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[email protected] writes:
Than H.264?! That has certainly never been my experience. My personal
computer stumbles on several H.264 files because it just ain't powerful
enough, but has never once failed to play a Flash video streamed from a web
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AS2 - FLVPlayback progressive download video doesn't play until fully downloaded, and sometimes it d

I'm loading video content paths from an external XML file into the FLVPlayback component. The issue I'm having is that the progressive download action is so inconsistent, sometimes it plays the video right away as the video is playing, and sometimes it does not play the video at all until the entire video is completely loaded. I would like to have the video play right away as the video is downloaded. I'm banging my head against the wall on this one. Any ideas?
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Progressive download doesn't display

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my paths were correct between the HTML, SWF's, FLV's, and the
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Responding to the last post:
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it through a Flash player. Mp4's have some compression so you don't
want to add another compression on top of that once you change it
to FLV. You can even save an FLV file directly out of Premiere
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program). The quality will be determined by your encoding settings
in Premiere/SS/FVE.
2. Progressive download works for every Flash player that
supports FLV's (I forget what the first player was, 6 perhaps). The
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compresses a little better. Just use Sorenson codec and you'll
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Progressive Download not Playing

I am stuck. I have done this lots of times, but for some
reason, my
progressive download flash video won't play on the server,
but plays find on
my local IIS development server.
http://palmettogolfclub.net/test/test.html
(ignore the blank 'images' --
just a test for the flash).
I have uploaded the swf, flv, /scripts directory&files
but still I still
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I sent myself an image from the laptop's hard drive, the e-mail back was corrupted.
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Cannot download files - or even post here?????????

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