Publishing short clip to F4V/FLV - timing lost!

Hi there,
I'm trying to export a short sequence to F4V (then using the Adobe media encoder to an FLV) only to realise the sequence, which is timed at 1min 4secs as a Captivate project, becomes a 9 second clip once exported and/or re-encoded.
Any feedback or help will do!
Thanks,
shani.
---Added in about 30 mins later..
Discussions with a colleague reveal that there are 2 losses of breaks: the publication from Captivate to f4v "deletes" breaks inserted in the original PowerPoint sequence and the re-encoding of the file from f4v to flv in Adobe media encoder "deleted" all breaks inserted by Captivate.
Thus, the first transfer reduced the timing from 1:04 to 0:44, and the second transfer reduced timing from 0:44 to 0:09.
Although changing the film interpretation field can help with some f4v files, it does not do the trick if you have idiosyncratic spacing in between objects.
We hypothesised that had there been an audio track, the timing would not have simply been eliminated, but have not put it to the test yet.
Any feedback or thoughts would help, please!
Thanks, shani.
Message was edited by: shanieliraz

Hi angelacnaia,
I'm afraid I may not have the soplution, but might be able to help with the bewilderment..
Firstly, when we installed Captivate 5 it came with a video encoder (that could only be reached through digging in the Start Menu). Have you got one of these?
Secondly, are you buildling your presentations in Captivate or are you importing to Captivate from another piece of software?
Lastly - what is the format that your company's systems allow?
As for the shortening - I found that as well (as you may have gatehred from my first post). I since then developed a "cheat" in PowerPoint (I had a sequence of slide that needed to be made into an FLV file so it can be used as a short film as part of a software demo):
- I timed the exact length of narration for each and every animated sequence.
- I created "invisible" powerpoint objects - transparent objects or objects with the same colout as the slide background, thus, the end user doesn't see them
- I applied an effect to them in PowerPoint (doesn't matter which - can't be seen anyhow.. )
- Using the advnaced animation (in PowerPoint) I extended the animation on the invisible objects to the required length (and then added another 10%)
- I then imported that presentation into Captivate and published as an F4V
- Using the media encoder (the one that can only be found by digging in your start menu) made it into an FLV.
Is this at all helpful?
If you give me a bit more info (as asked above) I may be able to be more specific with my experience based advice.
Best of luck,
shani.

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