Will Media Encoder re-introduce FLV?

I'm on a project which, from time to time, makes use of FLV (it seems to be the only video format which Flash is able to embed on the Timeline).
Sadly, I recently discovered that in After Effects CC (2012 and up), the FLV format is no longer included.
Likewise, with Media Encoder CC, I cannot find the good ol' FLV format in any of the pull-down menus.
So, as a safety net, I've had to keep a versino of Media Encoder CS6 active on my machine.
Unfortunately, I've been unable to find CS6 Media Encoder for Yosemite.
Am I to understand that CS6 Media Encoder is not available beyond Mavericks?
And, if this is the case, how am I to make use of embedding video in the new CC versions of Flash (which specifically ask for an FLV file)?
Thanks!

Oh! I see.
It's bundled into Premiere?
So, there's no direct download for AME?
I've got CC (2012), CC (2014) and CS6.
And, unless there's been an update, I'm on the latest of Flash Pro.
I need to embed the video into a Timeline. So, while H.264 (or some other video format) would be ideal, Flash won't let me embed anything on the Timeline unless it's FLV.

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Adobe Media Encoder. Poor FLV Quality

Greets,
I'm using Adobe Media Encoder (AME) to output a CS4 Premiere Pro project at 515x240.
I created a custom "Desktop" Premiere project setup with 515x240 and square pixels. That project previews look fine. The preview in AME looks fine. The output is horrible. No matter what I set my FLV output settings for the images and text are horribly stretched. And yes I am setting the output also for 515x240 square pixels.
Format: FLV
On 2 VP6
515x240
Frame Rate: 30fps
VBR Two passes
Bitrate: 1,500 (AME's default)
Min Bitrate: 80
Max Bitrate: 120
Bitrate Variability: 80
Here is an example... http://www.effectwebmedia.com/video.html
I'm pulling my hair out. Any ideas? Thanks!

A couple things:
1) VP6 and H.264 are codecs that operate in "mod16". What that means is that they begin by dividing a video image into 16x16 blocks, followed by 8x8, 8x4, and 4x4 blocks. This makes for a more efficient encode. Your 240 dimension is fine (240 / 16 = 15), but the 515 dimension could be slightly problematic (515 / 16 = 32.1875). The codec will stretch or compress the image to fit into that dimension, and so can result in a lower quality encode. If you can, try encoding at 512x240, by cropping a couple pixels in the horizontal dimension. May not make a big difference, but it's good practice with these codecs.
2) To me, your original encode looks like the product of Adobe's less-that-capable deinterlacing scheme. You're dealing with progressive assets and a progressive target. I'd submit that the reason your 1280x720 encode looks better is that you're using a progressive preset, with no deinterlacing necessary when exporting. One thing you could check is the field order of your original sequence setup--if it's interlaced, I'd say you have your answer. If it's progressive--well, then I'm wrong :) However, you didn't explicitly say this in your original post, but it's worth a look.
If it is interlaced, I don't think you can change that after the sequence is started, so just create a new sequence with the proper progressive settings, and copy and paste the original sequence contents into that one. Now, when you export, there will be no need for deinterlacing.
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Media Encoder 2014 ohne FLV Support

Hallo Forum,
als CC 2014 rausgekommen ist, war ich schon ziemlich überrascht das der ME CC 2014 kein .flv mehr Unterstützt.
Durch komplizierte De- und Installationen konnte ich dann den ME CC 2014 löschen und den ME CC wieder holen.
Nach dem aktuellen Update grade von PS CC 2014 ist aber wieder der ME CC 2014 ins System gekommen.
Das ist jetzt eigentlich auch nicht das wesentliche Problem, aber der Anlass endlich hier zu schreiben.
Warum wurde am ME CC 2014 der .flv Support gestrichen? Die Erklärung von Adobe finde ich ziemlich ungenügend...
Warum? – Weil "euer" Adobe Flash … bis CC 2014 nunmal nur .flv-Video-Dateien als Import unterstützt!
Und das konvertieren von .mov in .flv war im ME CC wirklich kinderleicht und praktisch, aber nun geht das nicht mehr.
Welche Lösungen schlägt Adobe denn für Anwender vor, ausser sich dem Willen gefrustet zu beugen?
(Ausser meine unprofssionelle Amateur-Lösung 2x Photoshop auf dem System lassen inkl. 2x den Media Encoder)
Mit unverständlichen Grüßen,
Marco

Gut, musste ich zu Action Script 2 Zeiten (Macromedia Zeitalter) für Präsentationen machen, ist aber schon eine Zeit her, lange Videos gehen da eh nicht. Und die Framerate der Flash Timeline muss immer gleich der Videoframerate sein sonst läuft Video und Audio auseinander. Vorteil war (die Videos waren auch meist viele und max. 3 Minuten lang) mann konnte diese sehr gut über Action Script mittel Bildschirmpräsentaton steuern. Ausgabe war da meist eine Projektor.exe oder app.
Ich würde in Deinem Fall dieses jedoch mit After Effects machen.
Neue Komposition anlegen
Video importieren
Timeline auf Videolänge anpassen
Video nach SWF exportieren / Audio einschließen, falls vorhanden.
Du erhältst dann eine HTML und eine SWF, die SWF ist in das HTML als Objekt eingebettet.

Adobe Media Encoder - compression issues (.flv) cs6 vs earlier versions

Hi all, I hope somebody can help.
This morning I encoded from a 1080p QuickTime .mov file to a 360p .FLV file.
I have previously used this work-flow with CS4 and CS5.5 and have had great results.
When I attempted the same thing this morning, for the first time with CS6 Media Encoder, the .FLVs came out glitchy in places (screen shots 1 & 2 attached).
Thinking it was a process error, I tried several different methods and all yielded the same results.
So I returned to CS4, thinking it might be a software issue, and "hey presto" no glitches!
All updates are present and correct from the Creative Cloud/ Adobe Application Manager, so am I missing something?
Has anyone else experienced anything similar? Lots more encoding to be done this afternoon and would like to use CS6 ME if at all possible.
Any help would be massively appreciated.
Darren
Message was edited by: djmulryan - amended screen shots

Hi all, I hope somebody can help.
This morning I encoded from a 1080p QuickTime .mov file to a 360p .FLV file.
I have previously used this work-flow with CS4 and CS5.5 and have had great results.
When I attempted the same thing this morning, for the first time with CS6 Media Encoder, the .FLVs came out glitchy in places (screen shots 1 & 2 attached).
Thinking it was a process error, I tried several different methods and all yielded the same results.
So I returned to CS4, thinking it might be a software issue, and "hey presto" no glitches!
All updates are present and correct from the Creative Cloud/ Adobe Application Manager, so am I missing something?
Has anyone else experienced anything similar? Lots more encoding to be done this afternoon and would like to use CS6 ME if at all possible.
Any help would be massively appreciated.
Darren
Message was edited by: djmulryan - amended screen shots

Adobe Media Encoder CS4 converted FLV files have sound but no picture

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I am on a unique job where we are trying to figure out our workflow for video live and on-demand production. Basically, we will be streaming live video during the day and then we would then like to post the video that just went live and have it available in our on-demand archives. For our on-demand, we have to have 3 different flv files at 3 different bitrates since we have no idea what our audience's individual computer/internet can handle.
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I don't think that Adobe's Media Encoder can open FLV files at all, it only creates them.
Alternatively you can use some of the tools below to top & tail your videofiles:
- After Effects CS4
- Premiere CS4
- RichFLV (www.richapps.de)
Regarding workflow, have you looked into Adobe's Flash Media Encoding Server?

Can Media Encoder take an image sequence in the watch folder and turn it into a video file?

I'm using OSX and Media Encoder 6 (from premier 6) and can't figure out how to make the watch folder take a .jpeg or .dpi sequence and turn it into a single video file.
I tried copying all the stills into the watch folder, that made 60 individual video files (one for each image).
I tried making a folder inside the watch folder, and copying all the images into it.. to which Media Encoder did nothing.
What am I missing? Will Media Encoder take image sequences and render them out as a audio-less video for me?
Thanks for any imput.

Hi action_packed,
This is from the documentation: http://helpx.adobe.com/media-encoder/using/add-items-encoding-queue.html
Still Image Sequences are not supported as source footage through Watch Folders. If a set of still images is placed in the folder being watched, each individual still file will be added as a separate item to the Queue rather than than the entire sequence as a single piece of footage.
Make a feature request for that here: http://adobe.ly/feature_request
Thanks,
Kevin

Flash won't import mp4 from Camtasia, demands an FLV; Media encoder won't convert to FLV; H264 isn't accepted either.

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Media Encoder won't convert to F4V or FLV.
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Could somebody please tell me the best export / convert / import options for getting Camtasia video into Flash (as an embedded video - can't do streaming).
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cheers
-E

Get Media Encoder CS6, which supports conversion to f4v/flv:
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Adobe Media Encoder: introducing stairs (edge artifacts)

Adobe Media Encoder: Is it fundamentally flawed?
When exporting Flash content to video, I noticed that Adobe Media Encoder introduces artifacts around edges that have a sharp contrast. The problem does not seem to be affected by bitrate or other settings and if I frameserve the video from Premiere out to a command line encoder, the problem does not occur, which leads me to believe that there is a big problem within Adobe Media Encoder. Most users may not notice/experience the problem if they are dealing with live action footage, but if your project contains animation (esp. Flash animation), it is a HUGE issue, if you are trying to maintain picture quality.
(Note: I've tried exporting on 3 separate hardware setups and I've even tried reverting to CS2 -> the problem exists in all of my tests)
Can someone else confirm the problem? (The problem is clearly there when exporting to MPEG2, Windows Media)
How to clearly recreate the problem
In Adobe Flash
Create a Flash project: 1280 x 720, 24fps, Stage Color: White
Create two symbols: - a red circle with a thin hairline black stroke
- a larger blue circle with a thicker black stroke
Create 2 layers on the timeline, place an instance of each symbol on the timeline on separate layers and create a motion tween for each symbol so that they move both horizontally and vertically across the screen.
Make the animation last at least 3-4 seconds and make sure the circles are not moving too fast.
Set opposite easing values for each circle (one with 100, the other with -100)
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Custom Settings:
Editing Mode: Desktop
Timebase: 24.00 frames/second
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Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square (1.0)
Fields: No Fields (Progressive Scan)
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H.264/MPEG-4 AVC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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When I convert a 10 - 15 minute video, everything works fine, but I've tried this several times with the same result and I have no idea why?

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Problem Encoding WMV to FLV with Media Encoder CS4 (but not with CS3)

Hello,
I have been attempting to encode some WMV files with Flash Media Encoder CS4 (I have Adobe Creative Suite CS4 installed) but it has failed, generating this error:
- Source File: C:\Documents and Settings\usf\Desktop\incoming\ch01.wmv
- Output File: C:\Documents and Settings\usf\Desktop\incoming\ch01_3.flv
- Preset Used: Custom
- Video: 624x343, Same as source [fps]
- Audio: MPEG Layer III (MP3), 128 [kbps], Stereo
- Bitrate: VBR, 400.00 [kbps]
- Encoding Time: 00:06:36
5/28/2010 11:26:16 AM : Encoding Failed
Error compiling movie.
Unknown error.
On another computer where Adobe Media Encoder CS3 is installed (with Creative Suite CS3), I experience no such problem. I do notice that when I add the WMV to Adobe Media Encoder CS3, it opens a window that prompts me to use "ffdshow", which will apparently work if it's configured to decode the file. I click "OK" and start the queue in the encoder. A few minutes later I get a successfully encoded FLV file.
I have come to question whether Adobe Media Encoder CS4 should be re-installed, whether the entire Suite should re-installed, or if there is some patch or fix I can install somewhere. Adobe Media Encoder CS4 is installed on my "production" computer which also has Adobe Premiere Pro (CS3) and Adobe Premiere Elements (7).
Could use some advice here.
Glen
P.S. the files will also not export to FLV using Adobe Premiere or Premiere elements...

Again, the reason we are capturing with Windows Media Encoder is because we tried using Live Flash Encoder to capture directly into flash but our equipment wasn't fast enough and it was dropping frames all over the place. We also don't have the space to capture into an uncompressed format because we don't have the available storage, and our events can be 8 hours long or more (each video is about 15 minutes, 20 or more videos)
Ive listened to everything in my workflow and it sounds fine until the outputted FLV file from AME.
WME is capturing at the following specs:
160kbps 48KHz Windows Media Audio 9.2 codec (stereo) 1 pass CBR
1800kbps 1 pass CBR video
29.97 fps
640x360 resolution
buffer size: 5 seconds
key frame interval: 8 seconds
I have verified this with a codec info utility I ran on the wmv files.
AME is encoding with the following specs:
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100% undershoot at best quality
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I verified the above with the same codec info utility (gspot 2.70a) and it is all acurate, it also told me that the audio is at 44.1KHz rather than 48 (there was no place to specify this, is this a limitatino of the VP6 codec?)
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When or is it possible that Media Encoder and Encore will get GTX 680 CUDA support?

...and will it really make a difference?
Ive got the Creative Cloud deal, so my software is up to date (CS6) as of 8/16/12, and after installing my new GTX 680 4GB card and enabling it in Premiere and After Effects, I see a nice performance gain over my older GTX 550 ti 1.5GB.
When I drop a finished H.264 Blu-ray file into a sequence and export it from Premiere into AME, my graphics card shows about 40-60% regular usage throughout the encoding, no matter what format I am exporting to. But if I just drop the same original H.264 file into AME and set it to the exact same encode output preset, then the graphics card is not used at all.
Also, when you run GPUSniffer in the Encore program folder, you can see that it will not accept this card for GPU utilization. Ive looked all around for the Encore list of cards database it is pulling from, and Ive concluded that it must be in a compiled DLL file, so unlike Premiere, you cant modify it to detect the GPU. AME does not have either the list of supported cards or the GPUSniffer program in its program folder, so both of these programs will need the GTX 680 added to its list of supported cards by Adobe directly with an update, like they did with After Effects CS6.
I can only imagine that transcoding in either programs would benefit from CUDA accelleration, like a few other transcoding apps out there already use.
If Adobe is listening, the #1 thing I (all of us?) want in CS6 is for all transcoding products (Premiere direct export & projects, After Effects, Media Encoder direct file import, Encore) to utilize GTX 670 680 and 690 cards for accelleration out of the box. I dont want to use some 3rd party transcoder to get GPU aided transcoding, I want my CS6 Master Collection to be able to do it. Not too much to ask right?

Hi, I have written a 'proof-of-concept' (i.e. unsupported beta) NVidia H264-encoder plugin for Adobe Premeire Pro CS6. If you are interested in trying it, go the following forum-post:http://forums.adobe.com/message/5458381
Couple of notes:
(0) GPU requirement: NVidia "Kepler" GPU or later (desktop GTX650 or higher, laptop GT650M or higher.) The plugin uses the new dedicated hardware-encoder (NVENC) introduced with the 2012 Kepler GPU.
(1) the "ideal" best-case speedup (over Mainconcept H264) is roughly 4-5x on a consumer desktop PC (single-socket PC, Intel i5-3570K). Naturally actual results vary on the source-video/render.
(2) Interlaced video encoding is NOT supported. (I couldn't get this to work; I think it's a GPU-driver issue.)
(3) Only uncompressed PCM-audio is supported (no AAC/AC-3 audio.) Also, multiplexing is limited to MPEG-2 TS. If you want to generate *.MP4 files, you'll need to do your own offline postprocessing outside of Adobe.
(4) In terms of picture-quality (artifacts, compression efficiency), NVidia hardware (GPU) encoding is still inferior to software-only solutions (such as Mainconcept or x264.)
In short, don't expect the NVENC-plugin to replace software-encoding any time soon. It's not a production-quality product. And even if it were, software-encoding still has a place in a real workflow; until consumer hardware-GPU encoding can match the video-quality of the Mainconcept encoder, you'll still be using Mainconcept to do your final production video renders.
cuda is meant for general computing including encoding.
if you performe h246 encoding using cuda on gtx680 it can be done 1 minutes for a video that takes 90 minutes on i7 cpu.
At that speed, the output of the hardware-encoder would be so poor, the video may as well be disposable. NVENC is NOT faster than Intel Quicksync; actually Quicksync can be substantially faster. But NVENC (currently) holds the slight edge in compression-quality.
Off on a tangent, CUDA in MPE acceleration offers both speed-advantage and quality-advantage, because the CUDA video-frame processing is highly parallelizable, and can exploit the GPU's numerous floating-point computational-arrays to speed-up processing and do more complex processing. That's a double-win. So what does this have to do with encoding? Right now, hardware video-encoding (which comes after the video-rendering step) only offers improved speed. My experience with NVENC has shown me it does not improved video-quality. At best, it is comparable to good (and slower) software-encoding when allowed high video-bitrates. At lower video-bitrates (such as Youtube streaming), software-encoding is still A LOT better.

Adobe Media Encoder FLV issue

I am posting this question here because there is no Adobe Media Encoder forum - sorry! My question is about file sizes. I created some videos in Premiere CS4. I need to convert the videos to FLV formats (they are to be used in an e-learning module that requires FLV files). However, I'm having trouble with the file sizes. At the rate it's going, I will max out our server space in no time.
To give an example, I have a 17 second video with an original frame size of around 720 x 480. When exported as a MOV file (high quality, etc.) it's about 66MB. I've tried creating the FLV straight from the Premiere project file, as well as separately, by running the MOV through Adobe Media Encoder and the results are just about the same. In either case, I can't get the file size anywhere below 1.8MB, which seems rather large for a web compressed 17 second video. The file size DOES NOT get smaller when rendering at the smaller frame size of about 300 x 220. Back when I used to use Sorenson Squeeze for web compression, changing the frame size like that would usually cut the video file size in half. Media Encoder leaves the file size the same...
I hadn't worked with video in a little while, so Adobe Media Encoder is new to me... but I asked my husband about this. He's a web developer and deals with video a lot. He said that he would take a MOV file, drop it into Flash Video Encoder and use the preset for FLV and it works great - a video that's this long should only be about a few hundred k in size (it's not a complicated/lots of transition video). Apparently Adobe Media Encoder has replaced Flash Video Encoder, so I don't have the option of trying it the other way... has anyone else run into this, and if so, do you have any tips?
Thanks so much!

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FLV gone from Media Encoder - which formats work on iOS anymore?

The withdrawal of the FLV format has thoroughly confused me. FLV is the only video format I've ever succesfully worked with in AIR apps on iOS. MP4, MOV etc. - all these formats never played when I tested them on iOS devices. Only FLV. I know that StageVideo gives some more options, but my question is:
With FLV getting phased out, which video format options will work in AIR apps for iOS (without using StageVideo) at this point?

I run CS6 at home, but I talked with one of the IT guys at work and he told me that if you have a CC account, you should still be able to download CS6 versions of Adobe applications. If that is true (and not just a corporate account thing), you could download the CS6 version of Media Encoder and use that if you needed to still be able to create FLV files. But if you wanted to give H.264 another try, there numerous preset encoding options under the H.264 encoding type for Apple devices that you could try as an alternative to FLV. In my experience with videos, you're going to get a better quality video anyway at a smaller file size using H.264.

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