Best format for high quality streaming video

[Chris Poisson]

Seth,

Why do you make flv files, why not swf? The way I understand it, flv is the part of an swf that makes it play, you’re saying the flv’s work on there own? What about controllers?

I am in this same boat, trying to cope with going to Flash on my Web site, one big problem with using Squeeze or Episode is that you get no controllers, and after all, interactivity is one of the main advantages of Flash. Are there any scripts or plugins available to put controllers in with these apps?

I created and maintain my site with Freeway Pro, which gives options of controllers for Quicktime and to Windows to some extent, but with Flash files, if you didn’t build in a controller, you’re SOL.

This subject has sparked many discussions here and over on the AE forum at Adobe, outside of using Flash itself or a program called Flix Pro to encode the Flash files, if you want a controller no go.

Suggesting I change to Dreamweaver or other Website builder is not an option for me at present.

This is a huge issue for me, otherwise I would have changed everything to Flash long ago.

[Dave Jenkins]

[Chris Poisson] “Seth,

Why do you make flv files, why not swf? The way I understand it, flv is the part of an swf that makes it play, you’re saying the flv’s work on there own? What about controllers?”

SWF files audio will get out of sync after a curtain length so that why most people use FLV’s. It is an extra step but we take the FLV into Flash and it adds the SWF controller and Flash will create a html page for to upload.

[Steve Cohen]

What is the time ratio for a piece?
How long does it take to encode a 1 min piece.

Right now I’m using Autodesk Cleaner and for an 8 min piece it is taking arounf 4hours to encode and the quality is still not up to my Operation Directors expectations. I liked what I saw on http://www.doingindy.com.

What compression ratio, bitrate and other settings did you use?

Thanks

Steve Cohen
Editor
O2 Media Inc.

[Seth Hancock]

Guys,

We started using Flash last year when we were having more problems with .SWF files (the audio was an issue and the quality wasn’t as good – at least we thought). Plus I like the ease of use with Sorenson’s ON2VP6 (or something like that) as the codec for the Flash video. We have never had any problems. They load fast and the quality is great. Check out http://WWW.DOINGINDY.COM and you can see all of our fils.

Also, to the person using Cleaner… I used to use Cleaner but it was too slow and I had more flexibility with Squeeze. If you look at our site and the show you will see that a lot of our show are around 8 mins. in length. So, depending on your system it can take anywhere from 10 min – 30 mins. Our show is usually between 5-9 mins in length and anywhere from 1 – 2.5 gigs. I have an Intel Mac Duo 3.0 and Sorenson finishes the job in that time frame every week. We also have a little iMac for some simple editing jobs. And, sometimes we use Sorenson there too. It never takes any longer than 30 minutes to export and squeeze. Let me know if you need anything else.

Seth

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