Episode vs. Sorenson

[Craig Seeman]

[Charles Simonson] “Yes, but you are the moderator for F4M’s forums. Do you not see a conflict of bias here when writing about F4M products? If not, then fair enough.”

I answer tech questions. Basically the same many of us do here such as yourself, Ben, Rick, me, others, etc..

Keep in mind Flip4Mac Studio series works in Cleaner, Squeeze, Compressor. I’m fairly well versed in all of them even beyond using Flip4Mac. Episode’s precursor, Compression Master, may have been a competitor (Popwire) since it was the only major Mac compression app that did not use Flip4Mac Studio but Episode is now Flip4Mac too.

Also keep in mind I work for 3rd Planet Video and use H.264, MPEG4part2, On2VP6, MPEG2, etc. which, until Episode, had little to do with Flip4Mac.

Being a forum moderator “someplace else” would be where the potential issue/bias might happen and I’ve made sure there’s no conflict in my being a COW participant and that. COW generates revenue when people come to THIS forum. That’s a strong reason why NOT to mention the other forum and gives good reason for Ron & Kathy to remove this part of the thread.

I’m here as a COW participant and offer my knowledge of the various compression apps and various codecs (as well as have my own questions answered) based on my professional work with many clients.

[Doug Keesey]

Thanks for all of the feedback. This has been very helpful.

I purchased Episode with the Flash 8 option. Actually, I’m pretty impressed with how easy it is to operate. I was encoding files within a minute or two of installing. Very simple. And with the current $200 coupon their offering for upgrading from Cleaner, it was a great deal.

I guess I’m wanting to use progressive download in lieu of streaming video on our website so Flash is the way to go, right? Episode can create FLV and SWF files in all shapes and sizes. Which do I use? FLV or SWF? And then what do I do with the files so that visitors can view videos on our site? Can anyone point me to some resources that can help me with this? I’m sure this is pretty basic stuff, but it’s new to me so any help you can offer would be great. Thanks.

Doug Keesey
http://www.EyeOnCreative.com

[Craig Seeman]

Actually all major formats can progressive download (WMV9, MPEG4, H.264, Real, etc.) but of course Flash has great widespread use and Flash 8 offers great quality. I think using FLV and linking to a player would be a good way to go.

See a site like this for a good free player
https://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_Video_Player