Exporting .flv file

[Todd Kopriva]

You can use Adobe Media Encoder to convert a movie into an FLV file.

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[Andy Crowson]

Thanks. But now I’m a little confused as to whether to convert to the f4v (media encoder’s default setting)or the flv format (which web designer has instructed) – which is better, and briefly why? Can you point me in the direction of an article to read as I’ve had a good look and can’t find the information I’m after.

Cheers,

Andy

[Todd Kopriva]

There’s information about F4V and FLV files here.

They each have pros and cons. Here are the primary differences off the top of my head: FLV files can play in older versions of Flash Player, and they can contain an alpha channel. F4V files use more efficient compression.

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[Jeff Greenberg]

F4v is using the h.264 codec – Mpeg4 part 10
FLV is using the On2 VP6 codec – from Sorenson.

Generally, the FLV works with older flash (and weaker systems)
F4V is using h.264 which is a more efficient codec at the same bandwidth.

I fed into google, FLV vs. F4v and got this article (which is mostly right – it’s wrong about what kind of codec the F4V is)

Best,

Jeff G

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