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Exporting to a file.
Hi,
I really hope someone can help me out on this. I’m tearing my hair out!I have a video I am wanting to export from premiere 6 (old version, I know.) to eventually be used via flash 8 onto a website (dreamweaver). As a result; over a period of about a week and lots of trial and error I have been trying to figure out what is the best codec to use.
Does anyone know of the best one in terms of quality, and also (this is a big factor) the one that is the smallest file size without compromising too much quality of the video. I only have a real basic set up at the moment, my edit card is a canopus EZDV. I have been exporting as a Windows media (and quicktime) Mpeg 4.
For a 1 min peice of video I’m getting the file at about 20 – 40 meg. Obviously for a website this is massive. I am looking at around 2 – 3 meg per minute.If i need to download additional codecs could you please point me in the right direction? I really have no idea what i’m looking for.
Any help on this is greatly appreciated.
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4 Replies
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Flash 8 includes the Flash encoder to do your compression. Export from Premiere as uncompressed Microsoft AVI and give that file to the Flash 8 encoder. Choose the Spark Pro codec for maximum compatibility.
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Many thanks Mike. That sounds fine. But if I export as an avi then the file size will be large, does Flash refer to the original video file when loading in a webpage?
I know i’m kinda in the wrong forum for this reply, but when i upload my site to the web do I include the original video file as well as my flash video? If so i’m going to run out of webspace pretty quickly.I did a quick test and my avi file (320 X 240) 1 min long was in the region of about 60meg ! Are there any other settings i need to be aware of?
Also – And I apologise for dragging this thread out even longer, but I have some video files encoded as “.m2p” , how can i import them into premiere and convert them as standard avi files? They won’t import.
Alternatively, is there any third party software that will convert? I have tried several free and shareware ones, but they don’t seem to work thzt well.
Many thanks
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Your .avi from Premiere should be full resolution for best results in Flash. The file will be huge! Flash will create a new .swf or .flv file 320 x 240 and any size (bitrate) you need. The large uncompressed clip will no longer be needed then.
.m2p files are Mpeg 2. Converting them back to .avi and then converting them again will cause poorer results, but Premiere Elements can do it, so can Procoder. -
many thanks for your help mike. I’ll look into it.
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