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Flash from FCP 5?
Hi, I just delivered a short doc I shot on miniDV in NTSC format to the web designer for my school and he says it needs to be in FLV format.
Can anyone tell me if I can output a flash file from FCP 5.0? Or from Compressor 2.0.1? I don’t have After Effects, or macromedia, CS4 or any of the other FCP studio software AND I’m skeptical about installing new software since I struggle hard enough to run FCP on an iBook G4.
Any suggestions are very much appreciated.
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6 Replies
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We use Sorenson’s Squeeze to encode flvs. We export a QT and use that in Squeeze. However, if your web designer has Flash CS3 or 4, Flash Encoder is included. Just give him a self-contained QT and he can use Flash Encoder to make the flv. Only possible issue is whether his computer can “see” your QT. If you’re on Mac and he’s PC this could be an issue. If you’re both on Mac you should be good.
John
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Thanks for the prompt reply John!
I checked out Sorenson’s Squeeze. Can I safely assume FCP and Compressor do NOT export flv files?
Also, is there any free encoding software you can recommend? I know there’s a lot of bad free software out there so if you know of a good one that would be appreciated.
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I’ve read posts on the COW about encoding an h.264 QT and changing the .mov to .flv and that it will work. If you search the FCP and Flash forums you should find out more about that. I’m not aware of any free encoding programs, although, they probably exist.
John
MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.5 QT7.5.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870
ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE Enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
24″ TV-Logic Monitor
Final Cut Studio 2 (up to date)Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN
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I export QT reference file and use Compressor to encode to h.264.mov. Then change the .mov to .flv and it plays fine in a flash player. Flash adopted the h.264 codec some time back. All the video posted on our web site is encoded this way and it works great.
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Does that mean you literally just retype the file extension by erasing .mov and typing in .flv? I’ve read that about h.264 being adopted by flash. I guess I’ll give it a shot.
Is anything else I need to know? Thanks again John.
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Yes. Just change the extension to .flv. Make sure you know the screen size your web guy wants and the data rate. That’s the kilobits per second the file is encoded with. If it’s too low the quality suffers. If it’s too high it’ll take a while to load. We normally encode at 500kbps, but going higher than that is ok if users can handle that.
John
MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.5 QT7.5.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870
ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE Enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
24″ TV-Logic Monitor
Final Cut Studio 2 (up to date)Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN
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