Video to Flash

[Walter Biscardi]

There were several very long threads about Flash in the past three weeks. Use the Search Function to find them. Search Flash, SWF, and FLV

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[David Scott]

thanks Walter

David Scott,
Senior Editor,
GOD TV (UK)

[David Scott]

Hi Walter
I checked out the suggested threads, but no-one seems to be talking about a hardware solution?

Has anyone heard of any hardware out there that can convert a video signal to a flash file in realtime? I’ve got 100’s of hours to convert and when I tested it using Compressor it was a 10:1 ratio – that’s a lot of time! There must be an equivalent to a PAL to NTSC standards convertor out there?
All suggestions gratefully received!

Thanks

David Scott,
Senior Editor,
GOD TV (UK)

[David Bogie]

Flash is a big nut. If your source material is dense, you are dong heavy compression and, yes, it takes a while, two passes are required to maintain the best image quality.
Sorry I don’t have any better advice for you. We do smaller stuff from DV, not a big deal for us. Probably best solution is to purchase an Adobe encoder product.

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[David Scott]

Thanks for your comment. I’ve found someone who can build me a hardware encoder for £8000 that’s currently under consideration, but it is a bit pricey!
Cheers

David Scott,
Senior Editor,
GOD TV (UK)