Re: FLASH: Streaming Live Video

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 04:12 PM 1/24/00 , you wrote:


>Isn't there a program that takes quicktime movies and converts them into

>bitmaps?  You could then import the bitmaps to flash.  Someone know anything

>else about this?


Smacker from http://www.Radgametools.com will do that, and it's free. But 

you can't create a convincing streaming video in Flash -- you would have an 

enormous preload in order for it to run smoothly. I achieved that effect in 

http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/rickfrnd, but only for about 15 frames, and 

it's a simulation of an old silent movie, so the low quality is actually 

part of the appeal.


Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media: Specializing in Flash Animation and Digital Audio 

Production

Our latest Flash job is on display at <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/rickfrnd>

See our Flash portfolio at <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/sampler>

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