Re: FLASH: Video in Flash

[Michael Penney]

You will have to use a plug-in of some sort to view video, anyway. QT

w/flash track means only 1 plug-in needed. If this is confusing to you. look

up architecture as it relates to video (ie: flash is one architecture, video

is another). The Quicktime architecture handles numerous media tracks. You

can find more info. at codec central (www.terran-int.com).


As far as it being 'easy' as Eric stated, not my experience, sorry. However

it does work if your codec + the flash track don't put too heavy a load on

the playback hardware.


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From: "Andrew Le Sage" <

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Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 11:33 AM

Subject: Re: FLASH: Video in Flash



> Yes but is there a way to to have video without any extra plugins that

your

> visitors will need to download and be confussed by. I think not and this

is

> the only limitation of Flash. Perhaps they are saving it for Verson 6. I

> have used Lightwave to make an AVI and saved out an image for each frame.

It

> works for small stuff like a 3D logo of something. However I want to put

> real life video in a flash movie without QT, I will just have to wait.

>

> A

> ----- Original Message -----

>

From: Eric Blanpied <ericbapple [dot] com>

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To: Flash-R <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 6:45 PM

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Video in Flash

>

>

> > Michael Penney wrote:

> >

> > > You can also create a QT movie as has been suggested, set up your

flash

> > > presentation with the video in flash and export as QT. Be prepared to

do

> > > some testing/futzing with compression, etc. to get the alpha channels

> > > working right.

> >

> > Flash and QT work great together.

> >

> > To do a simple combination of a Flash Track and a Video Track in

QTPlayer

> > Pro is not that hard. Here's an example for a single-frame Flash movie

> with

> > video:

> >

> > 1. Publish your SWF as Flash 3 (4 if you want to mess with the Public

> > Preview of QT5).

> > 2. Prepare your audio/video movie to the compression settings that suit

> you

> > (this is not the list for that discussion, is it?)

> > 3. Open both in QT Player

> > 4. Select all in the Flash movie and copy.

> > 5. In the video movie, select all.

> > 6. Hold down option (alt) and shift and select "Add Scaled" from the

Edit

> > menu (where Paste normally is).

> >

> > This adds the Flash track as a new track, scaling it *In Time* to fit

the

> > duration of the selection. This approach has the advantage of just using

> one

> > long frame to get the duration right for the Flash Track. You don't have

> to

> > spend any time messing around with getting the right number of frames in

> > Flash to match the duration of the video.

> >

> > To fix the layering:

> > 1. Open the Info Panels.

> > 2. Select the Video Track from the left popup.

> > 3. Select "Layer" from the right popup.

> > 4. Change the layer number of the video track to something (-1 or -2

will

> > usually do).

> >

> > To reposition the video track:

> > 1. From the right popup select "size"

> > 2. Click "adjust"

> > 3. Drag the video around, and experiment with the (admittedly strange)

> > handles.

> > 4. Click done when you're finished.

> >

> > When you have it the way you like it "Save As", *Clicking the Make

> > Self-Contained* radio button.

> >

> >

> > You can do similar things to add streaming video tracks to Flash tracks.

> >

> > --

> > Eric Blanpied

> > QuickTime

> > Apple Computer, Inc.

> >

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