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I am looking to do some experiments with creating flash videos but I dont want to sink a lot of money into anything too special.
Sorensen Squeeze for Flash is only $249, and i have heard good things about Sorensen Products although I have never used them.
Does anyone else know of anything?
I am on a MAC OSX System.
Thanks.
Basically all I want to do is take some MOV files and make them FLV.
I believe that Squeeze has a 30 day free trial, at least for PC. It does put a watermark on everything you encode, but at least you can play with it, see how it works, and get a feel for both Sorenson and Flash.
Might take a look at this: http://www.flash-video-mx.com/video_to_flash_web/ ... only $49
That would be perfect, but I was hoping for a MAC based solution. I am off to the Apple store this afternoon to speak with someone at their "Genius Bar". I will let you all know what I come up with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bec
Thanks.
Try VisualHub. It's cheap and it converts QuickTime to flv or swf files, among others. And it's fast. OSX compatible. I love it!
www.visualhub.net
Thanks everyone. I went to the Apple store today and spoke with someone at their "Genius Bar". It turns out I already have software that does it as part of DVD studio Pro...so now I just need to learn how to use it.
Thanks for all the tips though...I always find this board helpfull.
- Michael
I'd suggest to stick with Macromedia Video Encoder - it's shipped with flash.
from my experience 3rd party flv encoding tools do not save the meta data correctly, I've had problems selling the online player I developed because of flvs saved with 3rd party programs.
Ok, so it turns out that Compressor (Shipped with DVD Studio Pro) will not convert to Flash without an optional plug-in that from what I can tell is over $300. Since I am not even sure I want to use Flash in the first place, I dont want to spend that much just to toy around.Quote:
Originally Posted by citiboyz
I have checked out VisualHub, and it is cheap...so I am getting it. Thanks for the tip Citiboyz.
I use Flash Video MX, the one Bec recommended. It's dead easy ... so easy even I can use it. And it's cheap, too.
Michael
is flash better than regular movies i mean the filesizes are smaller but how many people have the flash plugings for their browsers
better than 90% according to most studies have a version of flash installed.
That makes sense actually considering the popularity of sites like YouTube, etc $0.02Quote:
Originally Posted by gaybucks_chip
Regards,
Lee