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hi all,
i`m considering changing the delivery format of my work on my website:
www.secondarymotion.co.uk
at present it`s set up to use windows media player objects, but in the interests of cross platform compatability, i`m thinking about changing to flash video.
Does anyone know the logistics of doing this? what software i`ll need, etc?
i can`t re-export the work from premiere as the original files are long since obselete and to be honest, if it means re-editing everything, i`ll just leave it alone.
could i bring the original video into Flash and export it as an FLV from there?
Also, what about the movie controls? i`m not too bad with flash/actionscript (not too good either though ;) - is this all it`ll take to code the buttons?
I believe Dreamweaver has quite a user-friendly way of creating flash video player objects (if anyone can confirm this i`ll check next time i`m in the uni, but i don`t have access to Dreamweaver at home)
so yes, looking for any advice or pointers on this one.
thanks all! :)
i`m considering changing the delivery format of my work on my website:
www.secondarymotion.co.uk
at present it`s set up to use windows media player objects, but in the interests of cross platform compatability, i`m thinking about changing to flash video.
Does anyone know the logistics of doing this? what software i`ll need, etc?
i can`t re-export the work from premiere as the original files are long since obselete and to be honest, if it means re-editing everything, i`ll just leave it alone.
could i bring the original video into Flash and export it as an FLV from there?
Also, what about the movie controls? i`m not too bad with flash/actionscript (not too good either though ;) - is this all it`ll take to code the buttons?
I believe Dreamweaver has quite a user-friendly way of creating flash video player objects (if anyone can confirm this i`ll check next time i`m in the uni, but i don`t have access to Dreamweaver at home)
so yes, looking for any advice or pointers on this one.
thanks all! :)
nice! i`ll go with that as well then (once it`s been checked by a mac user)
Fair enough - if it works then it can't be wrong! That's the reasoning I use most of the time.
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it`s an swf flash player object that calls the flv to play.
i poked around the source code for a youtube page and it seemed to be the same deal, they have a player.swf object that calls the movie clip assigned to that page.
have i done it wrong?
i poked around the source code for a youtube page and it seemed to be the same deal, they have a player.swf object that calls the movie clip assigned to that page.
have i done it wrong?
Morning,
All seems to work(PC), I thought you were going to try using FLV that looks like SWF to me?
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All seems to work(PC), I thought you were going to try using FLV that looks like SWF to me?
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having harrassed a web developer mate for the last few hours, i`ve relieved him of his copy of Flash for a little while :D
Click here for a test page
we SHOULD get the video playing nicely with player controls when you mouseover, all being well.
i`ve got this working on my pc, but i`m not totally sure what i`m up to yet so it may be calling some local files, so if anyone gets any weirdness, sing out please!
If anyone reading this has a Mac could you give it a click for me and check it works also please?
thanks!
Click here for a test page
we SHOULD get the video playing nicely with player controls when you mouseover, all being well.
i`ve got this working on my pc, but i`m not totally sure what i`m up to yet so it may be calling some local files, so if anyone gets any weirdness, sing out please!
If anyone reading this has a Mac could you give it a click for me and check it works also please?
thanks!
Hi Very_Metal,
I don't have the latest version of Flash either (or use the MX version I have), so I convert my video to FLV using third party apps.
Then use the links I mentioned to make them available - it all seems to work quite well for me.
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I don't have the latest version of Flash either (or use the MX version I have), so I convert my video to FLV using third party apps.
Then use the links I mentioned to make them available - it all seems to work quite well for me.
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Garin - i considered just doing that, but if you read the small print in the terms and conditions of Youtube, et al, it gives them ownership of the material, which i`m not really happy with. so building a custom player is my only option (i don`t mind posting 5 minute mucking around animations on those places, but not for the short films or any future showreels i upload which will contain material owned by Rebellion, so there`s too much involved to risk it)
however - "why bother" is now looking very attractive :D
Hmmm - thank you sir! i`ll look into them and keep considering my options. I don`t have flash myself, but do have access at work, so will take a look.
however - "why bother" is now looking very attractive :D
Hmmm - thank you sir! i`ll look into them and keep considering my options. I don`t have flash myself, but do have access at work, so will take a look.
My only thought is why bother? I'd just upload them to my favour video sharing website (youtube etc.) and embed them. Potential extra exposure of my work would negate the downside of having a logo of a video sharing website on the video player.
I was hoping others may have had some useful tips here - but perhaps not.
So here's my input:
Yes the latest versions of Flash can export to FLV (not that I've got it!).
These two resources have proved to be very useful to me:
JW FLV Media Player
and this is worth reading/using:
FLV embed script
Let us know how you get on.
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So here's my input:
Yes the latest versions of Flash can export to FLV (not that I've got it!).
These two resources have proved to be very useful to me:
JW FLV Media Player
and this is worth reading/using:
FLV embed script
Let us know how you get on.
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hi all,
i`m considering changing the delivery format of my work on my website:
www.secondarymotion.co.uk
at present it`s set up to use windows media player objects, but in the interests of cross platform compatability, i`m thinking about changing to flash video.
Does anyone know the logistics of doing this? what software i`ll need, etc?
i can`t re-export the work from premiere as the original files are long since obselete and to be honest, if it means re-editing everything, i`ll just leave it alone.
could i bring the original video into Flash and export it as an FLV from there?
Also, what about the movie controls? i`m not too bad with flash/actionscript (not too good either though ;) - is this all it`ll take to code the buttons?
I believe Dreamweaver has quite a user-friendly way of creating flash video player objects (if anyone can confirm this i`ll check next time i`m in the uni, but i don`t have access to Dreamweaver at home)
so yes, looking for any advice or pointers on this one.
thanks all! :)
i`m considering changing the delivery format of my work on my website:
www.secondarymotion.co.uk
at present it`s set up to use windows media player objects, but in the interests of cross platform compatability, i`m thinking about changing to flash video.
Does anyone know the logistics of doing this? what software i`ll need, etc?
i can`t re-export the work from premiere as the original files are long since obselete and to be honest, if it means re-editing everything, i`ll just leave it alone.
could i bring the original video into Flash and export it as an FLV from there?
Also, what about the movie controls? i`m not too bad with flash/actionscript (not too good either though ;) - is this all it`ll take to code the buttons?
I believe Dreamweaver has quite a user-friendly way of creating flash video player objects (if anyone can confirm this i`ll check next time i`m in the uni, but i don`t have access to Dreamweaver at home)
so yes, looking for any advice or pointers on this one.
thanks all! :)