User manual MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH VIDEO ENCODER

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[. . . ] For more information, see "Defining and embedding cue points" on page 21. About cue points 13 Encoding video with Flash Video Encoder By default, Flash Video Encoder encodes source videos using the On2 VP6 codec, which is compatible with Flash Player 8. The Flash Video Encoder uses the Sorenson Spark codec to encode video for Flash Player 7. When configuring encoding settings, you can select individual files and specify different settings based on the type of video format and quality required for each file, or you can select multiple files and specify the same settings for all of them. To encode video with the Flash Video Encoder: 1. Start Flash Video Encoder by selecting Start > All Programs > Macromedia > Macromedia Flash 8 Video Encoder (Windows) or open the folder that contains the Macromedia Flash 8 Video Encoder application, and double click the application icon (Macintosh). In the Flash 8 Video Encoder, add source video clips to the list of files to encode. You can drag a file into the list, or click the Add button and select a file on your computer. You can select multiple video files and drag them into the list of files to encode. TIP 2. 3. Click Settings (Edit > Encoding Settings) to display the Flash Video Encoding Settings dialog box. Flash provides several pre-configured encoding profiles that you can use to encode your video. In the Encoding panel, you can select an encoding profile to determine the level of compression to be applied to the video clip. The encoding profiles are based on the Flash Player version for which you intend to publish content, and the data rate at which you want your video content to be encoded. If you choose an encoding profile using Flash Player 8, the On2 VP6 video codec is used to encode the video. If you choose an encoding profile using Flash Player 7, the Sorenson Spark video codec is used to encode the video. For information on advanced video encoding settings, see "Specifying advanced video encoding settings" on page 18. 4. Verify that the encoding profile you've selected is appropriate for your intended application. The text box below the Flash Video Encoding Profile pop-up menu displays the Flash Player version, video codec, video bit rate, and audio encoding information for the selected encoding profile. 14 Using Flash Video Encoder 5. Enter a filename for the encoded FLV file. If you don't specify a filename, Flash Video Encoder uses the filename of the source video clip. When naming a file, do not enter the . flv extension; Flash Video Encoder does this automatically. You can specify a destination folder in which to save the encoded FLV file relative to the folder containing the source video clip. When specifying a destination folder: The destination folder you specify must already exist. If you specify a folder that doesn't exist, an error message informs you that the file cannot be encoded because the folder cannot be found. When specifying a folder, you must separate the folder name and the filename using either a forward slash (/) or backward slash (\) (Windows), or a forward slash (/) (Macintosh). You can specify a folder in which to save encoded files using the Flash Video Encoder Preferences. For more information, see "Setting Flash Video Encoder preferences" on page 26. TIP 6. Do one of the following: Click Show Advanced Settings to further adjust the encoding settings, embed cue points, or to modify the video clip's size or playback length using the crop and trim controls. Click OK to close the Flash Video Encoding Settings dialog box. 7. Click Start Queue to begin encoding your files. Flash 8 Video Encoder starts encoding the first file in the video encoding list. While a file is being encoded, the Status column of the video encoding list provides information on the status of each video: Encoding indicates that the file is currently being encoded. [. . . ] To set the in and out points (the points at which the video begins and ends), drag the in and out point markers below the scrubber bar until you finish adjusting the video clip size. The video preview window lets you visually identify beginning and ending frames where you can trim the video clip. You can also use the elapsed time counter (located in the Trim section of the dialog box) to locate specific points in time where you can trim the video clip. 7. 8. Preview the video by dragging the playback head over the scrubber bar to ensure that it plays appropriately. Selecting advanced video encoding settings 25 9. When you finish cropping and trimming the video, you may select either the Cue Point or the Encoding tab to further modify the video's encoding settings, or click OK to return to the main Flash 8 Video Encoding dialog box. If you are ready to encode your video clips, or need to add additional source video clips to encode, see "Encoding video with Flash Video Encoder" on page 14. [. . . ]