Tutorial details: Very Brief Overview on Creating FLV Files
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Requirements: Flash MX 2004
Assumed Knowledge: None
File(s) to Download: None
Online Example: None (example is embedded in tutorial)
FLV Files
Flash Player 7 introduces a new technique called progressive download, enabling developers to use ActionScript commands to feed external
FLV files into a Flash movie and play them back during runtime. FLV's can be created using F7Pro (Flash MX 2004 Professional Edition) or 3rd party
applications such as Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premier.
The great thing about FLVs is that they don't need to reside on the same server as your Flash application!
I don't believe it's necessary to install the Flash_Video_Exporter.exe and Quicktime (steps 1 & 2) unless you're also going to be creating FLVs using a
third party application, but as I plan to do both, this is the order I did it in.
To enable the export of FLVs from third party apps please follow steps 1 & 2. To create FLVs from Flash please follow steps 3 & 4:
- You will need Quicktime 6 installed on your machine.
- If you downloaded F7Pro then you will find a .exe file, called Flash_Video_Exporter.exe in your downloaded zip file, else look on your CDRom. Double-click this to install it.
(If you haven't installed Quicktime 6 yet it will prompt you to do so before you can complete the installation).
Using Flash only:
- Import your .avi (or .mpg etc) in to Flash using FILE -> IMPORT -> IMPORT TO LIBRARY. You will get the option to edit your video first or just import it as-is.
- Once the video file has been imported, open your library and right-click the video file. Choose "properties" from the menu and then export to your desired location as an FLV.
NOTE: Flash Video Exporter does not produce QuickTime movies, but FLV files that contain Flash Player–compatible video and audio streams. QuickTime movies use the .mov extension; FLV files use the .flv extension.
After installing the Flash Video Exporter plug-in on your system, applications that support file export to the QuickTime file format will show Movie to Macromedia Flash Video (FLV) in their list of QuickTime export options.
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