Creating FLASH Movies from Videostudio 11+

spudgun · Post by **spudgun** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:12 am

Esteemed Scholars and Gentlemen, (and ladies, of course); I have been asked to provide footage in a FLASH format, to be eventually uploaded to websites. I am shooting and editing HDV with Videostudio 11+, and wish to know the possibilties of converting High Def files produced this way into Flash movies. Advice or abuse as you deem fit.
Kindest,
Spud

Post by **Ron P.** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:35 am

Not using VS11+. Producing FLV was not made possible until the most recent version, VS Pro X2. You would need a third party program to convert your video files to FLV format. There are several available, just search Google for them. Of course probably the best suited for this conversion would be Adobe's Flash Professional ($699 US).

If these are going to be distributed on YouTube, then keep in mind of the duration (10 mins) and file size (100 MB) limitations.

spudgun · Post by **spudgun** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:54 pm

vidoman wrote:Not using VS11+. Producing FLV was not made possible until the most recent version, VS Pro X2. You would need a third party program to convert your video files to FLV format. There are several available, just search Google for them. Of course probably the best suited for this conversion would be Adobe's Flash Professional ($699 US).

If these are going to be distributed on YouTube, then keep in mind of the duration (10 mins) and file size (100 MB) limitations.

Many thanks for advice. Can you confirm that the latest Videostudio version WILL produce FLASH movies? The clips will only be one minute in length. Regarding Youtube, I am sure that they will exceed the 100MB limit, so may have to make smaller file sizes.
Regards

Post by **Ron P.** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:54 pm

Done about VS ProX2, and the video file (FLV) was produced using VS ProX2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA8PERuq7S4

spudgun · Post by **spudgun** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:47 pm

vidoman wrote:Done about VS ProX2, and the video file (FLV) was produced using VS ProX2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA8PERuq7S4

Am I correct then, in thinking that you can NOT produce a High Def FLASH (FLV) file?

Post by **Ron P.** » Fri May 01, 2009 12:23 am

That would be correct. The highest resolution available for FLV produced by VS is 800 x 600. I guess you could consider that a higher definition, however not a true Hi-Def.

spudgun · Post by **spudgun** » Fri May 01, 2009 12:47 am

vidoman wrote:That would be correct. The highest resolution available for FLV produced by VS is 800 x 600. I guess you could consider that a higher definition, however not a true Hi-Def.

Thanks Ron. Under 'Custom' settings, I believe I can set whatever screen size I wish, although I obviously haven't tried it. For instance, I can set the size to 1280 X 720. What do you think?

Post by **Ron P.** » Fri May 01, 2009 12:55 am

You're correct, you can input custom frame sizes, using the Custom menu options.

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:52 am

You can always use the Youtube to convert the video to FLV for you and then use a utility to download the FLV file from youtube

spudgun · Post by **spudgun** » Fri May 01, 2009 1:36 pm

vidoman wrote:
You're correct, you can input custom frame sizes, using the Custom menu options.

Hey Ron, no shame in missing that my friend. It may well be that it is of no use. I did burn a file to those proportions, (1280 X 720), but it didn't play. Said I needed to download Real Player first, even though I have it. There must be SOMEONE who has produced FLV files at this size before?

Post by **Ron P.** » Fri May 01, 2009 1:45 pm

I use Applian FLV Player to play any FLV files on my system. It's free, so you might try it and see if it will play the FLV file...

spudgun · Post by **spudgun** » Sat May 02, 2009 2:05 am

vidoman wrote:I use Applian FLV Player to play any FLV files on my system. It's free, so you might try it and see if it will play the FLV file...

Hi Ron. So what settings do you use when making FLV's? What would you recommend for obtaining the BEST quality footage?
Spud

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat May 02, 2009 3:03 am

First, I don't have the ability to create HD video, only SD, and uploading to YouTube is my intended target. So I just use 640 x 480, or maybe the same as most video clips which would be 720 x 480.

Did you try the Applian FLV player, and was it able to play your FLV? If so that would demonstrate that VS is producing the video file correctly. I don't use Real Player, too intrusive on systems.

Here's what YouTube says about video optimizing: http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube ... wer=132460 It would appear that FLV may not be the better format for uploading to YouTube. Perhaps MPEG-4, h.264