User manual MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH VIDEO ENCODER

[. . . ] Using Flash Video Encoder Trademarks 1 Step RoboPDF, ActiveEdit, ActiveTest, Authorware, Blue Sky Software, Blue Sky, Breeze, Breezo, Captivate, Central, ColdFusion, Contribute, Database Explorer, Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, FlashCast, FlashHelp, Flash Lite, FlashPaper, Flash Video Encoder, Flex, Flex Builder, Fontographer, FreeHand, Generator, HomeSite, JRun, MacRecorder, Macromedia, MXML, RoboEngine, RoboHelp, RoboInfo, RoboPDF, Roundtrip, Roundtrip HTML, Shockwave, SoundEdit, Studio MX, UltraDev, and WebHelp are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. and may be registered in the United States or in other jurisdictions including internationally. Other product names, logos, designs, titles, words, or phrases mentioned within this publication may be trademarks, service marks, or trade names of Macromedia, Inc. or other entities and may be registered in certain jurisdictions including internationally. [. . . ] 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. Waiting indicates that the file is in the encoding queue but has not been encoded. You can remove a file from the queue that has not been encoded or that is not being encoded. For more information, see "Removing files from the encoding queue" on page 16. Skip indicates that the file will be skipped during the encoding process. [. . . ] 5. If you haven't yet specified encoding setting for the video clip, do so now. To learn more, see "Encoding video with Flash Video Encoder" on page 14. The Crop and Trim dialog box appears. 6. Enter values for the right, left, top, and bottom edges to crop the video, or use the slider controls to visually adjust the dimensions of the video. 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. [. . . ]