Tai lieu flash MX 2004 and video

Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Video

by Forest Key and Chris Hock

February 2004

by Forest Key and Chris Hock

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Contents

Executive Summary ............................................................................................................... 1

Introduction............................................................................................................................. 1

Macromedia Flash and Flash Video..................................................................1

Technical Overview of Video Standards .............................................................2

Video Standards—NTSC and PAL ...............................................................2

Interlaced and Progressive Video ................................................................5

Introducing the Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Video Platform ........................................ 6

Approaches to Incorporating Video ..................................................................6

Embedding Video within Flash Player Movies ................................................7

Producing Progressive FLV Files .................................................................7

Producing Streaming FLV Files ..................................................................8

Using Live Video........................................................................................ 11

Creating Flash Video Files from within Third-Party Applications.....................................11

Using Flash Video Exporter in Demo Mode ...................................................... 12

Supported Third-Party Applications............................................................... 12

Using the Flash Video Exporter Plug-in........................................................... 13

Encoding Method .................................................................................. 14

Frames Per Second................................................................................ 14

Quality ............................................................................................... 15

Limit Data Rate To................................................................................ 15

Keyframes ........................................................................................... 16

Motion Estimation................................................................................. 17

Audio Bitrate ....................................................................................... 17

Resize To............................................................................................. 17

De-interlacing ...................................................................................... 18

Using Flash Video Exporter from within Third-Party Applications......................... 18

Adobe After Effects................................................................................ 18

Apple Final Cut Pro............................................................................... 19

Apple QuickTime Player (Mac OS and Windows)........................................... 19

Avid Media Composer and Xpress............................................................. 20

Anystream Agility.................................................................................. 21

Canopus Procoder 2.0............................................................................ 21

Discreet Cleaner (Mac OS)....................................................................... 22

Discreet Cleaner XL (Windows)................................................................. 23

Other Third-Party Products That Support the FLV File Format ........................ 24

Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Video FAQ .........................................................................25

Flash Communication Server Streaming Questions........................................... 27

Macromedia Director MX and Flash Video....................................................... 29