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Using Flash Video Encoder
Macromedia Flash 8 Video Encoder is a stand-alone video encoding application that lets you
encode video in Macromedia Flash Video (FLV) format. The FLV format lets you easily
incorporate video into a web page or Flash document in a format that almost anyone can view
using the Flash Player. The ubiquity of Flash Player ensures that most visitors to your website
can view Flash Video without downloading additional plug-ins, so you can reach the largest
possible Internet viewing audience with low development, testing, and support costs.
Flash Video Encoder comes with Macromedia Flash Professional 8 or Macromedia Studio 8.
This chapter contains the following topics:
About Flash Video and Flash Video Encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Supported video compression codecs for Flash Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Understanding video standards and terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
About encoding audio-only files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About cue points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Encoding video with Flash Video Encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Selecting advanced video encoding settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Setting Flash Video Encoder preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Viewing the Flash Video Encoder log file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Troubleshooting video encoding errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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