[Helpers] Flash Video FLV

[Mystress Angelique Serpent]

At 12:44 AM 2/17/2006, Gustaf Grefberg wrote:
>Do you want all videos to be in flash format?  It's of course new and
>fresh, but may pose problems for people with slower computers.

   Ah so! That is the kind of thing I needed to know! Sachiko could not get 
vid to run on her computer either.

>Something
>tells me that sticking with a more conventional video format will be
>more smooth, and we won't need to have different formats for the CD/DVD
>and the webpages.
>
>As far as special effects go, I can create special effects for a
>grounding video by using aftereffects or something.

   Neato!


>Now, I've scrolled back through the discussion.. Do you want flash video
>so it can be integrated with the design of the page?

  no.

>  From personal
>experience, it can look very nice, but it tends to constrain the
>viewing, making it impractical. A lot of people (including myself) like
>to have the video open in a player instead, so I can resize it or play
>it in fullscreen, move it around etc.

me too.


>If you still decide you want flash format for your videos, I'll do it of
>course. I have no experience with the format, but most likely it's just
>a matter of conversion.

   I'm up in the air, looking at options. No decisions yet.
   I think video flash is just conversion, from what little I read.. so 
that is what I was thinking, if you are editing and another is converting, 
it works.

>  I'll be editing in DV format either way, then
>exporting it to another format.

   Right... so there is time to make considered decisions about the final 
format.

>I will in that case do the necessary
>research to figure out how to do it. (Learning new formats is always
>good in my field!)
>
>Let me know if there are any misunderstandings, I'm still not entirely
>sure what you are after here. :)

   I'm not either, just looking at options. I appreciate your feedback.


>Namaste
>Gustaf
>
>
>
> > >   That's OK because Gustaf will be doing the editing.
> >
> > I wasn't sure if Gustaf has experience working with Flash Video.
> >
> >
> > >   On the page it says for progressive download a flash server is
> > > needed.
> > > Does that mean the flash vids would not play off a CD?
> >
> > I don't not. I have research.
> >
> > Video is not my profession, so I don't know much about it. I was
> > hoping
> > Gustaf has some idea.
> >
> > >   My old biz partner had a lot of security so that students could
> > > not
> > > download the realplayer files, only view them streaming. Protecting
> > > his
> > > investment. I don't mind if people download a copy to watch it, so
> > > long as
> > > the filesize is reasonable.
> >
> > I read somewhere that you can do streaming with some adds on features.
> > Which I found the sample files on Macromedia site, but in Flash
> > version 8
> > files, which I can't even open because my Flash is older version.
> >
> > >    I guess with flash we could add special effects too? Like an
> > > animation
> > > overlaid on the "Grounding in one breath" showing the energy flow?
> > > That
> > > would be cool!!
> >
> > I'm guessing we can.
> >
> > Sachiko
>
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