Riva is a third party software that uses the Sorenson codec I believe, but gives better quality then the flash encoder. Another benefit is that it's free.
Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Nadel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 2:50 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Video > > Russ, > > I appreciate that advice, but it is a bit lost on me. I have been using > the > Flash 8 Video Encoder. When I add a movie and show the advanced settings, > it > uses the On2 VP6 codec. The other one is Sorenson Spark... And when I > select > it, the quality jumps to Flash 7... That's what you are referring to, > correct? What is Riva? Is that a third party software? > > Thanks. > ....................... > Ben Nadel > Web Developer > Nylon Technology > 350 7th Avenue > Floor 10 > New York, NY 10001 > 212.691.1134 x 14 > 212.691.3477 fax > www.nylontechnology.com > > "Some people call me the space cowboy. Some people call me the gangster of > love." > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 2:06 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Video > > If the video is not showing up it's most likely because you're using the > On2 > codec, which is flash 8 only. If you encode it using the flash 7 codec, > it > should play in most browsers, but the quality/filesize would suck. I > suggest using Riva which uses the flash 7 codec, but does good compression > so that the quality doesn't' look crappy. > > Russ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Nadel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 1:55 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Video > > > > I just wanted to say that we have had some odd performance with FLV > > files using Flash Pro... Some browsers seem to show the skin but not > > play the embedded video... Always works great on my computer though. > > Moral of the story, even though its flash and system-independent, be > > sure to test it on several different computers. > > > > ....................... > > Ben Nadel > > Web Developer > > Nylon Technology > > 350 7th Avenue > > Floor 10 > > New York, NY 10001 > > 212.691.1134 x 14 > > 212.691.3477 fax > > www.nylontechnology.com > > > > "Some people call me the space cowboy. Some people call me the > > gangster of love." > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 1:44 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Video > > > > Convert it to FLV (flash video) and play it inside a flash player. > > Either use the flv encoder that comes with flash or use riva. > > > > Russ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jenny Gavin-Wear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 1:39 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: OT: Video > > > > > > Totally OT, would appreciate some pointers. > > > > > > I need to run a video clip from a site, what's the best way of going > > > about it please? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Jenny > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.2/393 - Release Date: > > > 19/07/2006 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:247237 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
