> I don't know what the point of keeping the pitch the same would actually > be...
Suppose you are learning a foreign language, and the video contains somebody speaking quickly. It might be useful to slow down the video to hear them. On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Eric E. Dolecki <edole...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know what the point of keeping the pitch the same would actually > be... > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Paul Andrews <p...@ipauland.com> wrote: > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Duston" <a...@langolab.com> >> To: "Flash Coders List" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> >> Cc: "Jennifer Ede" <jenni...@langolab.com> >> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 4:43 PM >> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Playing Flash video in slow-motion >> >> >> Hi Paul, >>> >>> Thank you for your reply. >>> >>> Just how can you play a sound slowly without altering the pitch? >>>> >>> >>> Thanks, I overlooked this important implementation detail. Keep a >>> separate swf with the sound recorded slowly but with lowered pitch. >>> The video player loads both the video swf (with regular sound) and the >>> sound-only swf file (with slow sound). Then, when the slow button is >>> clicked, play the video swf slowly with no sound, and simultaneously >>> play the sound-only swf file at a synchronized location. >>> >>> Maybe this would work with the flv solution so long as the sound-only >>> file is kept in swf format or in flv but streamed through a flash >>> media server instance, so that seeking could be done to non-keyframe >>> locations. >>> >> >> I would be amazed if it would work. Does anyone on the list know of any >> site with slow-motion playback where the sound has retained the original >> pitch? >> >> The only way I can imagine it working is to raise the sound pitch of the >> clip in proportion to the slowdown to try and retain the original pitch. I >> have no idea if it's possible. >> >> Good luck. >> >> >> Thanks again, >>> Adam >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Paul Andrews <p...@ipauland.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Duston" <a...@langolab.com> >>>> To: <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> >>>> Cc: "Jennifer Ede" <jenni...@langolab.com> >>>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:37 PM >>>> Subject: [Flashcoders] Playing Flash video in slow-motion >>>> >>>> >>>> Dear Flashcoders, >>>>> >>>>> I must play an FLV in slow motion. After googling around for this for >>>>> several hours I've found many bad solutions. For example, the one at >>>>> http://www.flashcomguru.com/index.cfm/2005/8/2/slowmo is extremely >>>>> choppy, whereas the one at http://richapps.de/?p=36 doesn't also play >>>>> the sound. I must play the sound slowly as well, without altering its >>>>> pitch. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Just how can you play a sound slowly without altering the pitch? >>>> >>>> I have a solution in mind: I'm going to store each of my videos in SWF >>>>> format in one-minute segments. As each segment finishes downloading, >>>>> my custom player will start downloading the next segment, and will >>>>> play each of them back-to-back. I have proof that when a video is in >>>>> SWF format, it can be played in slow motion without noticeable >>>>> degradation in sound quality. >>>>> >>>>> As you can tell, this solution is hacky and is going to take a lot of >>>>> work to implement. So, before implementing it, I wanted to make a >>>>> final check with the experts to make sure I'm not wasting my time. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> Adam >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Founder, langolab.com >>>>> a...@langolab.com >>>>> Skype: aduston >>>>> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > > > -- > http://ericd.net > Interactive design and development > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Founder, langolab.com a...@langolab.com Skype: aduston _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
