flex and video are different things... Flex can play video easily, the same applies to Silverlight.
Silverlight is not video , it can play video... Trying to convert an swf to flv is similar to converting an exe to flv ok? On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:36 PM, comfederation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Folks, > > One of the reasons why I mention Flex is that there is a need for a > simple end user tool with which they assemble such > slideshows/presentations. Instead of smart a** answers, Tom could > have been more constructive by pointing me towards creation of FLV > files which are uploadable onto YouTube. > > Surely Adobe would not allow us to find ourselves in a situation that > would require third party conversion utilities just to convert > between Adobe SWF and FLV formats. Surely Adobe would give us an > ability to generate FLV files from wherever we are able to produce > SWF files. > > Surely they would do that, if for no other reason than to keep us off > the slippery slope of even contemplating exploring what MS and > Silverlight might be capable of and from calculating just how long it > might take, either way, before MS ends up eating everyone's lunch. ;) > > Regards and thanks. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "valdhor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If I were to do what you want, I would use a combination of > > ImageMagick (http://www.imagemagick.org) and FFMPEG > > (http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/) server side. > > > > ImageMagick can take a set of images and create a slideshow. FFMPEG > > can then be used to add audio. A quick tutorial is available at > > http://www.linux.com/articles/60722 > > > > Of course, I use PHP - There is a PHP wrapper for ImageMagick > > (http://us.php.net/manual/en/book.imagick.php) and one for FFMPEG > > (http://ffmpeg-php.sourceforge.net/). You would need to find > wrappers > > for your own server side language. > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "comfederation" <comfederation@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > > > I am able to create a slideshow which uses either external or > > > internally embeded images and music. This is the easy part. > > > > > > Now I need to create a stand alone movie. That is, I need > to "capture" > > > the slideshow that the user sees and then I need to encode it in > some > > > format (mp2/4 ?) so that it can be uploaded to YouTube. This is > the > > > hard part. > > > > > > So, how is this done within Premiere Express (the "ReMixer" that > is on > > > Photobucket, MTV and used to be on YouTube) ? To start with, I > am > > > looking for a good explanation of what is involved. This is the > fun > > > learning part. ;) > > > > > > Thanks a take care. > > > > > > > > -- Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. Founder, Phinnovation [EMAIL PROTECTED],