Yes thats quite alot, i thought i read the codecs are already in the
latest player/flash 8 encoder right ? I also see there is a free
version of vp7 on the site. Im still trying to investigate what would
be the best encoder for VOD files to handle the latest codecs etc
The *encoder* in flash 8 is only for spark/sorensen (the old codec). Flash 8 does not have an encoder for vp6/on2, only a decoder. Vp7 is irrelevant to flash. To Encode in vp6 you need to get code from on2. They have four solutions for encoding.
1 A retail package that allows individual developers to convert any file to vp6.
2. A live streaming encoder. (dont know what this costs but I am sure its expensive)
3. A server side encoder engine called flix engine. You can use this on the server side to allow people to upload code and to then convert it to vp6 on the server. ($2500 or $3500) per server - I forget which )
4. An activeX/web plugin that will allow a website operator to give customers the ability to record video using their webcam or to convert video to vp6 before it is uploaded to a server. Basically it is a client side vp6 converter. executed as a plugin that allows for upload or webcam operation. This solution is *very* expensive. They want 12k upfron which allows for 5000 uploads, and then you buy uploads in packs. So for an additional 1800 or so you can get another 5000 uploads, and for 125k you can get an additional 1M uploads. But you pay by the upload.
Regards
Hank
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