--- In [email protected], "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There dont seem to be that many settings for flash video encoder, > compared to other video codecs. > > Ive just had my first go with it. Heres 2 sample files, there may be > room for improvement in quality but the only options to play with are > bitrate, framerate, resolution and keyframes. > > These are the same footage as my previous HDV tests with H264. They > are scaled down footage from a Sony HDR-HC1. Its not the worlds > greatest test clips because there isnt enough variation in footage and > the camera pans wont look smooth unless I use 50fps. > > 960x540 25fps 2000kbits/sec: > > http://www.unquack.com/sunflower.html > > 320x240 25fps 600kbits/sec: > > http://www.unquack.com/sunflower320.html > > The following are errors on my part sue to rushing and should not be > interpreted as problems inherent to flash: > > I think I probably included audio when there isnt any audio, so > filesizes slightly larger than they should be. > > The aspect ration for the 320x240 one is all messed up because its > widescreen footage but not widescreen res. > > I didnt mess around with the player options much so the > semi-transparent playback bar is annoyingly over the top of the video. > > Quality seems ok to me, seems worse on sertain frames, macroblocks > become visible sometimes, dunno really thats where my knowledge ends. > Judge for yourselves. I used the latest flash video format so I > presume you need flash player 8 to see the above. Done on the Mac but > I assume windows results should be much the same. > > As to why you have not got good results, need to see a sample from you > to see in what way it is bad. Possible reasons would be if for some > reason it didnt like that particular resolution you used, or if your > intermediate codec choice wasnt as good as it sounded. The > intermediate file was 110MB, but how long is the footage in question? > What quicktime codec did you render the intermediate version with? > > Depending on your circumstances try to avoid using an intermediate > file at all. If youve made edits in imovie, maybe render it back out > to a dv file. Flash encoder export stuff is available from within > quicktime. Its also possible to look inside imovie files (right click > and 'show package contents') and see the source .dv files, which can > then be loaded into quicktime, if that is applicable to you. Or maybe > it might even be the case that flash export is available from within > imovie, havent tried. > > Cheers > > Steve of Elbows > --- In [email protected], "LeanBackVids.com" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just downloaded Flash 8 Pro yesterday, but I need to read up on the > > video settings. I used the standalone Flash 8 Video Encoder to > > process my latest video post but the quality was not very good. Not > > sure where I'm going wrong, but I'm assuming it is a problem with my > > settings... > > > > First I took an iMovie project and exported it with very high-quality > > (6400 frame rate) and kept it to the original size. The result is a > > big 110MB Quicktime MOV file that looks quite nice. This file was > > then processed using Flash's new video encoder. I tried both the > > Sorenson Spark codec (Flash 7 player) and the On2 VP6 (Flash 8 player) > > but both looked bad. Here are the available settings and what I've > > selected... > > > > Ecoding Profile: Flash 7 - High Quality (700kbps) > > Ecoding Profile: Flash 8 - High Quality (700kbps) > > > > Max data rate: 700 kilobits per second > > (that is default, but I tried as high as 1000) > > > > Resize video: 450x300 > > > > Frame rate: Same as Source > > > > Key frame placement: Automatic > > > > -Matt > > -------------------------------------- > > http://www.leanbackvids.com/videoblog/ > > http://www.vlogmap.org/blog/ > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > example please? > > > > > > -Josh
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