Re: [videoblogging] Re: Flash, video iPod and offering MP3 podcasts

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 02:48:49 -0800

Yes, FireAnt does play SWF files. But Flash video is not a SWF. It is an FLV loaded into a SWF.. often loaded externally via relative link within the Flash file. This type of scenario often breaks syndication because it cannot be viewed offline or from a local hard drive. Syndicating the raw FLV file is preferrable as it doesn't require any dependencies on networked resources, but it is a little more difficult to play as FLV doesn't play natively within Flash player -- it must be loaded inside a SWF controller.

-josh


On 12/21/05, Deirdre Straughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I thought FireAnt accepted SWF files - I seem to remember mine showing up just fine. I mostly use SWF, and those files get the most downloads on my site, wherever those are coming from. I compress them with Sorenson Squeeze.

I've only recently started using FLV in order to work with the elegant Flash video player that was recommended on this list. The downside is that I have to compress in both SWF and FLV. The upside is that I can now see how many people are viewing the video within the page (few) vs taking it as a feed from elsewhere.

I also use QuickTime Pro to compress the files as M4Vs for iTunes. And some files I also do as high-quality WMVs for viewing on Nessuno.TV.

Doing all this, plus the RSS feed, manually, because I don't use blog software (I like to have more control over my site's structure). It's a pain, but gets the results I want.


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Deirdré Straughan

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