An Introduction to Flash Video

This tutorial is aimed at those who are new to Flash Video, are thinking of getting into it, or are just plain scared of it because, well, it’s video and video’s complicated..
By the end of this screencast, you’ll have been made aware that it isn’t difficult to achieve great results and that the process from encode to upload is in fact fairly uncomplicated.

View Screencast: Section One
Introduction

Get the Flash Player to see this player.

var so = new SWFObject(‘http://active.tutsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-player/player.swf’,'player10′,’600′,’450′,’9′);
so.addParam(‘allowscriptaccess’,'always’);
so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,'true’);
so.addParam(‘flashvars’,'&file=http://flashtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/098_flashVideo/flv/flashVideo_01.flv&bufferlength=1&skin=http://active.tutsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-player/silver.swf&fullscreen=true’);
so.write(‘player10′);

View Screencast: Section Two
Encoding Video

Get the Flash Player to see this player.

var so = new SWFObject(‘http://active.tutsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-player/player.swf’,'player11′,’600′,’450′,’9′);
so.addParam(‘allowscriptaccess’,'always’);
so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,'true’);
so.addParam(‘flashvars’,'&file=http://flashtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/098_flashVideo/flv/flashVideo_02.flv&bufferlength=1&skin=http://active.tutsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-player/silver.swf&fullscreen=true’);
so.write(‘player11′);

View Screencast: Section Three
The Importance of Data Rate

Get the Flash Player to see this player.

var so = new SWFObject(‘http://active.tutsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-player/player.swf’,'player12′,’600′,’450′,’9′);
so.addParam(‘allowscriptaccess’,'always’);
so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,'true’);
so.addParam(‘flashvars’,'&file=http://flashtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/098_flashVideo/flv/flashVideo_03.flv&bufferlength=1&skin=http://active.tutsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-player/silver.swf&fullscreen=true’);
so.write(‘player12′);

View Screencast: Section Four
Adobe Media Encoder

Get the Flash Player to see this player.…

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