FCP Studio export to FLV (Flash)

Will FCP Studio 2 export to Flash video or do I need to upgrade to Adobe Macromedia flash?

Thank you!

You need Flash or Squeeze or Episode Pro or....on and on. Soon this will not be a problem. Adobe announced support for H.264 and a Flash 9 Beta player is avialble now. Supposed to be out of Beta by November. Results I've seen are pretty teriffic.

Michael Horton
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Let me see if I'm understanding this correctly....

I can output a QT (H.264) and people will watch it with a flash player?

So should I wait? We are just toying with the idea of putting our tv show online in a flash format.

Is it best to use flash online rather than qt, etc?

Yes, H.264 will play in Flash. Cool, huh?

It is never good to compress to one codec and then to another so Adobe's support of H.264 inside Flash makes all Mac users wishes come true. Look up and download the beta player. Try it for yourself. Works great and so far I've seen no flames or sparks coming out of my Mac.

Michael Horton
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Here is an example sent to me by lafcpug web host Daniel Sofer of Hermosawave.net

He used QuickTime Player to "Export to iPhone", then embedded that movie in both an html page and the Flash Player. He did not convert the .m4v movie to flash video .flv, the Flash Player is playing the .m4v file. It's not a great clip but no matter.

You need the Flash 9 Beta player to see this work.

[www.hermosawave.net]

Michael Horton
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I'm getting some hassle on my end that they want it to be a flash video put on the internet and that it will take about a year for the world to convert to Flash Player 9.

Do you have any really good ammo that I can use as to why we should keep it at h.264?

Do I need to preface this with the fact that we're not outputting HD?

No. Things take time and right now you are better off going with the flow. That means transcoding to Flash. Sucks, but its been this way for Mac users since Flash took over the world a few years ago. But this white flag Adobe is waving in support of h.264 is HUGE.

Michael Horton
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OK....is there an affordable option to encoding to flash other than a million dollar Adobe product?

By the way, I thank you so much for all of your help!

The ones I mentioned at top of this thread. You can google for more.

Michael Horton
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I recommend Episode Pro - outstanding swiss army knife of compression programs - does absolutely everything - including Windows Media without any add ons. You need Filp4Mac to work with Squeeze and - having used both for a while - Episode pro is the clear ease of use winner -- the pro version isn't cheep but if you do any batch compression - to Flash WMV even Real Media (does anyone use that any more?) it's well worth the investment

Also worth a look:

[www.techspansion.com]

VisualHub by techspansion. Works well for me.

Phil in Indianapolis

Features:
Fast conversion from nearly every video format to iPod, PSP, DV, DVD, Tivo, AVI, MP4, WMV, MPEG and Flash.
Convert any file in three steps. Click, drag, click.
Fit up to 18 hours of video on one DVD. Play it in any standalone DVD player.
Xgrid support. Use the power of every Mac on your network for batch encoding.
QuickTime Pro or special plugins not required.
DivX/XviD AVIs, all forms of MPEG video, and many other formats QuickTime struggles with are supported.
Batch Processing of multiple files. Save in-place, or to a different folder.
Very comprehensive Advanced panel to modify every aspect of encoding.
Dynamic Preview - See results before beginning a long encode.
Stitch multiple files together to combine videos.
Highly detailed, informative Users Guide.
Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel Macs.

Phil Cramer
Indianapolis

Holy shpidolie! The Techspansion program rocks and knocks my socks off at $23.32!

Perfect for our little half hour every other week show!

I'm so very amazed. When I get it up on our website I will share!

Thank you from Minneapolis!