Using Video in Flash

Before starting with the tutorial, lets start learning the different video formats that are supported by Flash and Flash Media Encoder.

The Flash encoder supports the following formats that can be converted to be used in Flash later.

In this tutorial, you will learn the various aspects of using video in Flash. Also, you will be learning how to make a video ready to be used in your Flash projects by editing the video in Flash media Encoder. Later, we will import the edited video into Flash.

Before starting with the tutorial, lets start learning the different video formats that are supported by Flash and Flash Media Encoder.

The Flash encoder supports the following formats that can be converted to be used in Flash later.

For Video and Animation

• Animated GIF (Windows only)
• FLV, F4V
  Note: The FLV and F4V formats are container formats, each of which is associated with a set of video and audio formats. F4V files generally contain video data that is encoded using an H.264 video codec and the AAC audio codec. FLV files generally contain video data encoded using the On2 VP6 or Sorenson Spark codec and audio data encoded using an MP3 audio codec. Adobe Media Encoder CS5 can encode FLV files using the On2 VP6 video codec, not the Sorenson Spark codec.
• H.264 (AAC, 3GP, MP4, M4V)
• H.264 Blu-ray (M4V)
• MPEG-2 (MPA, M2V, MPG)
• MPEG-2 DVD (M2V)
• MPEG-2 Blu-ray (M2V, WAV)
• MPEG-4
• P2 (MXF)
• Note: MXF is a container format. Adobe Media Encoder can encode and export movies in the Op-Atom variety of MXF containers using the DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, and DVCPRO100, and AVC-Intra codecs.
• MXF OP1a (new in Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5)
• QuickTime movie (MOV; on Windows, requires QuickTime)
• Windows Media (WMV; Windows only)
• Video for Windows (AVI; Windows only)

Still image and still-image sequence

Note: To export a movie as a sequence of still-image files, select Export As Sequence on the Video tab when a still-image format is selected.

• Bitmap (BMP; Windows only)
• DPX
• GIF (Windows only)
• JPEG
• PNG
• Targa (TGA)
• TIFF (TIF)

Audio

• Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF; Mac OS only)
• MP3
• Waveform (WAV)
• Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)

Mainly, if we want a video to be used in flash we need to convert it into .flv version. The following part of this article will help you to learn how to utilize the Adobe’s Media Encoder to convert any movie to .flv or to adjust the size of an existing .flv video as per our requirement.

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