Technical information

Contents
Executive Summary...............................................................................................................1
Introduction.............................................................................................................................1
Macromedia Flash and Flash Video..................................................................1
Technical Overview of Video Standards .............................................................2
Video Standards—NTSC and PAL ...............................................................2
Interlaced and Progressive Video ................................................................5
Introducing the Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Video Platform ........................................6
Approaches to Incorporating Video ..................................................................6
Embedding Video within Flash Player Movies ................................................7
Producing Progressive FLV Files .................................................................7
Producing Streaming FLV Files ..................................................................8
Using Live Video........................................................................................ 11
Creating Flash Video Files from within Third-Party Applications.....................................11
Using Flash Video Exporter in Demo Mode ...................................................... 12
Supported Third-Party Applications............................................................... 12
Using the Flash Video Exporter Plug-in........................................................... 13
Encoding Method .................................................................................. 14
Frames Per Second................................................................................ 14
Quality ............................................................................................... 15
Limit Data Rate To................................................................................ 15
Keyframes ........................................................................................... 16
Motion Estimation................................................................................. 17
Audio Bitrate ....................................................................................... 17
Resize To............................................................................................. 17
De-interlacing ...................................................................................... 18
Using Flash Video Exporter from within Third-Party Applications......................... 18
Adobe After Effects................................................................................ 18
Apple Final Cut Pro............................................................................... 19
Apple QuickTime Player (Mac OS and Windows)........................................... 19
Avid Media Composer and Xpress............................................................. 20
Anystream Agility.................................................................................. 21
Canopus Procoder 2.0............................................................................ 21
Discreet Cleaner (Mac OS)....................................................................... 22
Discreet Cleaner XL (Windows)................................................................. 23
Other Third-Party Products That Support the FLV File Format ........................ 24
Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Video FAQ .........................................................................25
Flash Communication Server Streaming Questions........................................... 27
Macromedia Director MX and Flash Video....................................................... 29