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jumbojim · 18-06-2007, 20:36

Hi,

Curious to hear your solutions to this one.

Currently designing a site that needs to have some avi's or video of old 3d and 2d animation, mainly line tests and a few snippets of video from film...

what would be the best way around displaying this in a friendly format, i don't really want a link from text and it opens up an external player be it quicktime or realplayer.

just want something that's embedded with in the flash, fairly ok at premiere for editing purposes but i know you can do that in flash as well.

anyway has anyone come up with the same idea and what was your solution?

cheers in advance if ya can help!

vannova · 22-06-2007, 03:49

go for Flash Video

Larixk · 22-06-2007, 04:02

JW FLV Player

roto · 22-06-2007, 15:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larixk

JW FLV Player

You don't need that (unless you can't afford Flash). Use it to convert the video and then learn how to embed flash video properly -- then you're set.

I have run into a few problems converting .avi to .flv...but not since upgrading to Flash CS3.

pgo · 22-06-2007, 15:19

JW FLV Player is far superior to the shit generated by Flash. That stuff doesn't work with UFO and SWFObject.

You need to convert the video to FLV using Flash then use that in conjunction with the app that Larixk posted. That's what I do. Works like a charm.

Paul · 22-06-2007, 15:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larixk

JW FLV Player

roto · 22-06-2007, 15:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgo

JW FLV Player is far superior to the shit generated by Flash. That stuff doesn't work with UFO and SWFObject.

You need to convert the video to FLV using Flash then use that in conjunction with the app that Larixk posted. That's what I do. Works like a charm.

This is new to me then...I've always just used the .swf and .flv generated by flash and embedded it with swfobject. It works (mostly) across the board from what I've seen.

I'll have to check out JW FLV Player.

pgo · 22-06-2007, 16:16

Well, it didn't work for me, so I used JW FLV Player. It's awesome. Easy XML playlists, customization, etc.

Larixk · 22-06-2007, 17:43

yeah, I never used it myself actually but heared some pretty good things about it.
That's what you should use if you're not into actionscript (inclusive-) or don't have the time to code your own flv player.

you can use ffmpeg to convert any type of video to flv.

roto · 22-06-2007, 17:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgo

Well, it didn't work for me, so I used JW FLV Player. It's awesome. Easy XML playlists, customization, etc.

For posterity, was it just not displaying the control(s) when you used swfobject -- or was the entire video cocked up?

pgo · 22-06-2007, 21:22

ffmpeg, eh? The graphic designers will love that I don't interrupt their day by saying "Can you use Flash and convert this to FLV for me?"

Quote:

Originally Posted by ®oto

For posterity, was it just not displaying the control(s) when you used swfobject -- or was the entire video cocked up?

All I saw were the controls. And not arrayed in a pretty player - but like they were all layed out across the screen. Atrocious.

longisland6 · 24-06-2007, 22:29

i play flv files in my flash 8 player written by swfobject all the time with no problem at all. how is the jw flv player better?

pgo · 25-06-2007, 00:17

Besides being prettier, it's got this nifty XML Playlists feature and dozens of other handy JavaScript-driven customizations.

And if you use ffmpeg as mentioned above, you don't need Flash at all!

18-06-2007, 20:36	#1 (permalink)
jumbojim Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 18	video/avi in flash Hi, Curious to hear your solutions to this one. Currently designing a site that needs to have some avi's or video of old 3d and 2d animation, mainly line tests and a few snippets of video from film... what would be the best way around displaying this in a friendly format, i don't really want a link from text and it opens up an external player be it quicktime or realplayer. just want something that's embedded with in the flash, fairly ok at premiere for editing purposes but i know you can do that in flash as well. anyway has anyone come up with the same idea and what was your solution? cheers in advance if ya can help!

22-06-2007, 03:49	#2 (permalink)
vannova Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 47	go for Flash Video Last edited by gray : 05-07-2007 at 12:06.

22-06-2007, 04:02	#3 (permalink)
Larixk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Utrecht, Netherlands Posts: 1,029	JW FLV Player __________________

22-06-2007, 17:43	#9 (permalink)
Larixk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Utrecht, Netherlands Posts: 1,029	yeah, I never used it myself actually but heared some pretty good things about it. That's what you should use if you're not into actionscript (inclusive-) or don't have the time to code your own flv player. you can use ffmpeg to convert any type of video to flv. __________________

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22-06-2007, 15:19	#5 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	JW FLV Player is far superior to the shit generated by Flash. That stuff doesn't work with UFO and SWFObject. You need to convert the video to FLV using Flash then use that in conjunction with the app that Larixk posted. That's what I do. Works like a charm.

22-06-2007, 16:16	#8 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Well, it didn't work for me, so I used JW FLV Player. It's awesome. Easy XML playlists, customization, etc.

24-06-2007, 22:29	#12 (permalink)
longisland6 stephen eighmey Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: earth Posts: 152	i play flv files in my flash 8 player written by swfobject all the time with no problem at all. how is the jw flv player better?

25-06-2007, 00:17	#13 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Besides being prettier, it's got this nifty XML Playlists feature and dozens of other handy JavaScript-driven customizations. And if you use ffmpeg as mentioned above, you don't need Flash at all!

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