Really all that you have to do here is set your image quality--I've brought mine down very low for a grainy video playback, because I'm limited in the filesize that I can upload via About's templates, but I wouldn't advise that you do so unless your videos can reduce well without degradation--and left the framerate as-is, as well as the scale. The Synchronize checkbox causes your video to play back at the same rate as your Flash movie--standard for the web is 12 frames per second, remember, while you may have created your original video at 15 or even 30 fps--and may cause for some frame dropping and jerkier playback, but will also save on filesize. Changing the encoding number has a similar effect.
Flash Animation 25: Flash for Web Design: Simple Video Imports
By Adrien-Luc Sanders, About.com
So the video should be in our library now, right? But wait--no, we're not done yet. Once we select the options on how we're going to place the video in our library--either as an actual object residing there or as a reference link to an object residing outside--we have to set options for the video's compression, display, and playback. This is because Flash uses a codec called Sorenson Spark to compress video and play it back, in order to reduce the file size and ensure that no matter what codecs were used on the original video, it will play back appropriately in Flash.
Prev
- Introduction and Setting Up
- Extending the Timeline and Making New Buttons
- Directing Preview Buttons to Individual Video Playback Pages
- Importing Video: Embedding or Linking to External
- Video Importing Options
- Video Importing Options II
- Creating a New Symbol as a Video Container
- Inserting Video into the Movie Clip
- Viewing the Video on your Stage
- Conclusion
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