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travisl14285683
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November 15, 2017
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FLV, After Effects, and Media Encoder

  • November 15, 2017
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So, I have a long video I recorded of myself working in Maya, and I want to turn it into a time-lapse video for my website, however OBS for some reason chose to output in FLV as default.  Because of this, I can't see to get the file to open in After Effects at all.  When suggested I take it through Media Encoder, I was told that it wasn't supported.

I would rather not have to use the shady 'free conversion' websites out there so I need some feedback on how i can work and edit these FLVs.

Before anyone asks: no, I do not know what version of either program I'm using.  These are on my campus's computers which we can't download/install new things on due to a lack of administrator privledge.

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    Correct answer Mylenium

    FLV is a deprecated format. It's no longer maintained or supported by Adobe. You can always try and download older versions of Adobe programs (pre-CC) in trial mode for a temporary stop-gap measure and easy conversion. Otherwise you'll have to find a suitable conversion tool based on the ffmpeg CoDec suite like Handbrake or even certain flavors of VLC that support extended file conversion options. It's absolutely not necessary to use shady web sites.

    Mylenium

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    suzannec301267
    Participating Frequently
    February 8, 2018

    I find it a serious problem that After Effects and Animate are not compatible, while they are both Adobe products. I think they should make it possible again to render to FLV. It will be more user friendly.

    I want too to implement my movie, made with AE, in AN and I think many users with us!

    Hope Adobe will do something about this, without us having to juggle with older versions of AE.

    Kind regards,

    Suzanne Cornelis

    Mylenium
    MyleniumCorrect answer
    Legend
    November 15, 2017

    FLV is a deprecated format. It's no longer maintained or supported by Adobe. You can always try and download older versions of Adobe programs (pre-CC) in trial mode for a temporary stop-gap measure and easy conversion. Otherwise you'll have to find a suitable conversion tool based on the ffmpeg CoDec suite like Handbrake or even certain flavors of VLC that support extended file conversion options. It's absolutely not necessary to use shady web sites.

    Mylenium

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    suzannec301267
    Participating Frequently
    February 8, 2018

    Dear Mylenium,

    I tried to install an older version with creative cloud, but the versions aren't old enough I am affraid.

    I stopped juggling with the programms (got very annoyed), but still like to have a solution to this problem. How can I implement movies made in AE in a user friendly way in an Animate CC project?

    Kind regards,

    Suzanne

    Dave_LaRonde
    Dave_LaRonde
    Inspiring
    November 15, 2017

    travisl14285683  wrote

    Before anyone asks: no, I do not know what version of either program I'm using.  These are on my campus's computers which we can't download/install new things on due to a lack of administrator privledge.

    No, but you CAN look under the "About" dropdown at the top for it, and you CAN closely observe the slash screen as the application loads for detailed information.  You can also look at the Operating system version without getting your hand slapped.  Both are crucial bits of information.

    So get busy.

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