Question
AVI, SWF, FLV and issues with Captivate
Hello,
This is my first post here. But I have been searching so some time to find the answer to my issue. The closest thing I have found was this
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=67&catid=464&threadid=1290481&highlight_key=y&keyword1=convert
Post but the issue was not really resolved the user just reconverted the file (which you will see in the post why this is not working for me)
So without further delay here is my issue.
I am creating a training video. The video will open with a live action scene. This video is or will be about 2 minutes long. I have been testing Captivate because I read that it will import AVI’s. That being said every time I import an AVI I get the error message.
"This AVI file cannot be converted to a Adobe Flash File. Conversion aborted."(You can see why the above post sparked my interest)
The AVI has been rendered from Sony’s Video Vegas (mighty fine editing software if I might say). I have rendered it using multiple codec’s. When I try and import the video into Captivate I am creating a new slide at the beginning of the project and then trying to add the AVI as an animation, this when I receive the error.
After reading on line that other users were having similar issues I decided to try and convert the video to SWF or FLV. The converter I chose was “super” converter (really I found this on my own and was not copying it from the post)
Now my issue is the following. With SWF files, it imports fine and when I play the video in the time line the video looks fine and I can see the video play. But when I try and preview the project the will not play and I cannot move the “time line bar” the only option I have is to close window.
With and the FLV files the following happens. I can import the FLV as a flash video and it appears in the slide but it is “grayed out” when I try and view the video in the Timeline for the slide I cannot see anything.
So after a lengthy 1st post what I really want to know is;
1) Is there something special that I need to do to get AVI’s to import? Is there a special codec or something I need to do when I render the video?
2) SWF files working in the time line but not in the final project o the project preview.
3) Is there a “preferred” converter that people are using to convert files from AVI to SWF
Thanks for your time
Michael M
This is my first post here. But I have been searching so some time to find the answer to my issue. The closest thing I have found was this
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=67&catid=464&threadid=1290481&highlight_key=y&keyword1=convert
Post but the issue was not really resolved the user just reconverted the file (which you will see in the post why this is not working for me)
So without further delay here is my issue.
I am creating a training video. The video will open with a live action scene. This video is or will be about 2 minutes long. I have been testing Captivate because I read that it will import AVI’s. That being said every time I import an AVI I get the error message.
"This AVI file cannot be converted to a Adobe Flash File. Conversion aborted."(You can see why the above post sparked my interest)
The AVI has been rendered from Sony’s Video Vegas (mighty fine editing software if I might say). I have rendered it using multiple codec’s. When I try and import the video into Captivate I am creating a new slide at the beginning of the project and then trying to add the AVI as an animation, this when I receive the error.
After reading on line that other users were having similar issues I decided to try and convert the video to SWF or FLV. The converter I chose was “super” converter (really I found this on my own and was not copying it from the post)
Now my issue is the following. With SWF files, it imports fine and when I play the video in the time line the video looks fine and I can see the video play. But when I try and preview the project the will not play and I cannot move the “time line bar” the only option I have is to close window.
With and the FLV files the following happens. I can import the FLV as a flash video and it appears in the slide but it is “grayed out” when I try and view the video in the Timeline for the slide I cannot see anything.
So after a lengthy 1st post what I really want to know is;
1) Is there something special that I need to do to get AVI’s to import? Is there a special codec or something I need to do when I render the video?
2) SWF files working in the time line but not in the final project o the project preview.
3) Is there a “preferred” converter that people are using to convert files from AVI to SWF
Thanks for your time
Michael M
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