Automating Video-to-Flash Encoding/Conversions

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October 2, 2006
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Hi, I hope someone can help me with this, as numerous calls to Adobe have gone unanswered (no callbacks).

I need to either find a product and/or solution that will enable me to convert various video formats (e.g., QuickTime, MPEG, Windows Media, etc.) to Flash automatically as opposed to doing it manually via the Macromedia Flash 8 Video Encoder or other manual process(es).

A good example of the functionality I need is equivalent to how YouTube works: When you upload a video to YouTube, some background process/service runs that takes that video and converts it to Flash, and this is done automatically--without user/manual processing. I need to have a solution that does something like that.

Any suggestions/help are/is greatly appreciated.

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Anonymous

-- ffmpeg

fast, use command-line arguments, support flv 1.2 with the metaData placed before the video bits so client can know length directly on the stream without asking FMS

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MikeyTheDudeAuthor

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Thanks for the answer, but can you be a little more specific, as I'm new to FMS. Thanks!

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Anonymous

The first thing to keep in mind is that transcoding media files happens outside of FMS, so the transcoding won't be a part of your FMS application.

Adobe doesn't make a transcoder utility other than the Flash Video Encoder, which is not a solution for automated transcoding. That's likely why you haven't heard back from them... they have nothing to sell you.

So, to handle your transcoding, you'll need a third party transcoding utility (links below) and an application server of some sort (like php, asp, coldfusion, or Java). The application server will invoke the transcoding utility via command line.

A couple of options for transcoding software:

Flix Engine ( http://www.on2.com) - About $2500
Autodesk Cleaner XL ( http://www.autodesk.com) About $600
FFMPEG ( http://ffmpeg.org) - Open source and free, but not as easy to work with as Flix or Cleaner.

Alternately, you can use a program that has "watch folder" functionality. Such programs simply watch a folder for incoming files, and transcode automatically as files arrive.

Autodesk Cleaner XL
Sorenson Squeeze ( http://sorensonmedia.com)

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