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September 15, 2006
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savinf flash video as flv not fla?

  • September 15, 2006
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im trying to save my flash video as a flv but when saving the document i only get offered to save the file as a fla? can somone please tell me why. dreamweaver wont let me insert a video if it is not saved as aflv
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    November 1, 2006
    No... if you want to maintain your vectors and your actionscript, you need to export to .swf. FLV is a video format, and nothing more. You can embed metadata in an flv that an .swf can use in it's actionscript, but the flv alone can't do it.

    Now, if you just want to turn a flash animation into an flv, export the .fla to avi, and then transcode the avi to flv.
    Wholeo
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    November 1, 2006
    OK, it is getting somewhat clearer. On Mac I can't export to AVI. I wonder if the result would be much beter than Flash 5 exported to QuickTime.
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    Wholeo
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    November 1, 2006
    Is there any way to turn a .swf into a flv?

    I can import a Flash 5 .swf into QuickTime, then export it as a .flv. That strips out interactivity and converts vector to bitmap. But it is a way to develop as a .fla and create a .flv.

    Can't Flash publish its own files?
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    Inspiring
    September 15, 2006
    You can only save flv with the flash video encoder, or another program that lets you create flv's.
    FLV is a video file, FLA is a flash file, those are not the same.
    You can insert a swf with dreamweaver.. in flash simply export to swf and insert that one. Or use the flash video encoder to make the flv file.