just curious if anyone has tried using a good flash player (with FF and Rewind) instead of using a WMV based stream for a paysite member section? Any member feedback on it?
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Flash have bigger size with same quality as WMV. so seems all prefer WMV -
We use both. The flash movies load instantly, provided you have a fast connection. Fo those who want to watch or download wmv or quicktime we give them the option to do that as well.
As far as encoding, we output an .flv file straight from our avid. Quality is what you set it to be when you encode it, so you can make the flash file as big as your source, ours being 1280x720. But we make the streaming videos 640x360, figuring those who wan higher quality will download the HD clips in wmv or quicktime.
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We have sites that offer flash vids as well as wmv...-ICQ# 119419008
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One of the best Flash Players is from Jeroen Wijering:
http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_Video_Player
You can download the full .fla source so you can brand the player, etc. But you can also use it 'out of the box'. Completely free, and like $12,50 if you want a license for commercial sites.Comment
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We use flash or the streaming, and have the option so they can download ( but not stream) WMV, MPG & MOV (for us Apple guys)
Ever since we added the flash streaming, peopl estopped bitching about movies not streaming, or having other weird problems associated with the embedded videoComment
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One of the big advantages of Flash Streaming is that like 95% of the people have Flash installed, so the streams will work for nearly everyone, even if they are on a Mac or Linux for example.
If you convert a 5 minute DVD quality movie to for example 400kbps WMV and to 400kbps FLV their won't be much difference in quality nor file-size.
For the people who rather stream than download videos Flash is a big pro, but you will need to have wmvs or mpegs to satisfiy the people who want to download your movies.Comment
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thanx for the input guys, looks like I'll be adding flash...
last part of the puzzle... what's the best FLV converter if you are using WMV sources?
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MovieRoom.com offers Flash video with the ability to jump to any part of the movie instantly.
http://www.movieroom.com
http://webmasters.movieroom.com
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flash is the way to go. we wanna do it, but it's going to be a rather large encoding job to get everything switched up.
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I guess (without taking a look at the site) that you are putting the vid in an swf file. In that case the user has to download the entire swf file before the vid starts playing. It's best to use a small player (swf file) and convert the vid to .flv. That way the the player (small file) only takes a second or 2 to load and starts playing the flv file as it comes in (is downloaded).Comment
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i showed dickmans that caseyparker flash trailer and told them something has to be wrong cuz i've never seen a flash video take that long to load. i'm not an expert at Flash video but there are different ways of using a Flash video - one that downloads the whole video before playing and one that starts playing as soon as there is enough data to begin.I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!Comment
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I use XOVOD Player, it cannot be pirated, and can stream higher quality video
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from the research I've done I am leaning towards getting On2's Flix Pro 8.5 for Flash:
http://www.on2.com/consumer/flix-pro...d359460f1&ref=
together with their players,
Anyone have feedback on this?
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There are some free and quite alot of cheap anyvideoformat to flash converters.
If you have Flash Pro 8 it comes with Flash Encoder from Macromedia, which is very easy to use, and has batch encoding. But otherwise there is lots of other programs that you can buy which have batch encoding for like 29 or 50 bucks.Comment
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I have done a few tours with flash vids...Comment
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I have batched a couple hundred videos from wmv to flash using the encoder that comes with Flash 8, and it worked perfectly. I recommended going into settings, Show Advanced Settings, and lowering the audio quality down to save a bit on bandwidth, and to tweak the video quality to your liking.
And as mentioned by Konda, this is a good flash player to use, and it has the option to play at full screen.
http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_Video_Player
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Don't use the ffmpeg shit. It sucks. The On2 VP6 is absolutely terrific.
Here are some examples of the quality from the On2.
But I don't think I would use flash in the members area. Or at least not until stand alone flash players become more popular and people start downloading the swf/flvs.
good luck.It's better when you can Switch.
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Flash has been very popular with our members, they're very happy to have it (Especially the Mac folks who couldn't use Windows Media streaming)Free agentComment
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I cant see how members would be happy about video they cant download and keep.Comment
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Yup it is. The action is hot and people love it.
I've had absolutely no complaints about the size of the video.
I would like to up the size eventually but only after I hit a certain goal I have for the site.
We offer high and low wmv downloads and ipod downloads.
I can say that I had a couple people write me once and say that they wished they could download the movies. Once I explained to them how they COULD download them, they were very happy!Comment
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For instant playback you need a RMTP server. You can also use a normal http server but then it will be standard progressive playing (as wmv from a http server)Comment
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