[wede1]

Hello all.

I am working with some movie files created in QuickTime that I need converted to Flash (swf.) All of which I have created and saved as .mov files. Most are not more than maybe 15 seconds in length.

I am currently using Flash 5.0a. It has served me well till now for other puposes.
My problem is Flash doesn't seem to like QuickTime. Have had crashes, etc.
Would it be in my best interest to upgrade to the latest Flash version?
Would I see any performance increase and/or less crashing?

Flash is not something I use all the time but I am fairly well aquainted wth it.

Does the most recent version of Flash handle converting QuickTime better than what I have been using?
Or is there a workaround that I do not know about?

Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

[godzookie2k]

Flash 5 won't import quicktimes short of exporting an image sequence of all the frames of the movie and then importing them into flash. This is a mega download and framerate problem, not to mention you lose sound and have to deal with all the fun of resynching it. If your quicktimes are mostly vector stuff, I'd say start over and re do them completely in flash. If you don't want to, you can export an swf out of after effects and it will keep vector what it can, but thats not much. In flash MX and MX2004 you can convert quicktimes to flv's which is a flash 6/7 only special codec which will allow you to progressively load/play/stream (needs flash server for streaming) your quicktimes, sound and all, but its a really crappy codec. (I've been doing alot of work with it lately, its frustrating). I'd recommend upgrading to flash mx 2004 no matter what though, as it brings a wealth of new features and introduces actionscript 2 which is where flash will be headed from now on.

[wede1]

Originally posted by godzookie2k:
Flash 5 won't import quicktimes short of exporting an image sequence of all the frames of the movie and then importing them into flash. This is a mega download and framerate problem, not to mention you lose sound and have to deal with all the fun of resynching it. If your quicktimes are mostly vector stuff, I'd say start over and re do them completely in flash. If you don't want to, you can export an swf out of after effects and it will keep vector what it can, but thats not much. In flash MX and MX2004 you can convert quicktimes to flv's which is a flash 6/7 only special codec which will allow you to progressively load/play/stream (needs flash server for streaming) your quicktimes, sound and all, but its a really crappy codec. (I've been doing alot of work with it lately, its frustrating). I'd recommend upgrading to flash mx 2004 no matter what though, as it brings a wealth of new features and introduces actionscript 2 which is where flash will be headed from now on.

Thanks for your response. I should have time this weekend to download the demos and see which version will serve my purposes. MX or MX Pro. If they will both create a decent .swf file from a quicktime equally, I will go for the plain MX. Any thoughts? One way or the other, looks like I am due for an upgrade.
My main concern at the moment is with the quicktime conversion for a few specific files. I do all of my vector work in Flash.

Thanks again, I appreciate it.

[godzookie2k]

you won't notice the difference, both will do the same thing. I forget what the difference between pro and standard is though. Both will do the quicktime thing. I pity the people who do vectors in flash.

[godzookie2k]

oh wow, I lie you do need pro for the video tools.

http://www.macromedia.com/software/f...es/comparison/

[wede1]

Originally posted by godzookie2k:
oh wow, I lie you do need pro for the video tools.

http://www.macromedia.com/software/f...es/comparison/

The link was somethig I had not run across in my hasty research of the products.
This makes it a no brainer for me.

Thanks again, I appreciate your effort on my behalf.