Video to Flash
by David Scott
on
Jul 4, 2008 at 7:50:42 am
Hi
I need to convert broadcast quality programmes to Flash for VOD, and so far have been doing this through Compressor with the appropriate plugin. Problem is that a 1 hour programme takes 10 hours to convert!
What I'm trying to track down is a hardware solution that will do the same but for Flash movies.
...So I play a video signal in and get a Flash movie out - size and cost does not matter.
Re: Video to Flash by David Scott on Jul 5, 2008 at 5:05:23 pm
Hi Walter
I checked out the suggested threads, but no-one seems to be talking about a hardware solution?
Has anyone heard of any hardware out there that can convert a video signal to a flash file in realtime? I've got 100's of hours to convert and when I tested it using Compressor it was a 10:1 ratio - that's a lot of time! There must be an equivalent to a PAL to NTSC standards convertor out there?
All suggestions gratefully received!
Re: Video to Flash by david bogie on Jul 7, 2008 at 4:31:14 pm
Flash is a big nut. If your source material is dense, you are dong heavy compression and, yes, it takes a while, two passes are required to maintain the best image quality.
Sorry I don't have any better advice for you. We do smaller stuff from DV, not a big deal for us. Probably best solution is to purchase an Adobe encoder product.
bogiesan
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Re: Video to Flash by David Scott on Jul 7, 2008 at 9:22:31 pm
Thanks for your comment. I've found someone who can build me a hardware encoder for £8000 that's currently under consideration, but it is a bit pricey!
Cheers
