Webmaster Forum / Flash / General Flash Topics / September 2008

http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=163407

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/hd_video_flash_player.html,
and other articles on the Video center on Adobe Devnet

Regards,

Bentley Wolfe
Senior Support Engineer, Flash/Flash Player/Digital Editions
Adobe

Bentley,

thank you for your prompt reply. However, it does not help me. I should have
clarified that I wanted a solution along the lines of "In Flash player, select
"open file..., choose H.264-compressed movie, which actually opens then plays."
The link you provided launches into programming, moving MOOV ATOMS, esoterica
designed for programmers. I use Flash only because I have to, and am not
interested in becoming an ActionScript 3 programmer. I just want my tools to
work simply. Let me try to be more precise in my question, now that you've
helped by clarifying matters:

1. Is it possible to start with a QT .mov file encoded with H.264, and end up
with it playing on a web site using Flash Player with a custom skin? If so,
does this REQUIRE Actionscript programming? If not, how?

regards, David

doesn't require any actionscripting. I do this all the time. You start with a
Flash file the size of the video you want it to be.

You go to File > Import Video.
Find your file (I assume it is on a local drive)
You choose progressive download.
You then crop, edit, and resize as needed.
Finally choose a skin (you can always change skin after.) And that's it!

You then have an FLV file that you can export to swf or import into another
Flash project.

If you import into another Flash project you would use File > Import and
locate the FLV file that was created.

chabotjeff,

Wonderful!!!! Exactly the type of answer I was looking for.

Many thanks!

regards, David