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Video Technology Center
Web designers and developers once faced several hurdles getting video onto the web: data-intensive video files that downloaded slowly over low-bandwidth connections, and users having to install special players to view video in pop-up windows. Most people now access the web using high-bandwidth connections, and web designers and developers are standardizing on the Flash video (FLV) format. Video plays directly in the page through Adobe Flash Player, without requiring additional plug-ins.
Whether you're planning your video shoot, encoding video, or delivering it to your audience, start out with the Flash Video Learning Guide. Then check out the samples and tutorials in the Video Topics areas at right.
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Featured articles
Open Source Media Framework: Introduction and overview
Greg Hamer (Mar. 15, 2010)
Discover the Open Source Media Framework and how it can dramatically lower the time, costs, and risks of creating your video and media players.
Building video players in Flash with the Open Source Media Framework
R Blank (Dec. 21, 2009)
Follow these lessons and examine the sample files to learn the concepts required to build fully functioning video players authored from scratch using the OSMF and Flash.
Personalized video on the web
Serge Jespers (Dec. 21, 2009)
Watch this presentation to learn how you can "ElfYourself" yourself using After Effects CS4 and Flash CS4 Professional.
Live dynamic streaming and DVR for non-developers
Jens Loeffler (Aug. 31, 2009)
Set up a dynamic streaming environment and sample application without any coding.
Web video template: Dynamic video playlist
Lisa Larson-Kelley (Aug. 31, 2009)
Develop and extend a customizable video player that updates dynamically with XML data so you can publish multiple videos on the same web page—without authoring a new SWF for each one.
Flash for After Effects | After Effects for Flash
Learn After Effects from a Flash perspective, and learn Flash from an After Effects perspective.
Producing audio for the web using Soundbooth and Flash
Dan Carr (Aug. 10, 2009)
Prepare and control audio with ActionScript 3 for playback in Flash Player 10.
Creating a video sharing web application using Flex, Flash Media Server, and Flash Media Encoding Server
Jens Loeffler (Aug. 3, 2009)
Follow these steps to roll your own app that uploads, transcodes, and streams video.
Integrating Flash CS4 with After Effects CS4
Tom Green (July 20, 2009)
Harness the power of these two tools to create stunning motion graphics.
Web video template: Spokesperson presentation with synchronized graphics
Dan Carr (July 13, 2009)
Bring corporate-type presentations to life on the web by synchronizing text with video.
Using Adobe Media Encoder CS4
Adobe (June 1, 2009)
Learn about the video application that lets you encode audio and video in a variety of distribution formats.
H.264 for the rest of us
Kush Amerasinghe (Nov. 17, 2009)
Read this video compression guide to understand F4V-specific settings in Adobe Media Encoder and Flash Media Encoding Server, and learn about estimating acceptable video bit rates.
Video Learning Guide for Flash CS4 Professional
Adobe Flash CS4 Professional lets you easily put video on a web page in a format that almost anyone can view. This guide provides an introduction to web video, including information on how to create and publish video on the web. Drill down into the various sections to learn more.
Overview of video on the web
Start things off right with this overview of key concepts and terminology related to web video and the video formats supported by Adobe Flash Player.
Progressive and streaming video
Understand the distinctions between embedded video within SWF files, progressively downloaded FLV files, and streaming video from Flash Media Server.
Capturing and encoding video
Learn how to encode on-demand video, including background information about how web video is encoded and how to get best results when capturing video.
Adding video to a web page
Understand two general approaches to adding video to a web page: using Dreamweaver and using Flash.
Adding video synchronization and captioning
Get an overview of the key concepts involved in content synchronization and captioning, including the basics of working with video cue points and the new ActionScript 3 component features for video captioning.
Overview of video standards
Learn about video standards (NTSC and PAL), frame size, frame rate, pixel aspect ratio, interlaced and progressive video.
Web video bitrate calculator
Robert Reinhardt's bitrate calculator helps you determine the optimal bitrate at which to encode your videos.
