i thought that was an .fla (or is that an old flash extension now)
Jen Simmons wrote:
.flv is to .swf as .psd is to .jpg.
In other words -- the .flv file is the original huge working document
that you make when you make a flash animation. Ie: open Flash the
program, start a new document, do a bunch of stuff, save it. Then
later you can open the flash document -- saved in the .flv format and
change things, keep working, etc. Once you are ready to post to the
web, you export a flash movie, and create a .swf file. The .swf file
is much smaller, more efficient / compressed, etc. If for some reason
you erased the original .flv, and then wanted to make changes to the
move, you'd be stuck. You cannot open the .swf file that's been
exported and make and changes to the original -- you need the .flv
file.
There's nothing to do with a .flv file on the web. Browsers don't know
what the heck that is. It's just for working...
Much like Photoshop. Make a doc in Photoshop and save it -- and you've
got a .psd. You can make lots of layers and masks and effects... and
then when you are ready, save for web to create a .jpg (or .gif) and
then use the .jpg on the web. The original .psd is much to big for the
internet + browsers have no idea what a .psd file is -- the .jpg is
flattened and compressed and doesn't have any of the layer / mask /
effect / text layer info in it -- so you cannot modify it the way you
can modify a .psd.
That's how it works when you've got the program Flash installed on
your system and use it to make a project. These online transcoders
don't make a .flv file (i don't think) -- I'm under the impression
they just translate the .mov file (or whatever) straight into a .swf.
(Someone correct me if i'm wrong.) It's cool because you get a flash
movie .swf without needing to own Flash or take all the time to build
a project. It's not as cool because the formulaic nature on the online
transcoder isn't going to make the best possible flash movie --only by
doing a custom compress will you get the best results possible. Also
everyone should just know that Flash does about 200x as many cool
techie things then simply pump video out in a format that is viewable
by lots of browsers -- AND flash does much more than the stupid ugly
animated billboards that seem to dominate commercial websites these
days. That's the most common use of Flash, but not the best / most
artistic / most creative use of it. It's a powerful development
platform that can do much more. Another example of everyone copying
each other so much that an utter lack of imagination has dominated a
medium and crowded out the artistic possibilities. (Not killed them
off completely, by no means, but has overshadowed.)
jen
jenSimmons
http://www.jensimmons.com
On Apr 23, 2006, at 9:44 PM, Gene wrote:
Hi Group,
Gene here. I'm just getting started with internet video, and was
wondering if flash video is the way to go.
If so, can someone advise me of the difference, advantage or
disadvantage between .swf format and .flv format? Which would you
recommend.
I have some video software, and can convert .avi files to .swf, but
can't convert to .flv.
I'd appreciate a little tip.
Thanks,
Gene
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