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Six Advanced Flash Video Techniques


Kevin Towes

Kevin Towes

Adobe

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Created:
13 Jun 2005
User Level:
Beginner

Flash Video is sweeping the Internet, clearing way for the best user experience the world has ever known for Internet-based video. This 60-minute session is broken into six 10-minute tutorials. This Macrochat introduces material from the new Macromedia Flash Video Training course.

The session starts with an overview of Flash Video in the market. Flash Player is the most frequently installed video and MP3 player in the world. In that context, I review how you can use the pre-built components to deliver Flash Video to your users. Advanced users will see great advanced Flash Video techniques, including synchronizing data with video, closed captioning, and strategies for building a seek bar and monitoring the stream.

By using Flash Video, you provide your users with the best experience possible on the Internet today. After this Macrochat you will understand that "Play" just means "Play."

What You Will Learn

  • Flash Video 101 and future
  • Building a progress/seek bar
  • Creative techniques including transition effects and masking
  • Cue points (synchronizing Flash events with Video) and creating a video thumbnail viewer
  • Creating rock-star Flash Video(FLV) conversions and bandwidth scaling

Tutorials and sample files:

Launch Breeze presentationWatch the Breeze seminar (Presentation approximately one hour.)

Using the transition class to fade video in and out

Figure 1. Using the transition class to fade video in and out

Macromedia offers live, in-depth product presentations called Macrochats—technical discussions led by product engineers, technical support engineers, and customer leaders. Macrochat content varies across all Macromedia products and technical levels.

Macrochats are recorded online utilizing Macromedia Breeze Live. There is no charge to participate. While you are viewing, please keep in mind that these presentations were delivered to a live audience.

For a list of upcoming Macrochats, view the Macrochat schedule. For a list of past Macrochats, visit the Recorded Macrochats page.

About the author

Kevin Towes is the product manager for Flash Media Server at Adobe Systems and is responsible for defining, delivering, and supporting Adobe streaming video products and services. Before joining Adobe, Kevin spent 13 years working to enable customers with Flash based interactive video streaming solutions using Flash Media Server. His Flash Media Server Live Video work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) led to an Emmy nomination in 2004.