Axel Segebrecht » Tips http://www.axelsegebrecht.com Cameraman and website designer from Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:22:50 +0000 en hourly 1 Joost Invites Available http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/tips/joost-invites-available-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=joost-invites-available-2 http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/tips/joost-invites-available-2/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:19:04 +0000 Axel http://www.axlevideoproductions.com/?p=60 Just a quick note to let you know that I’ve got three free invites available for the new Joost Beta over on my personal website! Get them quick before they are gone again :-)

]]> http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/tips/joost-invites-available-2/feed/ 2 How to convert video files to Flash video http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/tips/how-to-convert-video-files-to-flash-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-convert-video-files-to-flash-video http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/tips/how-to-convert-video-files-to-flash-video/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:11:58 +0000 Axel http://www.axlevideoproductions.com/?p=58 Since the question arises quite often in the forums, I thought I post up a little note to summarise the best software for converting WMV, AVI, MOV or MPEG files into Flash video files (flv).

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For Windows: Riva VX Encoder (free)
For Mac OS X: VisualHub (free to try and 23.32 US$ for the full monty)
For Linux: ffmpeg (free)

All three use the excellent ffmpeg tool, which is available for all major operating systems. Sönke Rohde wrote a nice tutorial on how to use it to convert videos to flash video files. Although that particular tutorial is for Windows users, it is still relevant for Mac and Linux.

Mac users should look no further than VisualHub! It’s 23.32 US$ well spend for a tool which is not only easy but also very fast. I’m using it for everything these days. Export a master MOV from iMovie or FCP and then convert the hell out of it using VisualHub (ffmpeg) :-D

Bonus Tip: Now that you can convert to Flash Video (flv) you probably want to know how to get it on your website. I suggest the excellent FLV Embed plug-in for WordPress, which is a really simple integration of Jeroen Wijering’s FLV Player. You can see it on this website vlog.

Have fun.

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