can vegas 9 output to flv? at DVinfo.net

David Delaney · December 5th, 2009, 10:17 AM

Just wondering if there is a way to output to FLV directly from Vegas?

Ian Stark · December 5th, 2009, 10:42 AM

Sadly no, but here's a free converter if it's of any help.

Free Video to Flash Converter: convert video to flv swf flash

Can't vouch for it's quality/performance but I have used a couple of other of their free products and they seem OK.

David Delaney · December 5th, 2009, 11:16 AM

thanks I will try that.

Don Bloom · December 5th, 2009, 02:05 PM

Directly, no but there are many intermediate programs to do that conversion. Personally I output Vegas to AVI then bring that into Flix Standard to convert to either FLV or SWF. Very neice quality and it was very inexpensive to buy. I use it all the time.

Chris Harding · December 5th, 2009, 08:57 PM

Hey Don

I'll second that!! However I normally render the clip out to an MPEG2 in Vegas and use the default template and then change the video size to my player's dimensions, interlacing to progressive, frame rate to 30 and aspect to square pixels.

After Flix Pro has converted it the result is very acceptable!!! I should try outputting to an AVI maybe??? Wonder if it makes any difference????

Chris

Perrone Ford · December 5th, 2009, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Harding

...However I normally render the clip out to an MPEG2 in Vegas and use the default template and then change the video size to my player's dimensions, interlacing to progressive, frame rate to 30 and aspect to square pixels.

After Flix Pro has converted it the result is very acceptable!!! I should try outputting to an AVI maybe??? Wonder if it makes any difference????

Well, outputting to a lossy format, with a substandard deinterlace, a substandard resample, and likely a poor decimation to 30p, and yea, I think going to AVI could gain you some better results depending on how it's done. Depending on what kind of AVI and what you do with it from there.

Hugh Mobley · December 5th, 2009, 09:24 PM

this is a powerful converter, XVID4PSP AND FREE
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Ian Stark · December 6th, 2009, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh Mobley

this is a powerful converter, XVID4PSP

Seems to convert everything into everything EXCEPT FLV! ;-)

Bill Binder · December 8th, 2009, 05:01 PM

For rendering flash, I highly recommend frameserving directly out of Vegas to your encoder of choice. This will avoid an intermediate render and will provide the encoder with a nice clean input.

Seth Bloombaum · December 8th, 2009, 05:07 PM

Wow I've posted a lot about flash video in various dvinfo forums. There seem to be many misunderstandings about the various codecs.

Free does not equal good, when talking about the orginal Sorenson Spark flash video codec. h.264 is free (and we have it in Vegas!), but frequently isn't the best choice.

See here http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/what-hap...ggestions.html, and, searching on "flash video" will lead to lots of threads in this and in the streaming forum.

Luis Rolo · December 15th, 2009, 07:10 AM

Just export mp4 or mov (both h264) and change the extension to flv.

Ian Stark · December 15th, 2009, 07:42 AM

I may be mistaken, but I was under the impression that an h264 file that had simply had its extension changed to flv would not look as good as the same file with its original mp4 extension.

I don't have first hand experience of this so I could well be wrong.

Luis Rolo · December 15th, 2009, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ian Stark

I may be mistaken, but I was under the impression that an h264 file that had simply had its extension changed to flv would not look as good as the same file with its original mp4 extension.

I don't have first hand experience of this so I could well be wrong.

I can't see any difference and I always do that.

Bill Binder · December 16th, 2009, 11:06 AM

One thing to watch out for is that older flash players can't play MP4.

Gerald Webb · December 16th, 2009, 02:23 PM

output to Lagorith, then to flv or f4v via Adobe media encoder.
For when u want the best. :)

December 5th, 2009, 10:17 AM	#1
David Delaney Trustee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Niagara Ontario Canada Posts: 1,121	can vegas 9 output to flv? Just wondering if there is a way to output to FLV directly from Vegas?

December 5th, 2009, 10:42 AM	#2
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	Sadly no, but here's a free converter if it's of any help. Free Video to Flash Converter: convert video to flv swf flash Can't vouch for it's quality/performance but I have used a couple of other of their free products and they seem OK. __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk

December 5th, 2009, 02:05 PM	#4
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	Directly, no but there are many intermediate programs to do that conversion. Personally I output Vegas to AVI then bring that into Flix Standard to convert to either FLV or SWF. Very neice quality and it was very inexpensive to buy. I use it all the time. __________________ What do I know? I'm just a video-O-grafer. Don

December 5th, 2009, 09:24 PM	#7
Hugh Mobley Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Placentia, Calif Posts: 549	this is a powerful converter, XVID4PSP AND FREE Winnydows Home __________________ Hugh Mobley www.petplanetvideos.com http://exposureroom.com/members/hmobley.aspx/

December 8th, 2009, 05:07 PM	#10
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Wow I've posted a lot about flash video in various dvinfo forums. There seem to be many misunderstandings about the various codecs. Free does not equal good, when talking about the orginal Sorenson Spark flash video codec. h.264 is free (and we have it in Vegas!), but frequently isn't the best choice. See here http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/what-hap...ggestions.html, and, searching on "flash video" will lead to lots of threads in this and in the streaming forum. __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.

December 5th, 2009, 11:16 AM	#3
David Delaney Trustee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Niagara Ontario Canada Posts: 1,121	thanks I will try that.

December 5th, 2009, 08:57 PM	#5
Chris Harding Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 8,441	Hey Don I'll second that!! However I normally render the clip out to an MPEG2 in Vegas and use the default template and then change the video size to my player's dimensions, interlacing to progressive, frame rate to 30 and aspect to square pixels. After Flix Pro has converted it the result is very acceptable!!! I should try outputting to an AVI maybe??? Wonder if it makes any difference???? Chris

December 8th, 2009, 05:01 PM	#9
Bill Binder Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 542	For rendering flash, I highly recommend frameserving directly out of Vegas to your encoder of choice. This will avoid an intermediate render and will provide the encoder with a nice clean input.

December 15th, 2009, 07:10 AM	#11
Luis Rolo Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Guarda, Portugal Posts: 119	Just export mp4 or mov (both h264) and change the extension to flv. __________________ http://luisrolo.com - http://luisrolo.com/blog

December 15th, 2009, 07:42 AM	#12
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	I may be mistaken, but I was under the impression that an h264 file that had simply had its extension changed to flv would not look as good as the same file with its original mp4 extension. I don't have first hand experience of this so I could well be wrong. __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk

December 16th, 2009, 11:06 AM	#14
Bill Binder Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 542	One thing to watch out for is that older flash players can't play MP4.

December 16th, 2009, 02:23 PM	#15
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	output to Lagorith, then to flv or f4v via Adobe media encoder. For when u want the best. :)