Video with Flash MX : A Users Guide : Session 2 of 3

Short QA session.
They are showing comparisons of the same video in different players (austin powers trailer):

• Real Player 225k low badwidth. pretty good quality. (watch scene changes and transitions.) streaming.
• Windows Media Player : pretty good quality. streaming.
• Quicktime : good quality. alittle choppy, good encoding.
• Flash MX : Good quality. low badwidth. comparable to other formats.

In higher end encoding, the differences between the players become more obvious, with dedicate video players having better quality.
Encoding time:

• Flash : fast
• Quicktime : slow

FileSize

• Quicktime 4.56 megs
• Windows medi : 4.54 megs
• Flash 4.51 megs

When deciding which video codec to use, dont just think of penetration stats today, but think of where it will be in 6 months to a year.

they are shhowing a seinfeld video player, where you pick a character, and the can choose from a number of clips from the show (george has shrinkage). they keep track of how many videos you have watched. every four videos you watch, you have to watch a commerical (they showed a vw jetta commercial). You can play a new video until the entire commerical has run.

QA.

end of session.