Convert Videos to FLV Format - Media Encoder

In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to convert your video footages into the FLV format so you can use it on your web pages.  This tutorial can be used along with my other tutorials to set up your videos for your online pages.   I will be using Adobe Encore CS4 in this tutorial and I’ll be demonstrating on Windows XP.  Please, follow along either with this version (Demo Version can be downloaded from the internet, via Adobe’s website) or if you have later versions, you can also use that since there won’t be much difference.  

Starting Adobe Media Encoder CS4

  
Go to Start > Programs > (locate the Adobe Folder) > Locate Adobe Media Encoder CS4 

This will start Adobe Media Encoder C4

 

Select Video source

Once the program is open, the next task is to bring in a video file to convert.  We can use any video formats based on the formats accepted by Adobe Media Encoder.  Most of the common formats are compatible so that shouldn’t be a problem with a lot of the common raw formats.

·         Click the Add button to bring in the video

 

Select the Destination 

From pop-up window, locate your video file.  Once you locate it, Select it (click on it) then click the Open button to bring the video file into Adobe Media Encoder. 

Choosing Format 

Now, under the Format option, select FLV | F4V format from the drop-down lists.

 

Adjusting Preset Settings

For the preset settings, choose a medium format if you wish to embed it onto a page that would load at a reasonable speed for most users.  Otherwise, you can leave it to its default setting as initially set automatically. 

Specify Destination for Output 

Click the Output File option to set the destination where your file would be saved.  Click on the orange text.  This will bring up a pop-up dialogue window where you can select your output folder. Click on Save once you’ve selected the location

 Converting VIdeo 

Once you have adjusted the necessary settings, Click the Start Queue button to start rendering your video to the selected format.

 

It should take some time depending on the size of your video.

Well, that brings us to the end of this tutorial.  I hope you’ve learnt something useful. 

There are also video versions of all tutorials which are very interactive / informing so if you would like to know more about those, please contact me on email tribaltoonsATgmailDOTcom 

ENJOY 

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