I’m looking to buy a compact, flash-based, HD-capable camcorder with the ability to shut off automatic controls such as white balance and auto-focus. [more inside]
posted by bondcliff on Dec 14, 2009 - 1 answer

Converting PowerPoint to video or flash (again) I know this question was just asked, and two years ago but none of the answers suit my needs. [more inside]
posted by The Dutchman on Nov 14, 2009 - 5 answers

Why do Youtube (and other flash videos) become unresponsive on my Mac when they are embedded in other sites? [more inside]
posted by Glum on Nov 13, 2009 - 5 answers

I'd like to save the video from this article and convert it to a avi or something windows can play. I've tried several utilities, but can't seem to get it. Any ideas?
posted by corpse on Nov 13, 2009 - 7 answers

Flash animators: When I export my flash cartoon to quicktime, moving objects leave behind horrible artifacts. Apparently I am not the only one with this problem. If Flash's quicktime export is so crummy, how do the professionals publish their cartoons to video? [more inside]
posted by buriednexttoyou on Sep 26, 2009 - 12 answers

How come I can't view the baseball video clips on MLB.com linked in this MeFi thread? [more inside]
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium on Jul 23, 2009 - 18 answers

I'm looking for a library, package, product or some sample code in either JAVA or Visual Basic that would allow me to create a video from my program. I have some software tools I've developed and I'd like some functionality to my program that could take existing video clips and pictures and then assemble them into a video. I would like the final video format to be FLV however any popular format would do. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Have a great one.
posted by JohnGL on Jul 9, 2009 - 7 answers

FLV to SWF conversion? [more inside]
posted by AceRock on Mar 6, 2009 - 3 answers

I recently started making animated movies in flash. When I upload them to Youtube or Google video, the audio translates well but the video becomes very jerky. I assume its a byproduct of the way they compress the files, but is there a way to avoid this? [more inside]
posted by Kiablokirk on Feb 16, 2009 - 2 answers

I need to download a video from my local ABC affiliate, an ibsys.com site. (If that means anything?) They don't provide a way to do this, and the usual tools are no help. Can you help? [more inside]
posted by fogster on Jan 27, 2009 - 10 answers

How do I keep a web window full-screen on one monitor while working on another? [more inside]
posted by inbetweener on Jan 4, 2009 - 8 answers

kcet/wttw/pbs flash player doesn't stream programs for me anymore. help! [more inside]
posted by krautland on Dec 10, 2008 - 2 answers

I bought some stock video footage of a dog on a green background which I plan to chroma key out. Then I want to morph seamlessly into a graphic - still with the background masked out! And I want to do this all in Flash! For my Christmas Card! Not a total newbie at all of this - details inside. [more inside]
posted by katyjack on Dec 2, 2008 - 3 answers

I'd like to legally automate the conversion of quicktime .mov files videos to .flv, providing a drop box service, preferably under linux, but I'm getting tripped up on the first and last parts [more inside]
posted by roue on Nov 18, 2008 - 5 answers

Good off-the-shelf Flash player to play Quicktime (.mov) files? Or get one custom-built? [more inside]
posted by mark7570 on Oct 29, 2008 - 2 answers

Videos in pdfs: Stick with QuickTime, or switch to Flash? [more inside]
posted by dpcoffin on Sep 27, 2008 - 1 answer

Are these done in Flash or something else? (click the cover to preview the videos) One Two And how about these? Three Four
posted by SampleSize on Aug 23, 2008 - 7 answers

Does anyone know any flash video site that supports portrait as opposed to the traditional landscape view? [more inside]
posted by jammed on Jul 3, 2008 - 4 answers

Where can I get some introductory-level information regarding video player implementation on mobile phones? I want to build a site that will play video on a variety of mobile phones. I have a non-mobile version of the site already, and all the videos are FLV format playing within a flash player, but the file & player format can be modified as necessary.
posted by negative1 on Jun 26, 2008 - 3 answers

Is there any way to get a flash video to play when a click is required to start it? I would like to be able to programmatically visit a site that has a flash video and then click on the start button. I have looked into Selenium, but there doesn't seem to be an easy solution there.
posted by zzztimbo on Jun 2, 2008 - 3 answers

Is the term “caption” or “closed caption” and the “CC in a TV” symbol commonly recognizable to non-U.S. people? [more inside]
posted by breaks the guidelines? on May 19, 2008 - 15 answers

YouTube videos stuck on the loading screen--how do I fix? [more inside]
posted by incandescentman on Apr 29, 2008 - 1 answer

Flash? After effects? Maya? Toon Boom? Something else? I want to make some very simple abstract animation videos. The simplest would be just full screens of solid colors fading slowly into each other. Slightly more complex would be the same full screens of colors fading into each other, but not all at once. That is, maybe start the fade in the center or corner, and slowly leak in the new color. Or another slightly more complex: The screen divided into multiple blocks of different color that slowly fade into other colors. Real simple, slow, mellow stuff. So, what's the right software for that? Thanks!
posted by The Dutchman on Apr 28, 2008 - 11 answers

How do I fix this: too many browser windows with flash open stops YouTube from functioning [more inside]
posted by philosophistry on Mar 18, 2008 - 2 answers

Please help me convert my mgp and wmv files to flash. Thanks in advance. [more inside]
posted by boyinmiami on Mar 17, 2008 - 11 answers

How does Google/YouTube manage to allow a user to jump to any part of a video without having it preloaded first? Is it the player they use or maybe how the video file is hosted? [more inside]
posted by ssmith on Feb 11, 2008 - 8 answers

I'd like a Flash video player of my video podcast on the web site, and a high-quality (960x540 should work) video file in the podcast feed. I'm currently using WordPress and PodPress to manage the feed and video. But I can see why some people who don't want to install QuickTime might not be able to see the show. [more inside]
posted by bryanjbusch on Jan 22, 2008 - 1 answer

I'm looking for help compiling a top 20 "must play" list of essential videogames. [more inside]
posted by monkeyagent on Jan 8, 2008 - 66 answers

I'm trying to create a Flash based video playlist widget that looks something like this. I would describe myself as an intermediate Flash user, pretty well-versed with action script and creating UIs. I don't like creating things from scratch though, and I'm looking for libraries that would help me parse an RSS feed in Flash and any example code of displaying video players within another swf file. Any help?
posted by Dag Maggot on Nov 27, 2007 - 2 answers

Two Totally Unrelated Questions About THIS VIDEO. Not the content of the video, but the usage. 1) What flash player/UI is that? Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I feel like I've been seeing it not just on Gawker sites, but on many others. Is that a standard player UI that is built into Flash for output to .flv files? 2) Obviously this is totally unauthorized usage. Would this be considered "fair use"? Can anyone recommend any articles on the current state of fair use and online video? Are companies like Gawker and Huffington Post (example) on firm legal ground with this kind of excerpting, which they then host in their own systems/servers, or are they just gambling that the web is so anarchic, that Mr. Big Media Company won't come a suin'?
posted by MaxVonCretin on Nov 19, 2007 - 5 answers

How do I get Flash to play a FLV and then go to particular URL when it's done? [more inside]
posted by aaronetc on Nov 11, 2007 - 5 answers

Andrew Bird's 2005 show on Fabchannel is my favorite performance of all time. How can I preserve it before the license expires and the gig is over? [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Sep 17, 2007 - 7 answers

Looking for commercial/business/corporate sites where a flash video clip starts playing upon loading the home page - and it works, looks good, isn't annoying. [more inside]
posted by andrewyakovlev on Aug 7, 2007 - 8 answers

I constantly have this problem: I try to play a streaming video (youtube, g.video, dailymotion, doesn't matter) and the clip will start playing fine. Then it will stop playing somewhere into the clip, but continue to load, but won't let me keep playing! What's going wrong? [more inside]
posted by linus587 on Mar 19, 2007 - 8 answers

I'm struggling with Flash video. It's eating memory and crashing client browsers.... [more inside]
posted by dw on Feb 21, 2007 - 7 answers

Do I need Flash Media Server to capture and encode Webcam video using Flash? [more inside]
posted by dvjtj on Jan 8, 2007 - 3 answers

Where can I find a flash video with the music "Celebrate" (Kool and the Gang) used?
posted by cainiarb on Dec 12, 2006 - 1 answer

Looking for a web-based FLV player (ideally want it to approximate the youtube one.) For-pay is fine. The usage has to be just 'pass your flv url to the player and it plays' (ie. not something that requires manipulation in Macromedia Flash to work.) Any pointers? Thanks.
posted by Firas on Oct 27, 2006 - 5 answers

I want to be my own YouTube/Google video. Is there an easy way to show videos on my own server embedded in a page? [more inside]
posted by spartacusroosevelt on Oct 8, 2006 - 15 answers

I am looking for a free utility to convert .FLV (Flash Video) files to other formats. Any ideas? [more inside]
posted by falameufilho on Aug 9, 2006 - 6 answers

How to split a flash movie (.FLV) file? [more inside]
posted by suedehead on Jul 26, 2006 - 3 answers

What's the most reliable, simplest, and cheapest way for my company to deliver streaming videos of lectures to students? [more inside]
posted by pantufla on Jul 5, 2006 - 6 answers

How does YouTube work? [more inside]
posted by prolific on Jun 9, 2006 - 13 answers

How can I configure my PC to play Youtube Videos better? [more inside]
posted by sswiller on May 24, 2006 - 6 answers

DivX to .SWF conversion always converting without a sync. I have a video that is an .AVI (DVcodec), I converted it to DivX via VirtualDub and later on converted it from DivX to .SWF via (Flash Video Studio 1). For some unknown reason, whenever it gets converted to .SWF, the audio/video are not in sync. [more inside]
posted by cheero on May 22, 2006 - 7 answers

Can embedded Flash videos (ala YouTube and Google Video) automatically export as full screen to a second monitor like Windows Media Player and Quicktime does? [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on May 8, 2006 - 2 answers

I licensed my short film to the CBC program "Zed" and it showed recently. They also put the video, along with a nice little host intro, up on their site. I'd love to have a copy of this and would like to download it, but the video is deeply embedded in flash and I can't figure out how to download a copy or find it in my cache. Any ideas? The video is here. Thanks for any help! (I have OS X running Firefox.)
posted by debris on Apr 9, 2006 - 12 answers

I like to view dance moves, which are increasingly in Flash video format. Is there a Flash player with slow motion, frame advance and continous rewind? [more inside]
posted by mrkohrea on Apr 5, 2006 - 4 answers

I used to make little movies in Flash. Nothing big, just fun little projects. I'd like to start making them again, and was wondering if there are any alternatives to Flash. [more inside]
posted by soplerfo on Dec 6, 2005 - 6 answers

Mac Final Cut Express and vector graphics, maybe Flash: How to make a vector graphics motion sequence to be incorporated into a Final Cut Express video. [more inside]
posted by planetkyoto on Aug 6, 2005 - 7 answers