Posts with the “flash” tag

The night before the lost day

Hmm... this could be tricky

Hmm... this could be tricky.

Maybe organising it would help.

Chaos in motion

No, that really didn't help...

Nothing for it I guess.

Compressed havoc

That was surprisingly easy.

Sure it probably weighs over twenty kilos, but what's a dislocated shoulder between friends?

The madness begins...

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Converting to Flash video - (almost) free and not so easy

How do you convert an arbitrary video file into a playable Flash video using freely available programs and methods? After close to an afternoon of searching, testing and head-scratching, I finally have a whole answer that can be applied ad-hoc to almost any video you can get your hands on.

This "guide" (more anecdotal than how-to) assumes knowledge of video encoding basics, I'm not going to cover the difference between container and video formats or how to use VirtualDub, there are plenty of other tutorials and guides that cover those topics.

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