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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) |
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General
Q: How do I purchase Flash Video Studio? A: Please click here.
Q: What kind of video format does the Flash Video Studio support? A: Flash Video Studio supports the following formats:
Q: What is the minimum system requirement to run Flash Video Studio? A: Pentium II 128MB RAM, 100MB free disk space Win98/NT/Me/2000/2003/XP/Vista Operating System DirectX 8.0+
Q: Do I need to install Macromedia Flash to be able to use Flash Video Studio? A: No
Q: How do I publish multiple video files without publishing it one by one? A: Flash Video Studio supports batch publishing process. Please read here.
Q: Can I publish a video without the audio? A: Yes you can. Please read here.
Q: Can I add an external soundtrack to be mixed with the published video? A: Yes you can. Please read here.
Q: Does Flash Video Studio support command line interface (CLI)? A: Yes it does. Please read here.
Q: Does Flash Video Studio encodes into Flash 8 video? A: Yes it does.
Q: Why the published video has a Flash Video Studio watermark? A: All published video using trial/evaluation version of Flash Video Studio will have a watermark. To remove it, please purchase the software.
Q: I cannot find answer to my question here. What should I do? A: Please contact support at support@flashvideostudio.com
Q: What type of SWF file is created by the Flash Video Studio? A: Flash Video Studio creates a standard Macromedia Flash File version. It is compatible with Macromedia Flash MX and 2004.
Q: Can I import the published video into Macromedia Flash? A: Yes you can. Both SWF and FLV format published by Flash Video Studio are importable into Macromedia Flash.
Video Playback Quality and Performance
Q: Why does my published video appear very blocky? A: Please check if you have changed your video resolution at Settings tab. To reduce the blockiness you can check Smooth video checkbox at Settings tab. Please see here for further discussion
Q: Why does my published video appear jerky (a moving object in the previous frames leaving a trailmark)? A: Please try reducing the key frame interval at Settings tab. The smaller the value, the better the quality but also produce slightly bigger file size. Please see here for further discussion
Q: Why does my published video appear very blur? A: Please try reducing the quantizer value. The smaller the value, the better the quality but also produce slightly bigger file size.
Q: What is the maximum published video duration? A: Macromedia Flash only support up to 16,000 frames. If your video frame rate is 25, then the maximum duration will be 640 seconds. However Flash Video Studio allow you to set a url to open at the end of a video playback. This way you can chained several SWF files to make a longer videos.
Q: Why can't I set quantizer and keyframe value? A: You might have a Video Quality sets to one of the preset value. Please change it into Custom Preset to enable manual control over quantizer and keyframe.
Q: Why does my text/image watermark appear very blur? A: Please check if you have changed your video resolution at Settings tab. As watermark is drawn on top of your video image, changes in video resolution will also apply to the watermark.
Q: Can I put watermark on all videos published by batch publish feature? A: Yes you can. All settings defined in the main project will be used for every video published by batch publish feature.
Q: Why the published video has a different bandwidth and size than the estimate showing at the bottom of the application window? A: It is impossible to know the bandwidth and publish size precisely before actually publishing the video. However Flash Video Studio always try to offer the best estimate.
Q: Why the published video appear jumpy (skip frames at a certain interval)? A: Macromedia Flash plays small to medium size video (smaller than 500x400) well but it is not designed to play large video. When playing large video, it might skip a few frames trying to achieve real time playback. |