Appendix C. Encoding Video for the Flash Platform

Throughout this book, I’ve discussed a variety of video-encoding tools. This appendix summarizes and augments the compression coverage already provided in Chapter 3, “Compression and Encoding Primer.”

Overview of Common Features and Workflow

If you’re in the market for picking a video-encoding solution, you should weigh the factors that are most important for your typical day-to-day encoding needs. In this section, I review the features that you will use for most video projects.

Major Compression Controls

Regardless of which video-encoding tool you use, every product enables you to control the bit rate (or data rate), frame size (width and height), and frame rate. Of all the settings in your compression ...

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