Exporting for adobe media player – Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 User Manual
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Exporting
Last updated 11/6/2011
Stream for best performance
To eliminate download time, provide deep interactivity and navigation capabilities, or monitor quality of service,
stream FLV files with the Flash Media Server or use the hosted service from one of Adobe’s FLV Streaming Service
partners available through the Adobe website. For more details on the difference between progressive download and
streaming with Flash Media Server, see “Delivering Flash Video: Understanding the Difference Between Progressive
Download and Streaming Video” on the Flash Developer Center website.
Cover progressive download times
Know how long it will take to download enough of your video so that it can play to the end without pausing to finish
downloading. While the first part of your video clip downloads, you may want to display other content that disguises
the download. For short clips, use the following formula: Pause = download time – play time + 10% of play time. For
example, if your clip is 30 seconds long and it takes one minute to download, give your clip a 33-second buffer (60
seconds – 30 seconds + 3 seconds = 33 seconds).
Remove noise and interlacing
For the best encoding, you might need to remove noise and interlacing.
The higher the quality of the original, the better the final result. Although frame rates and sizes of Internet video are
usually smaller than those of television, computer monitors have much better color fidelity, saturation, sharpness, and
resolution than conventional televisions. Even with a small window, image quality can be more important for digital
video than for standard analog television. Artifacts and noise that are barely noticeable on TV can be obvious on a
computer screen.
FLV and SWF files are intended for progressive display on computer screens and other devices, rather than on
interlaced displays such as TVs. Interlaced footage viewed on a progressive display can exhibit alternating vertical lines
in high-motion areas. Thus, all the FLV presets in the Adobe Media Encoder have deinterlacing turned on by default.
Follow the same guidelines for audio
The same considerations apply to audio production as to video production. To achieve good audio compression, begin
with clean audio. If you are encoding material from a CD, try to record the file using direct digital transfer instead of
through the analog input of your sound card. The sound card introduces an unnecessary digital-to-analog and analog-
to-digital conversion that can create noise in your source audio. Direct digital transfer tools are available for Windows
and Macintosh® platforms. To record from an analog source, use the highest-quality sound card available.
Exporting for Adobe Media Player
Adobe Media Player is designed to play FLV files, either streaming from a server or played back from a local hard disk.
With Adobe Media Encoder, you can export FLV files for playback in the Adobe Media Player. Select FLV | F4V from
the Format menu in the Export Settings dialog box. Then, select specific settings to meet the requirements of the FLV
host or your target audience.
For information on selecting an FLV codec in the Export Settings dialog box, see About the On2 VP6 and Sorenson
Spark Video Codecs on the
page on the Developer Center website.
For information about choosing the best video, audio, encoding, and bit rate settings for your target audience, see the
on the Developer Center website.
For more information about exporting video for the Adobe Media Player, see