If you have a video already in .mov (Quicktime) format you can ignore the first conversion part of the process. A DVD will generally be in .VOB format (for instance if you were to look at the file contents of the DVD).

To convert a .VOB to .MOV you will need access to an application that does this. Super (Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer) will do this – and it is freeware. Locate it via google by entering, “super, v2007″.

1. After you have downloaded super, make sure that you are working in a writable folder (not on a cdrom or dvd-rom). Copy the file that you want to convert (off the DVD) to a local folder.
2. Start Super and and change output type to .mov; for our simple example skip sections 2 & 3 and go on to VIDEO.
3. Make adjustments in VIDEO as necessary. Good starting settings are 320×240, 4:3, 25fps and 240 kbps.
4. Leave AUDIO set to default and drag the file you want to convert into the light blue rectangular area and click Encode.
5. How long it takes depends on the size of the input file. After it completes make note of where the converted output file saved. By default it saves in a folder where the application was installed. This is easily missed. The output should be a .MOV Quicktime file.

Having the .mov file in your possession, now you go to work in Flash. You will need both Flash Video Encoder and Flash 8 (or available version) which comes as part of the professional version.

1. Start the Flash Video Encoder and drag your source .mov file to the white encoding area.
2. Highlight the file and select Settings. The custom setting window should open. Here you can do some cool things such as slice out parts of the video that you want.
3. To clip a section you want you adjust the ruler controls below the video. That’s pretty easy.
4. Select the Advanced Settings button. You can further refine how you want the video recorded here, as well as dimensions and any special cropping.
5. If the action is slow-moving, you can try adjusting down to 15 frames per second. 25 works fine for most of what I do. Select OK when satisfied.
6. Select Start Queue to initiate the process. We move on to Flash when the status is completed.

Let’s move on to the final product.

1. Start Flash 8
2. Drag your converted file, now in .swf format, onto the working area (canvas) of the screen. As soon as you let go it will prompt you through a few easy steps.
3. As you’ve already selected the file, click Next to pass through the Select Video screen.
4. Under Deployment leave Progressive Download checked and click Next.
5. In the Skinng screen select one that please you and then Next.
6. Give it a name if prompted or select Finish
7. Once you have the video on the canvas you can change the canvas size, background color, etc if needed. To move it slightly the easiest way is to click to select the video and use the arrow keys to get it exactly where you want it.
8. When it is right, select File –> Publish preview –> Flash.
9. It will create the html which you can copy to the web, also an .flv file. The .fla file you will not need, but you will also need to copy or ftp the .swf file.

Tags: .mov, .vob, Flash, Quicktime

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