[size=3][font=Times New Roman]Flash Video is a type of video that can be played by Flash Player. A Flash Video file can be a separated FLV file or a video stream in a SWF file. It has various video encoding methods. Flash Player 6 only supports Sorenson Spark encoding method; Flash Player 7 supports one more encoding method, Screen Video that can compress files without losing the original quality. Apart from the two above-mentioned encoding methods, Flash Player 8 supports On2 VP6, which is currently the best encoder available. Its video quality is superior to MPEG4, H264, and DIVX. As Flash Video becoming more and more popular, it will be the major built-in web video file in the near future. [/font][/size]
[font=Times New Roman]In addition to the Flash Video encoder from the Macromedia company, there are different other Flash Video encoders such as [color=#0000ff]SwishVideo[/color], [url=“http://www.flash-video-mx.com/”][color=#800080]Flash Video MX[/color], and [url=“http://flix.on2.com/”][color=#0000ff]On2 Flix[/color]. Now I am going to compare these different Flash Video encoders in various different aspects:[/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3][font=Times New Roman]I. Features [/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]A[/font]****[font=宋]．[/font][font=Times New Roman]Interface Style:[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Macromedia Flash Video Encoder: **Traditional Windows style and paging method. [/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Swish Video: **Traditional Windows style and paging method.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Flash Video MX: **Windows XP style and Wizard method. Batch Encoder is traditional Windows style and paging method. [/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**On2 Flix: **Traditional Windows style and paging method. [/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]B. Video Input Type [/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Macromedia Flash Video Encoder: **Windows Media (Windows Media Player required), QuickTime (QuickTime Player required)[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Swish Video: **Windows Media (Windows Media Player required), QuickTime (QuickTime Player required)[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Flash Video MX: **Windows Media (Windows Media Player required), QuickTime (QuickTime Player required), Real Media (RealPlayer and RealMedia Splitter required).[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**On2 Flix: **Windows Media (Windows Media Player required), QuickTime (QuickTime Player required)[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]C. Output Type [/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Macromedia Flash Video Encoder: **FLV[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Swish Video: **FLV[/font][font=宋]，[/font][font=Times New Roman]SWF[/font][font=宋]，[/font][font=Times New Roman]HTML[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Flash Video MX: **FLV[/font][font=宋]，[/font][font=Times New Roman]SWF[/font][font=宋]，[/font][font=Times New Roman]HTML[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**On2 Flix: **FLV[/font][font=宋]，[/font][font=Times New Roman]SWF[/font][font=宋]，[/font][font=Times New Roman]HTML[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]D. Video Capture & Split [/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Macromedia Flash Video Encoder: **Input video preview by frame, rough video capture, and video split.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Swish Video: **Input video preview by frame and rough video capture.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Flash Video MX: **Input video preview by frame, accurate video capture, and video preview playback.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**On2 Flix: **Input video preview by frame, difficult and rough video capture, and video split.[/font][/size]
[font=Times New Roman][font=Times New Roman][size=3]E.[/size] [/font]****[size=3]Video Conversion Settings [/size][/font]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]Macromedia Flash Video Encoder: Output size adjustment, frame adjustment, byte rate adjustment, and key frame rate adjustment.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Swish Video: **Output size adjustment, frame split, output quality adjustment, and key frame rate adjustment. [/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Flash Video MX: **Output size adjustment, frame adjustment, byte rate adjustment, automatic key frame rate, and video fade in/out.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**On2 Flix: **Output size adjustment, frame rate adjustment, byte rate adjustment, and key frame rate adjustment.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]F. Output Video Codec [/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Macromedia Flash Video Encoder:**Sorenson Spark On2 VP6 [/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Swish Video:**Sorenson Spark[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Flash Video MX:**Sorenson Spark[/font][font=宋]，[/font][font=Times New Roman]On2 VP6[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**On2 Flix:**Sorenson Spark[/font][font=宋]，[/font][font=Times New Roman]On2 VP6[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]H. LOGO Settings :[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Macromedia Flash Video Encoder: **No[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]Swish Video: No[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Flash Video MX: Text Subject, **GIF animation LOGO supported, and transparent background color supported.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**On2 Flix: **No[/font][/size]
[font=Times New Roman][font=Times New Roman][size=3]H.[/size] [/font]****[size=3]Other SWF Functions [/size][/font]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]Macromedia Flash Video Encoder: No[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]Swish Video: Control bar[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]Flash Video MX: Control bar (different styles available and can be previewed), special video effect (can be previewed), movie beginning and movie end.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**On2 Flix: **Movie preload bar[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]I. Audio Settings [/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Macromedia Flash Video Encoder: **MP3[/font][font=宋]，[/font][font=Times New Roman]sample rate settings, byte rate settings, and audio channel settings.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Swish Video: **MP3[/font][font=宋]，[/font][font=Times New Roman]sample rate settings, byte rate settings, audio channel settings, and audio file replacement.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Flash Video MX: **MP3[/font][font=宋]，[/font][font=Times New Roman]sample rate settings, byte rate settings, audio channel settings, audio file replacement, and audio fade in/out.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**On2 Flix: **MP3 / RAW, ample rate settings, byte rate settings, and audio channel settings.[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]J. Batch Processing [/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]Macromedia Flash Video Encoder: Professional[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]Swish Video: Simple[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]Flash Video MX: Professional[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]On2 Flix: Simple[/font][/size]
[font=Times New Roman][font=Times New Roman][size=3]K.[/size] [/font]****[size=3]Conversion Speed [/size][/font]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Macromedia Flash Video Encoder: **encoder: Sorenson Spark (fast), encoder: On2 VP6 (slow).[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Swish Video: **encoder: Sorenson Spark (fast)[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Flash Video MX: **encoder: Sorenson Spark (fast), encoder: On2 VP6 (slow).[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]On2 Flix: encoder: Sorenson Spark (slow), encoder: On2 VP6 (slow).[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]L. Encoding Quality & Output File Size[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]Macromedia Flash Video Encoder: encoder: Sorenson Spark (low quality and big file size); encoder: On2 VP6 (average quality and big file size).[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Swish Video: **encoder: Sorenson Spark (average quality and big file size)[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]Flash Video MX: encoder: Sorenson Spark (high quality and small file size); encoder: On2 VP6 (high quality and small file size).[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]On2 Flix: encoder: Sorenson Spark (average quality and average file size); encoder: On2 VP6 (high quality and small file size).[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]M. Cue Point Support[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Macromedia Flash Video Encoder: **Yes[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]Swish Video: Yes[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]Flash Video MX: Yes[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]On2 Flix: No[/font][/size]
[font=Times New Roman][font=Times New Roman][size=3]N.[/size] [/font]****[size=3]Unregistered Version Limitation [/size][/font]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Macromedia Flash Video Encoder: **Sold along with Macromedia Flash MX; 30-day trial period. [/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Swish Video: **15-day trial period[/font][/size]
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]**Flash Video MX: **Watermark on output video.[/font][/size]
[font=Times New Roman]On2 Flix: [/font][font=Times New Roman]Watermark on output video.[/font][/font]
