Import or export a static video stream with encoded audio. Use with communications applications, such as video conferencing or files that contain screen-share encoded data exported from Adobe’s Macromedia Flash Media Server.

When you export video clips with streaming audio in FLV format, the Streaming Audio settings compress the audio.

Files in the FLV format are compressed with the Sorensen codec.

1. Select the video clip in the Library panel.
2. Select Library > Properties and click Export.
3. Enter a name for the exported file. Select a location to save it to, click Save, and click OK.

Flash provides two methods of exporting Flash documents as QuickTime:

If you import a video clip (in any format) into a document as an embedded file, you can publish the document as a QuickTime movie. If you import a video clip in QuickTime format into a document as a linked file, you can also publish the document as a QuickTime movie.

Exports all layers in the Flash document as a single Flash track, unless the document contains an imported QuickTime movie. The imported QuickTime movie remains in QuickTime format in the exported application.

1. Select File > Export > Export Movie.
2. Specify settings for the QuickTime movie to export. By default, QuickTime export creates a movie file using the same dimensions as the source Flash document and exports the Flash document in its entirety. The Export QuickTime Video dialog box contains the following options:

   Dimensions

   The width and height in pixels for the frames of the QuickTime movie. You can specify only the width or the height; the other dimension is automatically set to maintain the aspect ratio of your original document. To set both the width and the height independently of each other, deselect Maintain Aspect Ratio.

   Note: If the dimensions of the video are particularly large (for example, 740 x 480 pixels), you may need to change the frame rate of the movie to avoid dropping frames.

   Note: The Dimensions option you set in the QuickTime Export Settings dialog is for the width and height of the FLA file exported as video. The dimensions you set in the QuickTime Settings dialog specify the size of the exported QuickTime movie. If you do not change the size in the later dialog, it remains as “current” so you do not need to change it.

   Ignore stage color

   Creates an alpha channel using the stage color. The alpha channel is encoded as a transparent track, letting you overlay the exported QuickTime movie on top of other content to alter the background color or scene.

   To create a QuickTime video with an alpha channel, you must select a video Compression Type that supports 32-bit encoding with an alpha channel. Codecs that support this are Animation, PNG, Planar RGB, JPEG 2000, TIFF, or TGA. You must also select Million of Color+ from the Compressor/Depth setting. To set the compression type and color depth, click the Settings button in the Video category of the Movie Settings dialog box.

   When last frame is reached

   Exports the entire Flash document as a movie file.

   After time has elapsed

   The duration of the Flash document to export in hours:minutes:seconds:milliseconds.

   QuickTime Settings

   Opens the advanced QuickTime settings dialog box. The Advanced settings let you specify custom QuickTime settings. In general, use the default QuickTime settings, as they provide optimal playback performance for most applications. To modify the QuickTime settings, see the documentation provided with Apple QuickTime Pro for information on the available video parameters.

3. Click export.

Exports a document as a Windows video but discards any interactivity. Good for opening a Flash animation in a video-editing application. Because AVI is a bitmap-based format, documents that contain long or high-resolution animations can quickly become very large.

The Export Windows AVI dialog box has the following options:

Dimensions

Specifies a width and height, in pixels, for the frames of an AVI movie. Specify only the width or the height; the other dimension is automatically set to maintain the aspect ratio of your original document. To set both the width and the height, deselect Maintain Aspect Ratio.

Video Format

Selects a color depth. Some applications do not yet support the Windows 32‑bpc image format. If this format presents problems, use the older 24‑bpc format.

Compress Video

Select standard AVI compression options.

Smooth

Applies anti-aliasing to the exported AVI movie. Anti-aliasing produces a higher-quality bitmap image, but it can cause a halo of gray pixels to appear around images when placed over a colored background. Deselect if a halo appears.

Sound Format

Set the sample rate and size of the sound track, and whether to export in mono or stereo. The smaller the sample rate and size, the smaller the exported file, with a possible trade-off in sound quality.

Exports only the sound file of the current document to a single WAV file. You can specify the sound format of the new file.

To determine the sampling frequency, bit rate, and stereo or mono setting of the exported sound, select Sound Format. To exclude events sounds from the exported file, select Ignore Event Sounds.