What's the best AVI to flash converter out there?

[PositiveFuture]

Another boring question...

I've got a project shot mainly with a Panasonic DVX AG100b that I need to convert to flash format. I need the best converter out there, preferably freeware. There are some shots of a slightly overexposed sea that shines beautifully if I render it right, but looks blocky and amateur if I get the settings wrong.

Any ideas?

Thanks, and I'll try and post something more interesting another time...

 

[Thom 98]

Can you export in h.264 mp4 format out of your editing software? Adobe Premiere can do that and you can then embed a h.264 file in a flash player.

 

[wheatgrinder]

Iv been rendering out of AE lossless, like PNG or animation. Then use handbrake to turn that into an h.264 file. Handbrake uses the open source x264 encoder, seems to have improved my h.264 output.

 

[wheatgrinder]

Thom, whats the best way to get decent quality h264 files that contain a lot of motion? Premiere seems to give me the blockies on high motion..

 

[maxham]

what I use for ALL my video conversion needs it is a free program called Any Video Converter it will convert your avi to any other video file. go to download.com or google it.

 

[Dreadylocks]

I doubt it's the best but I use a program called 'Free FLV Converter' and it works for me. Although I'm sure there's a loss of quality, sometimes that's ok if it's just gonna get thrown up on the web, which is what .flv is for...

 

[Thom 98]

Thom, whats the best way to get decent quality h264 files that contain a lot of motion? Premiere seems to give me the blockies on high motion..

I always use the preset Setting for HD-720p export:

 

[wheatgrinder]

cool,
Im surprised ins 720p and not higher res.. i probably shouldn't be but I'm a complete NOOB..

 

[PositiveFuture]

The problem I'm getting is I have some nice shots of over-exposed waves that turn to absolute blocky s**t when they go to flash in a freeware converter. I don;t mind a bit of degredation but seriously it's awful...

I'll try some of your suggestions.

Keep searching...

 

[nicb1977]

Another boring question...

I've got a project shot mainly with a Panasonic DVX AG100b that I need to convert to flash format. I need the best converter out there, preferably freeware. There are some shots of a slightly overexposed sea that shines beautifully if I render it right, but looks blocky and amateur if I get the settings wrong.

Any ideas?

Thanks, and I'll try and post something more interesting another time...

Hi

We are converting video to FLASH, and created galleries long time. And all time we used a VideoCharge Studio and dont have any problem. Very recommend!