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eLearning Development: 4 Tech Considerations When Using Videos

Upside Learning

Don’t double compress videos – use uncompressed or lossless formats when compressing to FLV format. Supported source formats are: asf, avi, dv, mov, mp4, mpg, mpeg, wmv. Encoding videos to FLV. Before using videos in your Flash project, you would need to encode them in a format compatible with Adobe Flash (FLV or MPEG-4).

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Is HTML5 Ready for eLearning Development?

Upside Learning

Last week, while justifying Apple’s refusal to allow Flash player on iPhone/iPad, Steve Jobs wrote– “ New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too) ”. A few days before the launch of iPad Apple had released a list of ‘iPad ready’ websites having support for HTML5.

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The Open Screen Project – Will It Succeed?

Upside Learning

Though some Flash platforms tools like the Flex SDK are freely available from Adobe, for animation and design you still need to depend on Adobe’s Creative Suite of tools – which is not free. The most important one is Adobe removing restrictions on SWF and FLV/F4V specifications. Is there competition for Flash?

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Understanding Video File Types: Codecs, Containers, and Outputs

TechSmith Camtasia

YouTube supports WMV , and Apple users can view these videos, but they must download Windows Media Player for Apple. It is supported by YouTube and works well for TV viewing. FLV, F4V, and SWF are flash video formats designed for Flash Player, but they’re commonly used to stream video on YouTube.

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Developing An eLearning Player?

Upside Learning

Choose the right technology – before you start developing an eLearning player it’s important to decide on the development tool and technology. flv [Flash video format] is not supported in some servers by default and it needs to be configured. A few possible constraints for a Flash [AS 2.0] based pages.

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Video Format Comparison - Flash Video Format - WMV Format - Quicktime - Real

Tony Karrer

I was recently asked what video format to use and particularly about the differences between the Flash Video Format (FLV) and Windows Media - WMV Format. In The Rise of Flash Video - Tom Green tells us: This is not to say QuickTime and Windows Media are dead technologies. Why has this happened? Why has this happened?

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How to Speak Like an eLearning Pro

OpenSesame

Flash allows development of animated content that can be played using a browser. This is done by using ‘Flash Player’, a program available for free download from the Adobe website. Approximately 95% of the PCs in the world have flash player installed. It’s a widely used format in elearning, and other sectors.