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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. 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). Streaming – accessing videos hosted on the streaming server.

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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) ”. On the other hand, Flash supports FLV/FV4 formats and those are not browser dependent.

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Understanding Video File Types: Codecs, Containers, and Outputs

TechSmith Camtasia

A container is the file that contains your video, audio streams, and any closed caption files as well. This format file was developed by Microsoft for the Windows Media Player. YouTube supports WMV , and Apple users can view these videos, but they must download Windows Media Player for Apple. Containers (file extensions).

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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. They aren't by a long shot, but when it comes to putting video on the web, the Flash Player has rapidly become the only game in town. Why has this happened? Why has this happened?

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Host Your Corporate Training Videos on Your LMS – Why & How

CommLab India

Consider these factors while hosting training videos on an LMS : file size of the videos & compatibility, hosting charges, streaming server, and confidentiality of information. Once your training videos are ready, check their file size and compatibility with various players and browsers. The MP4 format plays on most devices.

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Great FREE Software Downloads

The eLearning Coach

CamStudio can record all the screen actions on your computer, as well as an audio narrative, and create AVI files which can converted to a streaming Flash (SWF) format. VIDEO PLAYERS AND CONVERTERS. FLV Player. If your a multimedia maven, then you need to play FLV files. VLC Media Player. AVG Anti-Virus.

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E-learning Development: Selecting the Right Audio, Video, and Image Format

CommLab India

Video (Ctrl+Alt+V) formats include SWF, FLV, F4V, AVI, MP4, MOV, and 3GP. SWF: (Shockwave Flash) It contains vector designs, animations, audio, and videos for web browsers using Flash player). Video (ALT+N+V Individually) formats include SWF, FLV, AVI, WMV, MOV, MPEG, DV, and 3GP. F4V supports H.264.).

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