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Terry,
My advice would be to experiment a little more before saying “no” to Flash and consider the following:
1. Try encoding your raw video (guessing .avi) into an H.264 format and using Flash as the container to deliver it.
2. A regular Quicktime .mov encode vs. an H.264 .mp4 encode will be a huge difference in file size. For example I just encoded a 3 min. 30 sec. 720x480 video to H.264 and it was 129MB in size vs. the same video in Quicktime which came out to be 766MB. When playing both side by side it’s difficult to tell them apart visually.
3. Windows users must install Quicktime, which is a 30.9 MB download vs. a Flash Player download of 1.87MB.
4. Consider how many millions of people already have a Flash player of 9 or higher (especially YouTube users).
5. The saturation percent for Flash player 9 is around 99.1 percent for the US and around 97.1 percent for the rest of the world. Flash player 10 is already up to 86 percent.
6. For best results, make sure you are initially capturing with high quality screen capture software such as Camtasia or Captivate.
For feedback, the video from the link you provided was a little fuzzy, especially when trying to read the text. Also I am using Vista 64 which shows the Quicktime play bar as solid black (common QT Vista bug right now). In comparison, I’m currently viewing Softimage videos from the new Digital Tutors Flash platform and the videos play quick and are very sharp in detail and text readability.
Author: VFX Media
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