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Flex live Video Encoding

May 1, 2008 6:09 AM

Hai.
I am developing a video chat application in flex. Can anbody help me in the video encoding part?
I need the video to be encoded using ON2VP6 or H264 to get a better quality. How it can be done live using flex?
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VivekVijayan
935 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Viper.at, Dec 16, 2010 11:16 PM
 
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  • Michael Borbor
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    1. Michael Borbor,
    May 1, 2008 6:56 AM   in reply to vivekvijayan
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    Actually flex is not a video encoder you have to use for instance:
    Flash Media Server.

    Or if you want something for free you could use:
    FFMPEG
    http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu

    I hope this would help you.
     
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    2. vivekvijayan,
    May 1, 2008 10:14 PM   in reply to Michael Borbor
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    is there any way to integrate it with my flex code?
     
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  • Michael Borbor
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    3. Michael Borbor,
    May 2, 2008 10:15 AM   in reply to vivekvijayan
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    Actually the encoder it's just a service so if you upload a file to a folder and the encoder service is running it'll automacally encode your files, so there you can develop some logic in your web app server to integrate this proccess with Flex.
     
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    4. slaingod,
    May 2, 2008 11:14 AM   in reply to vivekvijayan
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    If you are doing Video Chat you will almost certainly need to integrate with Flash Media Server($ for large numbers of simultaneous streams) or Red5 (FOSS). They do the streaming video stuff you need. FFMPEG or MPlayer MENCODER is more for creating progressive videos I believe (unless that is what Red5 uses under the covers).
     
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    5. Viper.at,
    Dec 16, 2010 11:16 PM   in reply to slaingod
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    The problem is, you need a clientside technique to encode the video-chat-stream with a useable codec, cause the client/user have to upload this video(chat)-stream to the server, mostly with a small user bandwidth.

    Actually flash supports only this standard codec for encoding the user video input, wich requires a high bandwith and represents still a real bad quality.

    Thats a bad fact for adobe, cause this should be natural for such an "media software/system".

     

    Anyway, someone has a solution for encoding the clients webcam input with a common codec before streaming to the media-server?

     
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