Thanks Jem! That was the ticket i was looking for.

Andrew Petersen

can one get Adobe media encoder as a standalone app?

we're on FCP and don't want to buy Premier CS4 if we dont need to but i cant find the encoder software on its own.

Mark,

I don't think there's a way to get AME as a standalone app.

Episode Encoder, from Telestream, is an amazing encoder and can plug right into Compressor as a plug-in. It's $495. Definitely not cheap, but worth it if you're cranking out Flash all the time. The Compressor integration is worth the price of admission.

Other options are the new version of Sorenson Squeeze (Version 6). They have a Flash version that is $499.

Another option might be to get After Affects CS4 which has an embedded version of Adobe Media Encoder (not as many features). If you have an older version (6 or later), you can upgrade for $299. Check Adobe's web site for more data.

Flash CS4 Pro and Premiere Pro CS4 both come with the standalone version of AME. Premiere Pro also comes with Encore. Useful when creating Blu-Ray titles. It's clunky, but now it's stable in CS4 on a Mac.

Unfortunately, after doing a bunch of research, I have found out that the trial versions don't allow you to create F4V files due to licensing issues with MainConcept. You need to have a registered version of AME to do that.

If you don't have eligible versions of Premiere Pro or Flash to do an upgrade, I would seriously consider Episode Encoder.

Cool?

-Jem

Luv, luv, luv the post. I notice the encoding options in CS4 are pretty similar across other encoding programs, so, you could take Jem's settings instructions and apply them there. Thanks for explaining them Jem.

Also, for you bare bones folks with zero dollars to spend on software, MPEG Streamclip and Visual Hub are free, and I believe open source programs for encoding to flash.

You can definitely save some coin with MPEG Streamclip and VisualHub (now rebranded as the open source FilmRedux).

MPEG Streamclip is a great app. In order to import and export Flash files using it, you need to also install Perian. I'm not sure if the latest build of Perian supports importing and exporting to F4V. It definitely supports FLV.

You'll also have to check on FilmRedux and whether or not it supports F4V so you can use H.264 as your codec for your Flash files. I've never used it so I don't know its current status.

-Jem

"Blow air into the Atari cartridge" Wow... takes me back!!! Showing our ages there haha

Don't forget ColecoVision and that awesomest of consoles, Intellivision.

-Jem

Hey Jem, can you tell us this? What's your average FLASH file size per minute once you render it out of Adobe Encoder?

It's about 6-7 MB per minute.

-Jem