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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. To encode videos into FLV or MP4, the encoder software uses following codecs - H.264, Video delivery options.

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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 browsers like Firefox support Ogg Theora (an open source format) while others like Safari support H.264

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Developing An eLearning Player?

Upside Learning

An eLearning player is a building block for more conventional [one with back and next for navigation buttons] eLearning courses. What’s an eLearning player? This post is based on our experience with development of Flash based eLearning players over the years. Core logic for navigation features like next, back, menu etc.

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Understanding Video File Types: Codecs, Containers, and Outputs

TechSmith Camtasia

What are the different types of video formats? There are many different types of video formats you can use. Here are some of the most popular options: MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) is the most common type of video file format. This format file was developed by Microsoft for the Windows Media Player.

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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.

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Video files not embedding and loading properly on swf publish

Adobe Captivate

I have tried multiple file types (mp4 and flv), both input variations (event and synchronized) and multiple flash output versions (10.x I have checked to ensure that my flash player is up-to-date in my browser (IE) also. x), all to no avail. Any ideas as to what may be causing this issue?

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9 Free Tools That Help Me Build Better E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

Format Factory. Format Factory lets you convert media from one format to another. However for those who need to convert media from one format to another, it’s a handy tool. For rapid elearning converting to the SWF and FLV Flash formats are important and Format Factory supports this. SWF Player.

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