A half decent free, and
kinda easy to use program to convert to and from FLV is Super (C)
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html. It can do all sorts of things. You can only download it in IE and some other crazy stuff but once you get it, its a handy tool to have. I personally like Sorenson Squeeze, it was what was used at the place I worked at for a bit, but it is very expensive.
As for size (chthonic), the player is hard coded at 320x240, or 320x270 if you include the height of the player interface. There is a variable that can manually change it to widescreen, but is impossible to change the size BEFORE loading the player initially. This is because websites that DO change for the size of the video have a server side variable stored, and the javascript simply reads that. So its not that we arent having any luck, its just time constraints this year restricting the amount of time we have to play with other things.
I am going to
attempt to get the RAWR-Player to recognise the height and the width value, you can feed back that information and more from the metadata so I can only assume you can get those values out of there. This will then send a message to the javascript to reload the player using those settings, maybe a math equation is needed so instead of resizing it simply changes the aspect ratio automatically. You have to remember that the player is intended as a preview, not to sit and watch, but a fullscreen option will enable this
. I am trying to add a fullscreen option aswell, and a playlist enabled video interface. We
may also include a new version of the preview box code that is object oriented and runs a lot smoother than the current one.
So far I have only had time to make it enabled with the 6 readable formats in the latest flash player mp3, mp4, 3gp, m4a, mov and flv. Please make sure if you want to use mp4, 3gp or mov, that you use the H.264 codec. Otherwise the audio may play but there will be no video playback, this is due to flash only reading H.264 codec. I am busy playing Fallout 3 in my spare time and working on my final 2 assignments for the year, plus there is about 3 other games coming out in the next few weeks that I have been looking forward to. I need some time to sit back and game or watch TV or I will go insane lol.
