Working with video
It's time for the next topic of this chapter: the Video file. Remember that Captivate was originally designed to create Adobe Flash (.swf
) files that can be played back by the Adobe Flash Player plugin. In 2006, Adobe (formerly Macromedia) added video support to Flash. At that time, the Flash Player supported only a specific Flash video format: the .flv
format (flv stands for Flash Video). In 2007, some limitations of the .flv
format led to the development by Adobe of the .f4v
Flash video format. Today, the Flash Player supports both the .flv
and the .f4v
video formats. Adobe Media Encoder is used to convert any kind of video to the .flv
or .f4v
file format.
With the arrival of HTML5, it is now possible for a web browser to play video (or audio) files natively, without the help of an external plugin such as the Flash Player. Unfortunately, the industry has not yet decided what video format/codec should be used for HTML5 video playback. As of today, it looks like two...