Flash Frame limitations

[dbacks55]

Is there a particular reason for the 16000 frame limitation when producing a video in Flash (SWF) format?
I am producing several videos to be used for our online Client training, and many of them are much longer than 16000 frames (approx. 13-14 minutes).
This is apparently not a limitation of Macromedia Flash.

Is there a "plugin" or some settings I could change to allow production of larger SWF files?

Thanks for any help.

[TSCADMIN]

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<br />Is there a particular reason for the 16000 frame limitation when producing a video in Flash (SWF) format?
I am producing several videos to be used for our online Client training, and many of them are much longer than 16000 frames (approx. 13-14 minutes).
This is apparently not a limitation of Macromedia Flash.

Is there a "plugin" or some settings I could change to allow production of larger SWF files?

Thanks for any help.


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The 16000 frame limit is a limitation of SWF files. Please see this Macromedia TechNote:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/bigflash.htm

Thank you for your interest in our product.

[NitroCharged]

A simple fix for this, since it is a training manual, is to split the instructional video into chapters and use theater to put it all back together again. This makes a handy 'jump to where they left off' menu selection too, saving them time trying to locate a certain part half way thru the presentation [:)]

[nwalters]

I've recorded some nice Camtasia videos - and now have learned that they are too big to convert to flash. So what do I do now - other than re-record them? Is there a good (free or inexpensive) AVI splitter program? I have tried VirtualDub but it tends to take a 10-Megabyte AVI file and save it as a 200MB AVI file.

Is there a way we can convert the 16000 frames to minutes? Should I stop all my videos after 5, 10, 15 minutes? Not sure how many frames per minute Camtasia puts out.

Thanks,
Neal Walters

[dro085]

Hi nwalters,

Some options would be:
- Record shorter clips
- Use Camtasia Studio to produce shorter clips from your longer recording (no re-recording necessary)
- Choose a lower frame rate when producing to SWF (no re-recording necessary)

Hope this helps.

TechSmith Dev Team

[TSC2]

The 16,000 frame limit is defined by Macromedia. For the reasoning behind it please contact Macromedia.

You can split videos using the Camtasia Editor. Position to the end of where you want to cut the video and drag your mouse to then end of the clip and press the cut select button. Then produce the video to make a new video of just that part.

In the Editor, right click on the original video in the Clip Bin and select Properties. Note the frame rate. Unless you change the frame rate when you produce the SWF, the same frame rate will be used.

[nwalters]

I really love the cut feature, I have been using it to divide large 30 minute videos into 3 smaller ones However, is there a non-GUI way to enter the start/stop location for the cut? In other words, rather than trying to get it exact with the mouse, I would rather enter a stopping point of 10:05 for example.

For a future feature, it would be nice to one CamProj that would autobuild 3 different .html/.swf files based on various start/stop positions (with an option for a "continued" picture at the end of the first 2).

Thanks,
Neal

[TSC2]

There is not a non-GUI way to position the cut point, but you can click once to position and then use the arrow keys to more accurately set the position.