OT: Looking for new FLV converter

UlfLaursen wrote on 8/13/2010, 11:47 PM
Hi

I am looking for a new FLV converter and need some sugestions, please.

I have been using the On2 Flix Pro stand alone converter for some time now, but it is now discontinued when google bought On2. The flix Pro is somewhat ok for the quality I get, and I can run it even on win 7 64, but it only loads the processors with 20-25%.
I would love to have an application that uses 50% or more to save me some time. I am not gonna use that PC for other tasks while it is encoding, so the higher load the better.

On another forum I discovered the Ultra Flash Converter:
http://www.aone-soft.com/flash_video_flv_converter.htm
That one is ok in encoding time, but even at the highest quality step, I find it not good enough. I might be doing something wrong, must admit I haven't testet that much yet.

I would be ok with spending $2-300 on a new FLV encoder that is fast and good quality if it can save me time. At least once a week I encode 30-45 min. video to FLV and that alone would be worth it over some time.
I have now upgraded my i7 920 to i7 980X, and would love to be using the extra horsepower.

How about the new Adobe Premiere CS5. Would that be quick and give a good quality? I have tried CS3 when that was hot, and it took forever to encode - as far as I remenber it took 1.5 hrs. to encode 30 min. video on my i7 920 where the Flix Pro takes 40-45 min.

Thanks for any input on this - it is much apreciated :)

/Ulf

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 8/13/2010, 11:52 PM
If you're just looking to convert video to FLV, Super by Erightsoft works well, but with a couple of file handling issues. The reason I like it over other free converters is that it works with H.264 Flash (but not VP8 yet).
musicvid10 wrote on 8/14/2010, 8:19 AM
Last time I looked, FF only supported FLV1.
UlfLaursen wrote on 8/14/2010, 10:54 PM
You are right musicvid, only FLV1

Thanks for all replies. I am doing some tests now on both speed and quality, I'll be back when I am finished.

/Ulf
musicvid10 wrote on 8/14/2010, 11:27 PM
Ulf,
I have had such fantastic success with DemoCreator (which outputs Flash), that I wanted to point you to the trial version of
http://www.wondershare.com/pro/video-to-flash-converter-pro.html

I haven't tried this version, so I don't know all the formats it supports, but I have really been impressed with the other product. It's $50 US if you buy.
UlfLaursen wrote on 8/15/2010, 11:13 AM
Thanks - I'll give it a go - looks good :)

/Ulf
Steve Mann wrote on 8/15/2010, 1:37 PM
I've been pretty happy with Moyea Flash Video MX Pro.
UlfLaursen wrote on 8/16/2010, 8:48 PM
Thanks for all your sugestions. :)

I have done a lot of testing now, and found both Sorenson Squeeze and PPRO CS5 to have good quality, performance skills for me.
Well the squeeze package cost more than a PPRO CS5 upgrade, so I decided to go with the CS5.

Thanks again.

/Ulf
musicvid10 wrote on 8/16/2010, 9:24 PM
Is it safe to assume your new version supports VP8?
If so, It would be nice to hear about your side by side comparisons with h.264.
UlfLaursen wrote on 8/17/2010, 11:38 AM
I'll check - only have the trial, but will download full version friday, and upload some FLV's when I have made some tests with the "real" thing. :)

/Ulf
TheDingo wrote on 8/17/2010, 1:04 PM
For quality encoding you need to have an encoder that does VBR 2-pass encoding, which the On2 definitely does.

My other encoder is Sorenson Squeeze 6, which is pretty expensive, but the quality is first rate.

www.sorensonmedia.com/flash-video-encoding/