Saturday, October 1, 2011

FLV, F4V or MP4

Connect 8 Service Pack 1 added support for playback of H.264-encoded video content (MP4 and F4V). Of course, Connect has supported the FLV video format since its inception (On2VP6 and Sorenson Squeeze codecs). So which video format should you choose? Here are two key considerations:
  • If you're targeting mobile/tablet participants, your only choice (for the moment) is FLV. Adobe Connect Mobile does not support MP4/F4V on any platform (iOS, Android or BlackBerry Tablet OS). 
  • If you want to maximize video quality versus bitrate (or datarate), then using the H.264 codec is a better bet over On2VP6 and Sorenson.
In either case, keep in mind that the higher quality the video, the higher the bitrate, which means that your participants will require a comparatively more robust Internet connection to experience smooth playback of video.

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