Converting iPhoto to Flash

[gelcreative]

Has anyone got any experience in converting a slide show created in iPhoto on the mac into Flash.

I've tried saving the iPhoto slideshow as a .mov... then taking it through the Flash Encoder to create an .flv, then using Flash to create the .swf from the .flv. It works fine offline, but as soon as its placed online the video doesn't play.

I've heard that this could be something to do with the METADATA contained in the flash file. I've also heard that Apple aren't making it easy to do this ... because presumeably they want you to host on their .mac service.

The two codecs I've tried in the encoding process are On2 VP6 and Sorenson, but still no joy.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Jane

[datetopia]

Try saving the frames as sequential .jpg or animated .gif .

[J4YP34]

Jane

This has got nothing to do with Codecs or Apple. Its actually a Windows server 2003 issue.
If the FLV file is working locally but not on the server then the following should fix it - you need access to make changes to the servers IIS;

- open IIS on ther server
- right click on the server name
- click on properties
- click on MIME Types
- click New

add the following information: add (.flv) as the file extension and (flv-application/octet-stream) as the MIME Type.

Should work fine now...

Jay

[gelcreative]

The server is Apache, so no IIS.

I have found a workaround because I've got SwishVideo ... so imported it into that and out as an .swf and worked like a dream.

I'd love to know why it won't work using Flash though!

Thanks for your help, I'll certainly get the client to look into the sequential jpg option in case that's the issue.

Ta - Jane