Some types of soup are just yummier than others. For instance, having lunch at the office the other day, a few co-workers and I began discussing the merits of various Chinese soups -- 75% of those present gave egg-drop the thumbs-up. And for good reason: it's awesome.
But there's one type of soup that isn't quite as tasty. I like to call it codec soup.
a device or program capable of performing encoding and decoding on a digital data stream or signal. The word "codec" is a portmanteau of any of the following: 'Compressor-Decompressor', 'Coder-Decoder', or 'Compression/Decompression algorithm'.
Got all that?
In short, there are dozens, if not hundreds of formats (such as AVI, MPEG, Quicktime and WMV) for encoding video. And if you've ever tried playing a video file and found it entirely didn't work, (or only played its audio track without any visuals... does that sound familiar?), there's a good chance you were missing the codec necessary to decode that particular video format.
If only there were a video format ubiquitous enough to reach nearly everybody on the Internet...
Hey! According to Adobe, Flash is installed in nearly 98% of web browsers, making it a very attractive format for getting video content to people -- and getting them to work without headaches.
That sounds pretty ubiquitous to me. So that's what we're doing. Starting soon, when you upload a video to Multiply, we'll automatically convert it to Flash Video (FLV) format, playable on any computer with Flash 7 or higher installed. It'll even play right in your web browser -- no need to worry about external media playing programs.
We're going to be able to convert most of the popular video formats to Flash, but if we haven't gotten around to your favorite format, just let us know; in the meantime, unsupported formats will still work as they always have -- click the thumbnail, download the video and play it in your program of choice. And as for your existing videos, each will only be converted to Flash the next time they're played, though they'll still be available for download in their original formats.
Video on Multiply: No hassle, no mess. No headaches. No soup (required) for you.
I don't like the sounds of this. I choose the codec to upload because that's what I want people to download (in my case DivX). I use Multiply as a way to share these with my family so that they can download the file that I've uploaded. I hope you guys don't make me have to find another place to store my video for people!
At the very least, I hope you give us a choice whether we want the original file stored for people to download if we so choose.
And as for your existing videos, each will only be converted to Flash the next time they're played, though they'll still be available for download in their original formats.
It''ll be great to have it playable in Flash format on the browser in Multiply, yet at the same time still let us download the original video. That's what I've been wanting. Yay!
savinglove wrote on Jul 19, '06, edited on Jul 19, '06
I like flash bcos i dont have to download the movie to watch it. Saves my disc space and downloading time.
I just hope that there is no file size limit for uploading the video. Cos so far the largest mb allowed i've seen (to be converted that is) is only 150mb. I hope for more.
Erm .. is it just me or does everyone elses Uploaded video play much too fast ? and theres no sound too, but all my sound prefs check out O.K ? .. All my upload video files are .3gp from my Cell-Phone & to let you know im on Apple Mac G3 .. Does that make any difference ?
Erm .. is it just me or does everyone elses Uploaded video play much too fast ? and theres no sound too, but all my sound prefs check out O.K ? .. All my upload video files are .3gp from my Cell-Phone & to let you know im on Apple Mac G3 .. Does that make any difference ?
this happened to me too - for my 3gp video files only though. The rest seemed to be fine so far.
FLV is fine, but the automatic compression is too low and pixelates the video considerable. Any chance of giving us upload/playback quality choices, or to automatically use a smoother compression?
Change that .. Booooooo its still not working for me ;0 ( .. its still either playing too fast with no sound .. or not playing at all .. cant you guys have a look at the YouTube players and copy there format as they work real nice in my browser ? I dunno about all this flash player business .. doesnt seem flash to me yet .. lol
FLV is fine, but the automatic compression is too low and pixelates the video considerable. Any chance of giving us upload/playback quality choices, or to automatically use a smoother compression?
I second this! Please give us a choice of formats. Not only is the video timing off and pixelated, but mine are cutting short too.
serantes wrote on Jul 31, '06, edited on Aug 5, '06
well good morning from france !! clam for this site ! we can do anything on this ! tks for headmaster ! but i post a own vidéo diaporama on my blog, but i meet a little problem : my diaporama make 12 minotes and i was desapointed because this multiply enregistred only 10 minutes ! and the end of this diaporama it was the best ! please do some thing exceptionnely!! have a nice day !!!!
I like flash bcos i dont have to download the movie to watch it. Saves my disc space and downloading time.
I just hope that there is no file size limit for uploading the video. Cos so far the largest mb allowed i've seen (to be converted that is) is only 150mb. I hope for more.
i still have a problem to doawnload the full movie. Ive tried Download the original save target.But it only copy a small part.Is there special software? Is there a way to set how large a download should be? please help me
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Vídeo de destello: mejorar que la sopa Algunos tipos de sopa son apenas más deliciosos que otros. Por ejemplo, almorzar en la oficina el otro día, algunos compañeros de trabajo y yo comenzó a discutir los méritos de varias sopas chinas -- el 75% de los presentes dieron a huevo-gota los pulgares-para arriba. Y por buena razón: es impresionante. Pero hay un tipo de sopa que no esté absolutamente como sabrosa. Tengo gusto de llamarla sopa del codec. Según Wikipedia un codec está un dispositivo o un programa capaz de realizar la codificación y descifrar en una secuencia de datos o una señal digital. La palabra “codec” es una baúl de viaje del siguiente un de los: “Compresor-Descompresor”, “Codificador-Decodificador”, o “algoritmo de la compresión/de la descompresión”. ¿Consiguió todo el eso? En fin, hay docenas, si no centenares de formatos (tales como AVI, MPEG, QuickTime y WMV) para el vídeo de codificación. Y si has intentado jugar un archivo video y lo encontraste siempre no trabajaste enteramente, (o jugó solamente su pista audio sin ningunas representaciones visuales… hace a ese familiar del sonido?), hay una buena ocasión que faltabas el codec necesario para descifrar ese formato video particular. Si solamente había un formato video bastante ubicuo alcanzar a casi todos en el Internet… ¡Hey! Según el adobe, el flash está instalado en el casi 98% de browsers de la tela, haciéndote un formato muy atractivo para conseguir el contenido video poblar -- y consiguiéndolos trabajar sin dolores de cabeza. Eso suena bastante ubicuo a mí. Tan que es lo que estamos haciendo. Comenzando pronto, cuando upload un vídeo para multiplicarse, lo convertiremos automáticamente al formato video de destello (FLV), playable en cualquier computadora con el flash 7 o más alto instalada. Incluso jugará a la derecha en tu web browser -- ninguna necesidad de preocuparse de los medios externos que juegan programas. Vamos a poder convertir la mayor parte de los formatos video populares al flash, pero si no hemos conseguido alrededor a tu formato preferido, apenas nos dejamos sabemos; mientras tanto, los formatos sin apoyo trabajo inmóvil como tienen siempre -- chascar el thumbnail, descargar el vídeo y jugarlo en tu programa de la opción. Y en cuanto a tus videos existentes, cada uno será convertida solamente al flash la próxima vez que se juegan, aunque todavía estarán disponibles para la transferencia directa en sus formatos originales. El vídeo encendido se multiplica: Ningún molestia, ningún lío. Ningunos dolores de cabeza. Ninguna sopa (requerida) para ti.
It's very confusing. How can i download videos from multipy? When i click right "Save target as.." the dialog-box calls a file xxxxx\112 and tries to save 112.htm. That is not the videofile. So what is wrong the way i do?
And as for your existing videos, each will only be converted to Flash the next time they're played, though they'll still be available for download in their original formats. 
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