How can I make Flash Videos?

Factual Questions
1

I’ve seen various websites (such as www.GameSpot.com) that embed videos (apparently using the Flash format) right into the website’s design.

How could I go about embedding videos in a similar fashion? For instance, would I be able to take an existing wmv or mpeg, and display it within a Flash window?

Thanks!

2

If you have $700 spare you could buy Flash Professional.

Or, if you only have $50 spare you could buy SwishVideo.

3

Or if you have sense, you could just avoid using Flash videos altogether.

Like the good web designers do.

4

Yes, because clearly the web designers at YouTube, GameSpot, among others, clearly don’t do what they’re doing.

Listen, I’m not a huge fan of typical Flash designs either, but from what I’ve seen, Flash video seems to work pretty damn well, and it can look nice when used properly.

5

Oh, and thanks for the links by the way. I tried the Flash Professional demo earlier, but I really don’t have the time to learn a complex product, nor do I want to spend $700 on something I may not even stick with.

However, that SwishVideo link looks to be perfect for what I’m doing. I downloaded the demo and I’ll give it a whirl.

Thanks!

6

There’s an open source alternative to Flash for web-based videos.

It’s called Theora but it’s still in development.