? about Alpha Channel

Seth Bloombaum · February 12th, 2011, 03:47 PM

No, the choices of VP6e vs. VP6s shouldn't affect transparency.

Kevin wrote me separately, and included this code:

Code:

<param name="movie" value="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" />
        <param name="quality" value="high">
        <param name="wmode" value="transparent">
        <param name="scale" value="noscale">
        <param name="salign" value="lt">
        <param name="FlashVars" value="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_1&streamName=FLV/CopyofR1rob&autoPlay=true&autoRewind=false" />
        <param name="swfversion" value="8,0,0,0">

The above code is incomplete. Try this:

Code:

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" width="320" height="240" id="fcpgreen">
      <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
      <param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
      <param name="movie" value="myfile.swf" />
	  <param name="loop" value="false" />
	  <param name="quality" value="high" />
	  <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
	  <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />	
      <embed src="myfile.swf" loop="false" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="320" height="240" name="fcpgreen" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer">
      </embed>
</object>

As referenced in some other thread, the embedded player needs to be floated in a div that is styled with absolute position. If your coder can figure things out from the my above sample, that's great. I'm concerned, though, that the sample he/she supplied was so incomplete; suggesting he/she is unfamiliar with flash video in html. The first flash video project one undertakes should not be one involving transparency! More education than I can provide online might be needed. There are

whole books written on the subject

, and complete classes as well.

Kevin Lewis · February 12th, 2011, 08:17 PM

Seth thanks for your help. The VP6e vs. VP6s was actually the problem. I changed the setting and it now works perefctly. Thanks again for you input.

Seth Bloombaum · February 13th, 2011, 06:53 PM

Kevin, that's great you got it working. I'm surprised it came down to VP6s vs. VP6e! What are the pixel dimensions of your final video? I'd like to know a little bit more about your experience, so I can share better info.

Kevin Lewis · February 14th, 2011, 10:07 PM

Seth,

I'm not sure what pixel dimensions that Sorenson applied, but I can tell you that the source footage was shot in HD with my Canon XHA1 (30P). The file that I imported into vegas was a 1920x1080. The rendered file was a 720x480 that I imported into Sorenson. I am glad that you told me about the VP6 codec. That got me off to a good start.

February 13th, 2011, 06:53 PM	#18
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Kevin, that's great you got it working. I'm surprised it came down to VP6s vs. VP6e! What are the pixel dimensions of your final video? I'd like to know a little bit more about your experience, so I can share better info. __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.

February 12th, 2011, 08:17 PM	#17
Kevin Lewis Major Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Philadelphia, pa Posts: 705	Seth thanks for your help. The VP6e vs. VP6s was actually the problem. I changed the setting and it now works perefctly. Thanks again for you input.

February 14th, 2011, 10:07 PM	#19
Kevin Lewis Major Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Philadelphia, pa Posts: 705	Seth, I'm not sure what pixel dimensions that Sorenson applied, but I can tell you that the source footage was shot in HD with my Canon XHA1 (30P). The file that I imported into vegas was a 1920x1080. The rendered file was a 720x480 that I imported into Sorenson. I am glad that you told me about the VP6 codec. That got me off to a good start.