I have two questions about using Dreamweaver and Flash to publish video on Web pages. The first is how can I connect Dreamweaver to a site using a nonstandard SFTP port? The second is how do I convert a Windows movie file to a Flash video and put it in a Web page?
I have two questions about using Dreamweaver and Flash to publish video on Web pages. The first is how can I connect Dreamweaver to a site using a nonstandard SFTP port? The second is how do I convert a Windows movie file to a Flash video and put it in a Web page?
To connect to an SFTP server on a nonstandard port in Dreamweaver you place the port number in the FTP Host text box after the host name so that instead of just having “MyFTPHost” in the host field you have “MyFTPHost portnum” with a space between the host name and the port number.
To create Flash video for publication, start by opening Flash and creating a new Flash document. Now choose the File menu, select the Import->Import Video option and navigate to your source video file using the Browse button in the Import Video dialog. Click Next and choose your deployment method in the next dialog. Progressive download is probably your best choice. Click Next and choose the encoding method for the video; accepting the defaults is a safe choice. Click Next and choose the “skin” for your video presentation from the list in the dialog. Now click Next and your video will be encoded. You then can use the Modify/Document menu item to resize your Flash stage to match your video. Now select Publish from the File menu to publish your swf, flv, fla and html files to a local directory. Now you are ready to publish the files to your Web site using Dreamweaver.
