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Adding Videos (Continued)

Make a selection and click Next. This leads to the screen shown previously, where you’re asked if you want to edit the video first.

3. To see the editing options, select Edit the video first and click Next.

This is a relatively simple screen that lets you divide the video into discrete clips. Clips let you define multiple in and out points for the video.

4. When you’re ready, click Next.
5. You can select from pre-defined compression profiles, based on the anticipated bandwidth of your users, or you can edit one of these settings by clicking the Edit button, or create a new profile by selecting Create new profile from the Compression profile drop-down menu:

The compression screen is simpler in MX 2004 than it was in MX. The Bandwidth and Quality sliders are related, so as you adjust one, the other is adjusted automatically:

The Keyframes slider sets the keyframe interval for the video—the number of keyframes Flash inserts. Oddly, the lower the value, the more keyframes Flash inserts, although entering 0 inserts no keyframes. The more keyframes Flash inserts, the higher the file size will ultimately be. Experiment with this setting, as more keyframes doesn’t necessarily result in better quality.