Iedere dag bieden wij GRATIS software met licentie waarvoor je normaliter moet betalen!
Giveaway of the day — FLV Mate 1.3
FLV Mate 1.3 werd aangeboden als een giveaway op 22 juli 2010
FLV Mate is een hoge kwaliteits video-encoder en speler voor het web. Converteert bijna iedere video naar Flash en creëert een web videospeler voor je website, blog of forum. Het is een gebruikersvriendelijke, wizard-gestuurde applicatie die je de mogelijkheid biedt om iedere video online te publiceren in een paar gemakkelijke stappen. Publiceer marketing promotirs, video-advertenties, software demonstraties, tutorial video's, screencasts, video blog posts en meer.
FLV Mate beschikt over een royalty-vrije web videospeler van hoge kwaliteit, compatibel met Flash 8.0 (of nieuwer) en ondersteunt Amazon S3 voor video hosting en steaming.
The current text is the result of machine translation. You can help us improve it.
Systeemvereisten:
Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7; x32;
Uitgever:
Eneset Technology Pty LtdWebsite:
http://www.flvmate.com/Bestandsgrootte:
69.1 MB
Prijs:
$39.95
Reactie op FLV Mate 1.3
Please add a comment explaining the reason behind your vote.
The Good
* Straightforward and easy to use.
* Allows users to convert multiple different types of videos to FLV format.
* Gives users the option to publish directly to an Amazon S3 account, or publish locally.
* Allows users to customize the "preview" image.
* Allows users to watermark videos.
The Bad
* Cannot merge multiple videos together.
* Lacks the ability to publish directly to a website, such as via FTP.
* Needs better organization in output folder when publishing locally.
* Needs an option to either automatically take users to output folder or to allow users to open output folder easily via a button when publishing locally.
* Lacks proper documentation/Help section.
Free Alternatives
iWisoft Video Converter + Youtube (or any other video hosting service)
For final verdict, recommendations, and full review please click here.
This uses a bunch of open-source code (I didn't check the legality). It's huge because it uses its own Java Runtime Environment (and people complain about .NET). It's very sloppy for a version 1.3--spelling errors, problems with default folders, shows the output folder as a link but it isn't, dumps preview JPEGs into the source folder, etc. The biggest issue for me is that it only supports the largely obsolete FLV format--no H.264, WebM, etc.
FLV Mate is an extremely easy way to convert your existing video to the Flash flv format. It uses a wizard format & when you're done you'll get your flv video in a folder with a generic player [.swf], a thumbnail image for that player, & an html page tying it all together. Alternatively you can upload all 4 files to Amazon's S3 service -- you have your choice between that & creating a folder on your hdd.
FLV Mate uses Java -- setup comes with a copy of the Java runtime in a jre folder that takes up ~88MB in 637 files, 37 folders... the 21 files making up the app itself additionally take up just short of 20MB. Conversion itself is handled by the free [very commonly used] ffmpeg -- Fubar mentioned the legality, which brings up what I think is an odd point: inside the jre folder there are all sorts of license mentions for Apache etc, but I didn't see a thing for ffmpeg... AFAIK most open source code carries a request/requires at least some sort of mention [I know ffmpeg does]. Impact on Windows is light -- it looks like FLV Mate could be made portable using the portableapps.com format, including the sole required registry key. According to the developer's site, FLV Mate is 32 bit only -- a few things there struck me as odd... most 32 bit apps run fine in 64 bit windows, most video-related software is 32 bit & works fine, & despite the majority of win7 licenses being for the 64 bit version, the developer writes he'll consider it if he gets enough requests (?). [I'd think if you're selling a product you'd want the broadest market possible?] Finally, unlike every other video converter I've seen, if acceptable input formats are listed anywhere, it's not very prominent [I certainly didn't see it] -- the site focuses mostly IMHO on using Amazon's S3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_S3].
Putting video on-line is an extremely crowded field -- so much so it's very hard to even begin listing alternatives. Microsoft is including it in their Live apps, where the betas are designed around posting anything from video to photos to blogs to Office docs etc... Google is expanding their offerings, & prompted by their owning YouTube, is even awarding grants for HD content. DivX has been trying to make their mark on-line for years. Then there's debate about Flash itself... Apple famously prefers html5 -- so does Google & many of the major content owners working with them, but they'll be working out the kinks for some time [and in the mean time sticking with Flash]. And there are several companies who want you to use their resources to store & stream your video -- many hope that like YouTube, if they get enough traffic &/or participation they'll be able to sell more stuff &/or move to a subscription service like Hulu. Against that backdrop, using Amazon S3 to me just doesn't make much sense unless you're hosting [semi] private video... most people & companies want their video to be seen, & few things do that as well as YouTube once word gets out that it's had some fantastic number of views. Plus like so many sites you can embed your YouTube video on your site's pages, letting them bear the brunt of hosting/bandwidth charges.
That said, if hosting video on Amazon's S3 looks like a decent choice for your needs, the FLV Mate site has more info [check out the manual, blogs etc], & this may be the easiest [or among the easiest] way[s] to make it happen.
This is a Java application, it will install all needed Java Runtime files in the program installation folder. (Installer: 69.1 MB, After install: 153 MB) The FLV Mate it self only cost about 20 MB of disk space, the rest 100 over MB is used by Java Runtime files. The question is... does it really necessary to use Java Runtime for this kinda application? Maybe the author should consider to use other programming language. You can't really trim down the needed Java Runtime files for the application to run.
The price of this software it's not worth for $39.95 at all, coz it's seriously lack of features. The author should consider lower down the price.
The first commenter writes it’s “straightforward and easy to use”, But later writes ”lacks proper documentation”,huh? Well if it’s “Straightforward and easy to use” how much explicit documentation is required? Next, “The program allows any user to “publish directly” then later, “lacks the ability to publish directly”. And rambles on and on only to lure someone into leaving GOTD because the GOTD Forum isn't good enough to post a full review and recommendation (unlike Whiterabbit who selflessly does)!
That so called "review" was done hurriedly and without putting in sufficient time to be fair to this Developer. The full version of this program was released at 3:00am. The first comment was posted at 3:01am based solely on the trial version. Since working with this program for several hours I found it delivers as advertised. The comment by #1 is no more than an exercise of a race to post first and serves as an excellent example of nitpicking. It’s my Recommendation that today’s GOTD be tried out because you just might find it as I did, to be a diamond in the rough. Thanks GOTD...
iPhone dagaanbiedingen »
Android dagaanbiedingen »
#3 "der fliw", ..”voor video hosting en steaming“,
je moet even door hebben dat het om een schrijffoutje gaat.
Bedoeld is ..”voor video toasting en steaming“
Save | Cancel
Bruikbaar programma, outputkwaliteit is prima, makkelijk te bedienen, weinig over te zeggen. Alternatief voor webplayer zou Flowplayer kunnen zijn, maar in de free versie alleen met logo, en zonder converter, maar converters genoeg....
Save | Cancel
@ Noooo #13: komt door de Java dingetejs die mee komen.
Save | Cancel
De programma is flink groot, zo'n bijna 70 MB ! :o
Save | Cancel
@49, 53 (eergister) offtopic
-
Save | Cancel
@@^@ Ook dat heb ik al geprobeerd, maar nog steeds diezelfde irritante melding: “Failed to connect. Please try again later” (zucht). Maar ook jij bedankt voor deze suggestie.
Vriendelijke groet!
Save | Cancel
@^@ Dankje, is me nu stuk duidelijker.
Ga het proberen.
Save | Cancel
@René: Amazon S3 moet je een account voor hebben om te gebruiken en dat krijg je er niet bij, ergo dat kun je niet gebruiken.
Het zit ook niet in de weg. Amazon wordt gebruikt om je filmpje naar te kunnen uploaden (publish), maar je kan het even goed naar sites waar je wel bij kunt (eigen website, etc).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_S3
Save | Cancel
Waarschijnlijk doe ik iets fout, maar krijg een foutmelding bij Amazon S3 verbinding ( configuratie ).
Test connection error
Iemand een idee!
Save | Cancel
@Piet, je kan nog iets doen na zJulez, nl de dnscache nog
voor de zekerheid browser afsluiten als die nog open staat
[Win] + R=> opent RUN-boxCmd=> opent DOS-boxipconfig /flushdns=> leegt dnscacheHoplijk lukt het dan ?! Ik kan me niet voorstellen dat het zo storm loopt dat het te druk is, al is het best een aardig speeltje.
Save | Cancel
@zJulez “Failed to connect.Please try again later”
Gedaan, maar helaas lukt het nog steeds niet...
In ieder geval bedankt voor de suggestie.
Save | Cancel
@fliw: een video naar flv-formaat
"Converteert bijna iedere video naar Flash en creëert een web videospeler voor je website, blog of forum. Het is een gebruikersvriendelijke, wizard-gestuurde applicatie die je de mogelijkheid biedt om iedere video online te publiceren in een paar gemakkelijke stappen."
@Piet: "Please try again later" maar voor die tijd cache leeg, cookies weg etc.
http://www.image.net/xads/document/20150229#
Save | Cancel
Ik krijg telkens bij het activeren de vermelding: "Failed to connect. Please try again later." Maar ook later lukt het me niet. Wie weet er raad?
Save | Cancel
Welke filmpjes kun je er mee maken dan?? De leverancier heeft daar wel een beeld bij denk ik.."voor video hosting en steaming"
Save | Cancel
Opnieuw een ffmpeg in een jasje.
ffmpeg is zo'n beetje de meest veelzijdige en veel gebruikte en ook erg betrouwbare videoconverter die er is. Omdat het een commandline tool is, is het voor velen niet handig in gebruik.
Daarom zijn er vele frontends (jasje) gebreid voor ffmeg.
De trial is binair gelijk, dus wie weet, kans op upgrades in de toekomst.
Zojuist geprobeerd en als verwacht niet bijster snel. Conversie onderbroken, want verder geen tijd.
alternatieven (bij frontends):
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ffmpeg
ffmpeg-docu:
http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html
Save | Cancel
Mooi ding. Mijn Dank is groot !!!
Save | Cancel