Category Archives: diy

Stop bugging me, go debug yourself

The idea behind your code is brilliant, you’ve been cranking on it for hours, you’ve just fired it up to bask in all it’s glory … and nothing. Now what? Now the fun starts, it’s time for bug hunting.

As the old (smarmy) adage goes, the easiest way through debugging your application is to simply not […]

Notes from FITC - Compressing Flash Video

The Art of Encoding Flash Video - Derrick Ypenburg

grapefruit through a garden house

video properties that affect encoding

colour and movement edits/transitions/effects - ditch the star wipes frame rate display size sound ranges - 50hz - 18khz interlacing

video properties that are affected

image quality smoothness of playback audio quality transitions and effects sound range

how to improve quality

2-pass encoding vs single pass - allows compiler to formulate a […]