Viewing The Flash Video Encoder Log File - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH VIDEO ENCODER Use Manual

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Select from the respective options described in the procedures that follow.
By default, Flash Video Encoder prompts you with a warning if you attempt to stop
encoding a queue, or remove a file during the encoding process. To disable the
warning, deselect Warn on stop queue or remove file.
By default, Flash Video Encoder increments each file you encode with the same name
by appending a number to the filename. For example, if you encode a video clip and
create the output file video.flv, and then decide to re-encode the same file without
deleting video.flv, Flash Video Encoder will name the next file video1.flv. To disable
filename incrementing, deselect the Increment Output Filename If File With Same
Name Exists option.
If you choose to disable filename incrementing, Flash Video Encoder writes over any
existing files in the destination folder with the same name. To prevent this, name your
video clips in such a way that they don't inadvertently overwrite one another.
To remove files from the encoding queue once they've been encoded, select the
Remove Completed Files From The Queue On Exit option. This removes any
encoded files from the encoding queue when you exit (close) Flash Video Encoder.
By default, Flash Video Encoder places encoded FLV files in the same folder as the
source video clip, prepending a .flv extension to differentiate the newly encoded video
clip from its source video. To select a different destination folder in which to place
FLV encoded video clips, select the Place Output Files In checkbox. The Browse for a
Folder dialog box will be displayed.
Select an existing folder on your local computer, or create a new folder in which to
output encoded video files.

Viewing the Flash Video Encoder log file

Flash Video Encoder provides a log file that lets you view the status of files that you have
encoded. The log file opens automatically if any errors are encountered when encoding a
video clip, or if you manually stop the encoding queue.
The log file is a plain text file that contains a record of all files encoded, whether successfully
completed or not. The encoding status of each file you encode is appended to the end of the
file (placing the newest entry at the end of the file). The log file adds entries until you
manually clear them by opening the file in a text editor, selecting all of the entries, deleting
them, and saving the empty file using the default filename (log.text).

Viewing the Flash Video Encoder log file

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