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The best FLV encoder for VB.NET

I develop in VB.NET and have large amounts of avi files that I would like to compress into FLV's for online delivery. There appear to be a lot of flv encoders out there such as http://www.flvdev.com/flv_encoder_sdk/ - I was wondering if anyone knows of an sdk from adobe or a more well known source for tools that I can use in VB.NET to programmatically convert these files.

Thanks!

CyanBlue

The only one that I am aware of is FFMpeg...
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/

CyanBlue

DavidESL

Here is another one but it's probably very similar to the one you suggested

http://www.flvsoft.com/flv_encoder_sdk/

adobe have a product called flash media encoding server
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaencoding/
but it's really more of an offline batch encoder I don't know if it provides an SDK

mbulloch

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Thanks David I will look into the SDK potential.

DavidESL

It does provide an SDK however I think it's still pre-release and when it is released the pricing is rumoured to be around $6000

mbulloch

ASKER

Wow ya thats steep but I supposed in perspective for large streaming sites. This will be built into a desktop application, sorry if I did not make that clear but your link was a big help.

mbulloch

ASKER

Hi All, thought I would share what I found, 2 components:
http://www.gyxi.com/
and
http://www.ultrashareware.com/Ultra-Video-To-Flash-Converter.htm
I will post updates I test them both.

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mbulloch

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Thanks Smokey, the watch folder may work perfectly... the Ultra Converter does the trick but the files are large and not that great quality. I have used Sorenson in the past but no with the watch folder feature. I will check it out.