do I need Flash 8 to do flv's correctly?

[lelales]

hello, I have Flash MX 2004, and I want to do some video. Do I need Flash 8 to do it right? Or, can I get by with MX?

thanks

[CyanBlue]

You sure can do everything in Flash MX 2004 if you can deal with its built-in component or if you can build your own control... The main reason why I used F8 to handle the FLV was to use FLVPlayback component because I was too lazy to build one myself... So, go figure... ;)

[sleekdigital]

Another good reason to use flash 8 is so you can publish for the flash 8 player and then encode your videos for flash 8. the On2 VP6 video codec (flash8) is way better that the old Sorenson Spark codec(flash 7).

[tcox]

VP6 absolutely rocks Spark for low datarate video, but yeah, plenty of people still prefer to write (or borrow/adapt) their own player code which doesn't change between flash 7 and 8.