Pick FLV Encoder as FLV to Blog Tool

You can free download the trial version of this Flash video encoder to convert video to Flash and blog HTML code. If you want to get the full function, we strongly recommend you to purchase this software. The following guide below will direct you how to convert video to blog HTML code and add video to blog.

Note:

• First, it is necessary to install the software, Sothink Video to Blog Converter
• Secondly, make sure your PC has enough free space in a hard disk for saving temporary files

Step 1. Encode Video to Flash FLV SWF

Launch the FLV encoder and click button "Add Files" on the Toolbar, a dialog pops up for choosing video files to the program. Almost all kinds of videos are supported by this video to blog converter. Here we import a MP4 video named "test" into this program.



Go to panel "Settings" and choose a target video to Flash profile in the Target profile list. You may directly choose the profile according to your needs of how the Flash video displayed in your blog, like the Flash video dimension, and the converter will automatically configure everything for the best video quality.

Then go to the bottom of this program and tick the options "Create SWF video player after the conversion is completed" and "Automatically create SWF video player". Once you ticked these two options, this Flash video converter will automatically convert video to Flash SWF and blog HTML code for your source video. If you would like to customize your Flash video playback and HTML file, you may click button "Options" beside and do customization in the dialog appeared then.

Step 2. Customize Flash SWF Playback

First you may choose a Flash video player (SWF) and customize its skin color. Sothink Video to Blog Converter pre-designed many stylish Flash video player skins for you to publish your Flash video on website well.



Note: To get more Flash video player skins, please click "Get more skins" and link to download more skins from Sothink Media site. You may also use JW FLV players or design the Flash SWF player by your own.

As for setting Flash SWF playback and HTML properties, you just need to click tab "Playback Settings".

Step 3. Convert Video to HTML

Under "Playback Settings", tick the option "Play the external FLV file progressively", which could make your Flash video loading on the webpage faster.

To convert video to blog HTML code, you just tick "General HTML":

Check this option and the program will create a HTML page included the SWF file. To set the properties of the SWF playing in the HTML page, please click button "Options" beside. The options here can help you customize the display properties of the SWF file on a HTML page. They are helpful especially when you want to broadcast the Flash video on Internet.

Background color
Specify the background color for the HTML page. Quality Set the quality parameter’s value of the SWF file on the HTML page. Click the arrow and select Low/Auto Low/Auto High/Medium/High/Best from the drop down list.

HTML Alignment
To position the SWF file window in the browser window, select one from Default*/Left/Top/Right/Bottom. To make the Top and Bottom alignment effective, user should have a container, such as <table> or <div>, in the HTML page. Then copy and paste the code between <OBJECT>and </OBJECT> tag into that container.

Display Flash context menu
Check this option to enable the browsers to use context menu.

After setting HTML properties, click button "OK" to go back to last dialog. You may also add URL link or something else to the converted SWF under "Playback". Click button "OK". Go to the Toolbar of this video to blog converting software, click button "Convert" to start video to blog and Flash conversion process.

Step 4. Publish Flash Video and HTML on Website

Wait for just a few minutes and you will find your Flash video FLV file, SWF file and HTML file are stored in the Output folder, which you could specify by your own before conversion.

When you want to embed your Flash video into blog, make sure you have put the FLV file in the same category as the converted Flash SWF file. To easily add your FLV and SWF into blog, you may directly copy the HTML code in your converted HTML file and paste it on the blog text: