FLVinspector
One of things that I’ve always found a bit odd is that you can’t double click on an .flv video file and have it open up in the Flash player like a .swf would. Instead you have to wrap it in a .swf and open that, which is a big hassle. Some FLV compressors like Sorenson Squeeze automatically generate the wrapper .swf for you, but lack playback controls. A better option is to use one of the many FLV players out there. Unfortunately I’ve found that where most them have playback controls they don’t really give any of the juicy information about the video file that us developer types really need to get anything done.
Ideally when I’m working with FLV’s I’d like to be able to see what the position and duration is at all times so that I can easily determine timing for cue points I want to create. I also want to know the display dimensions and the file size, and for all of it I want the option to see the units in a number of different conversions. I also want to be able to drag and drop FLV files so I can very quickly preview them without having to dig 10 directories deep for a folder I already have open.
So, you guessed it, I went ahead and made an AIR application to do just this. Its called FLVinspector. Heres a summary of the features:
- Drag and drop FLV videos onto the application window
- Browse and load FLV videos from the local filesystem
- Reports display size, file size, position and duration
- Change the time and size units settings in the preferences (ms, s, m, B, KB, MB)
Click here to Install FLVinspector 1.0Beta2
*update: currently there is a bug with getting the filesize on FLV’s that have been dragged in. I’ll post an updated version when I get the chance. (FIXED, version is now 1.0Beta2)
