RE: FLASH: Load Movie Pre-loader.

[Williams, Marcus]

Thank you, Marc.

I'm using the 100% Pre-loader because the total movie is big, but not sooo

big that ya have to leave for coffee.

I was only loading half before, but the audio was choppy if the viewer went

right to a button the second the page came up.


I believe I will be able to squash the file to under 100k soon.


Either way, take a look at the basic format that's yet to be finished. I'm

hoping that other ideas to handle this will arise.

http://www.egad.net/marcus.html


Marcus






-----Original Message-----

From: Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media

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Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 5:28 PM

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Subject: Re: FLASH: Load Movie Pre-loader.



At 02:15 PM 4/12/00 , you wrote:


>Hello,

>When a 100% Pre-Loader is being used on a movie, does it also pre-load the

>next movie inside the Load Movie field ?

>...or does the next movie in line need it's own pre-loader if it's a big

>file ?

>M


When a movie loads, it does not execute frame actions, it just loads the 

frames so that graphic and audio content are ready to go. So LoadMovie 

commands don't get carried out until the lower-level movie actually runs. 

To force additional movies to preload, you would need to put the load movie 

command in the portion of the first movie that loops while preload is 

taking place. teh base level movie still cannot test when higher level 

movies have finished loading -- you have to have them test themselves and 

then talk back to the lower-level movie if you need it to know when they're 

ready to play.


Got to ask: why do you want a 100% preloader. It's almost never necessary, 

and frequently results in an unnecessarily long a wait for the user.


Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media

http://www.dartfrogmedia.com



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