Re: FLASH: preferred sound compression in Flash 5?

[Kristopher Wainwright]

Even though I still use v4 (I'm upgrading soon) this

is still some great info ..... 


Definitely going into my folder for save keeping.



Kris Sends .....


 

> > A--never use "stream" unless you have to.

> > B--never use "fast" unless you're testing, the

> final movie should always

> be

> > "best".

> > C--MP3 appears to be the best compromise of

> size/quality, but it's

> > subjective.  (A lot of people, mistakenly think

> voice can suffer the

> > greatest compression without becoming

> unacceptable--but that's usually

> > oposite the truth.)

> > D--according to theory, 56kbps compresses sound

> will stream over 56K

> > modem... but you probably need to pad it a bit

> considering servers may not

> > keep up and there's other stuff coming down in

> your movie besides audio.

> > E--a preloader will solve most of this... and you

> can use Event sound.

> > F--finally, if you're going to have Flash do the

> compression you should

> > start with the HIGHEST quality .wav or .aif that

> you import into your

> .fla.

> >

> > Some of this is covered in chapter 10 of my book,

> which happens to be

> > available as a free download:

> > http://www.teleport.com/~phillip/sty_flash/

> >

> > Phillip

> 

> 

> 

> 

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