Re: FLASH: Real Flash

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 07:57 AM 11/03/1999 , you wrote:

>I'm working on a project that we'd like to eventually deploy with streaming

>real audio.

>

>All of the materials on both the Real and Macromedia web sites are very old

>(97).  Are there any updated resources for producing real flash pieces?

>

>I'm having a problem getting the flash and the real audio to stream

>together.  I can stream either file by itself, but not simultaneously.

>I've also noticed that Real Player only seems to support Flash version 2.

>Is that correct?



As far as I know, RealFlash still supports only Flash 2. It requires 

special server-end software to synchronize the streaming of the two files, 

and the software can be costly if you need many simultaneous streams. The 

Real site has pretty comprehensive information on how to split the Flash 

into audio and animation and how to command the streaming from a web site.


If you have the option to produce this in Flash 4 and if it's not a problem 

to require your users to have the Flash 4 plug-in, it's a much simpler way 

to go and the MP3 audio will be comparable to RealAudio.




Marc Hoffman

marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com)

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My Flash Portfolio: <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/sampler>

(featured in Flash 3 Web Animation, by Ken Milburn)



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