Re: FLASH: flash 5 memory probs

[Larissa Holland]

Kristopher,

Thanks for the response. What you say makes a lot of sense, and it

sounds like MM needs to revise their minimum memory req. I'm hoping MP3

compression will be my answer. According to the Flash help docs, the

MP3s retain their compression and are not re-compressed on export to a

movie.

-Larissa


From: Kristopher Schultz <

kristopherwriteme [dot] com

>


     Subject: Re: FLASH: flash 5 memory probs


     The Flash 5 application itself seems to demand a lot more

     memory than Flash

     4 used to. Also, it seems that the application's preset memory

     requirements

     are way too low.


     I have 96 MB of physical RAM on my machine. What I have done

     to make things

     work smoothly is turn on Virtual Memory and allocated 64,000

     KB of RAM to

     the Flash 5 application. With these settings things seem to

     work very well

     (although I hate having Virtual Memory on)


     I am also running OS 9.04 on a biege G3 266 MHz and have had

     NO problems

     with it, FWIW.


     Also, working with audio is a potential hassle in Flash on the

     Mac because

     for some reason, Flash has to hold the WHOLE audio file in RAM

     while you are

     working. With files of any significant size and quality this

     can be quite a

     hassle. Flash 5 now allows you to import MP3 encoded files so

     that may help

     (unless Flash decompresses it into RAM right away - then

     you're back where

     you've started).



     kristopher schultz

     technical director of interactive services

     mills james productions - new media division


     @ www.millsjames.com - columbus, ohio



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