Re: FLASH: Importing Livemotion SWF

[John Dowdell]

At 9:16 AM 10/4/0, Matt Wobensmith wrote:

> SWFs made in LiveMotion don't tend to import well into

> Flash. I'm not sure why - SWFs made by other programs don't

> seem to have this problem.


I heard it was because of some "pixel-doubling bug in the Macromedia Flash

Player 4".


... heck, I read it on Internet, so it _must_ be true.... ;-)



Anne, you should be able to synch audio to visuals in Adobe's Livemotion,

even though it doesn't have the streaming-synch options... the key is to

set a framerate that all your target machines can actually render.


Background: If you set a high framerate, then each machine will try its

best to reach that framerate, and this is the most common cause of seeing

different playback rates on different machines. SWF is different than

QuickTime this way. The best framerate will vary with your content and

target audience, so testing the work as you go along on representative

delivery machines can help achieve synch in pretty much any SWF-exporting

tool. If all machines can reach your framerate, you're set!


Sidenote: One other way to break synch set through a practical framerate is

if the file doesn't stream smoothly... more info's available in the

Macromedia Flash Technotes with keyword "fast start", but this type of

issue is separate from that core easy synching technique.


jd






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