Re: FLASH: major MIDI quest -- Why NO Flash support ?

[John Dowdell]

At 5:16 AM 10/10/0, Brian wrote:

> If I were someone with pull at Macromedia, I myself would likely

> opt to not include MIDI files as a sound source for a couple of

> reasons:


For what it's worth, I think folks at the shop would like to be able to

offer this option. The difficult part is that, while MIDI files are small,

the MIDI players are not small... you can check various sizes at

download.com. Many systems have MIDI players already, but to detect, tap

into, and blend with these various devices is tricky too.


A prime design goal for the Macromedia Flash Player is to keep the

footprint small (so it's easy to download and ubiquitous), and to keep the

player platform-neutral (so it can migrate into portable devices, as these

come into production). The larger Shockwave Player can take advantage of

MIDI files, through the QuickTime layer, but fitting some type of MIDI

playback into the tiny Macromedia Flash Player is the sticking point right

now, sorry.


jd






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