FLASH: Re: flasher-digest V1 #1506

[Joseph Fun Gray]

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From: ownershocker [dot] com (flasher-digest)

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To: flasher-digestchinwag [dot] com

>Subject: flasher-digest V1 #1506

>Date: Thu, Sep 2, 1999, 1:38 AM

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> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 21:07:30 -0700

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From: "Marc Hoffman (Dart Frog Media)" <maildartfrogmedia [dot] com>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Loader Movies with streaming audio

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> At 09:17 AM 9/1/99 -0700, you wrote:

>>Is it possible to create a loader movie that loads all assets other than

>>audio? I'm curious to know if, by creating a loader movie, you're loading

>>every aspect of the movie, or just the symbols within the frames.

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>>I'm using the "If Frame Is Loaded" action.

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> Not sure what you mean  by a loader movie. Do you mean a preload sequence

> within a movie? A movie clip? Please clarify.

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> When Flash exports to .swf, it includes only those symbols that are

> actually used. When the movie downloads over the web to a user's machine,

> it downloads as fast as the internet connection will allow, and plays back

> at the rate set by the movie (or a slower rate if the computer isn't fast

> enough). It stops if it plays to a point that hasn't downloaded yet. Given

> enough preload time, it will download the entire movie contents to cache.

> This may answer your question.


This kind of answers my question. I do mean a preload sequence, actually. I

think what I'm looking for, now that you've explained the aspects of a

preload sequence is:


If I put all the symbols, other than the audio, in its own scene and

specified a preload sequence for that scene, would the symbols be preloaded

for the next scene containing the animation?


Hopefully, that makes sense, I've never had a way with words. =)


Joseph Fun Gray

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