RE: FLASH: F4 vs F5 Player - My Conclusion . . . .

[JGL]

It's mainly playback speed. Musta been the way I developed because I can't

get the playback speed to average out acceptably between the two players. 5

is much faster than 4. It mainly affects motion tweens. I used them allot in

my F4 development.


I also have this one scroll routine at a bunch of different F4 movies on the

web that the f5 player doesn't like. It just doesn't work anymore and

conflicts with other code that executes simultaneously. Might as well use F5

better scrolling methods and just require 5.


I tried opening some of my previous 4 stuff in 5 and publishing back to 4,

and that cured some stuff thus could still only *require* the 4 player for

certain movies. But for the most part, I figured it is just best to open the

fla's in 5, publish and test and then require the 5 player.


The 5 player is so much more optimized and smoother than 4 and I just

couldn't get them to look the same in both. I figured I'll just get most of

my previous work up to par with 5 because I really only want to use one

Flash authorer, which is 5.


I have pretty much changed everything already. If you really want some

examples, let me know and I can repost them.


jgl


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Subject: Re: FLASH: F4 vs F5 Player - My Conclusion . . . .



Have you got any examples online? Is it more than just a

playback speed problem?  I don't intend to switch to F5

SWFs anytime soon, so this is a concern, but I haven't had

any problems between the players on my test machines.


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Gregg Caines

n e o m e t r i x  systems inc.

http://www.neometrixsystems.com

gcainesneometrixsystems [dot] com

> I have come to the conclusion that all previous Flash files need to be

open

> in Flash 5 authoring, published, checked, and require the F5 player.

>

> I can't get any of my stuff to play acceptably in both players as a F4

file.

>

> Only as a F5 file requiring the F5 player.

>

> I really don't want to take all my F4 stuff and create two versions.

Having

> to mess with previous stuff already is something I don't like doing.

There's

> like way too much. Best to make em 5 pieces and require 5 to view.

Quickest

> way and hopefully won't have to touch it again for long while.

>

> Anyway, what's everyone else doing?





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