Advanced preloader question

What I need is a preloader that can begin playing the first
in a series of external swfs before all are loaded. I am building a
preloader based on a MediaLoader class created by Macromedia years
ago - the class is designed to load external swf files into an
on-stage holder clip (the clip is passed into the MediaLoader
object by reference), store these clips in an array, and then
dispatch the array back to the main swf, which can then manipulate
the clips.
The pre-loader works fine as originally designed - that is,
as long as no clips are played until all are loaded. I have tried
many modifications to the preloader and associated code so the main
movie will play the first clip gracefully before all are
downloaded, with no success. Problems occur along these lines - the
holder clip must be made visible and so show the downloading clips,
if only for a fraction of a second before they are hidden; I tried
using a second holder to start playing them in, and I tried loading
off-stage. However, attempts to duplicate the loaded external swf
affect - as they probably refer to - the original. (I read you
cannot duplicate a loaded swf like other clips, but must reload it,
which defeats the purpose of a preloader).
I have asked about techniques and searched for examples, on
many forums, of preloaders which can begin playing the first clip
before all are downloaded, and have yet to see one.
What are some techniques for doing this, if it is possible in
AS 2? Are there examples?

The containing clip of all downloaded swf clips must be shown
to play the first clip - so the others are shown, if only for a
second. Maybe the whole problem is that there is a lag between the
clip being loaded and the code stopping the loaded clips - is this
a common problem with an easy solution? Otherwise, I am very
interested to hear about how you use two target clips.
Can you describe a technique, or link to an actual example of
a preloader that allows a clip to play while others are still
downloading?

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Preloader questions

Ok, I checked up on some internet tutorials and think I have
a pretty good idea how to make a 2 frame preloader. Three
questions...
1. What if I wanted to create this preloader but not have the
percentage #'s, just the bar increasing with maybe a graphic next
to it, how would I have to change the action script?
http://www.webwasp.co.uk/tutorials/b05-preload/tutorial.php
2. What if I wanted to make a rad animated preloader like
this one? Is it hard?
http://www.hypertemplates.com/templates/11645.html
3. Would others out there recommend using the preloader
component? Is there pro's and cons to using it as compared to
making the 2 frame preloader from question 1?
Thanks everyone, this board is a big help!

xslamx wrote:
> Ok, I checked up on some internet tutorials and think I
have a pretty good idea
> how to make a 2 frame preloader. Three questions...
>
> 1. What if I wanted to create this preloader but not
have the percentage #'s,
> just the bar increasing with maybe a graphic next to it,
how would I have to
> change the action script?
>
>
http://www.webwasp.co.uk/tutorials/b05-preload/tutorial.php
>
> 2. What if I wanted to make a rad animated preloader
like this one? Is it
> hard?
>
>
http://www.hypertemplates.com/templates/11645.html
>
> 3. Would others out there recommend using the preloader
component? Is there
> pro's and cons to using it as compared to making the 2
frame preloader from
> question 1?
>
> Thanks everyone, this board is a big help!
The % could be easily left out. All you need is skip the
dynamic text field part.
Let me show you one easy loader, with % indicator tho it's
for your future use
if you happen to need one.
On first frame of your timeline place the following action :
stop();
this.onEnterFrame = function () {
bl = this.getBytesLoaded();
bt = this.getBytesTotal();
if (bt <= 0) {bt = 99;}
offPreloader.gotoAndStop(Math.floor((bl / bt) * 100));
preload_txt.text = Math.round((bl / bt) * 100) + " %";
if ((bl == bt) && (bt > 0)) {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
gotoAndPlay (3);
Than on the very same frame make a movie clip with some shape
tween from small to large, this will be your progress bar
animation.
Make it 100 frames long. Once done give it instance name
"offPreloader"
To give movie clip instance name you need to select it on
stage and
hit CTRL F3 to open the properties panel, there you will find
INSTANCE
name box.
Last thing is to place dynamic text field with instance name
"preload_txt"
Which for now you can skip.
Pretty much it.
Just make sure that the progress bar is not too large, like
made
out of bitmap images, you want to keep the preloader frame
as small as possible so flash can load it quickly.
Than start your content from frame 3 and you all done ---- TA
DAAA !!!!
Also, it can be all kind of frame based animation, just make
sure it is 100
frames long :)
Best Regards
Urami
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Happy New Year
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"> One more question along this topic of advanced usage
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with your
message? All movies listen, but when a message comes, each
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could be a
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nFullBINFlush=5165
nDeltaINFlush=21762
lastCheckpointStart=0xf9d/0x97b2ab
lastCheckpointEnd=0xf9e/0x603498
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nCleanerDeletions=23
nINsObsolete=25975
nINsCleaned=1522
nINsDead=556
nINsMigrated=966
nLNsObsolete=1311240
nLNsCleaned=118475
nLNsDead=31387
nLNsMigrated=79164
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nMarkedLNsProcessed=88191
nToBeCleanedLNsProcessed=2278
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Now, the following advice relates ONLY to footage shot in the 24P Advanced mode. I have never worked with footage shot 24P "regular pulldown." I think you're supposed to just capture and work with that footage in 29.97 mode, enjoying the 24p "look" but not a true 23.98 frame rate.
Any little interruption - the camera stops for more than 15 minutes being the most common - will break the cadence of the 24p pulldown. So you have to break up your tape into clips which don't cross these "cadence breaks."
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My method is to rewind my shoot tapes to the begining, hit "play" then "Capture now."
FCP captures the whole tape, breaking up into clips, sometimes at inexplicable but always consistent places.
Usually, the last clip captured will be at 29.97 frame rate. The 24p "look" is still present in the footage, but obviously if you cut it into a 23.98 fps sequence, you'll have to render - a very annoying waste of time.
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Good luck. I hope this helps.

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cheers
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and when people want to see the clip they will wait for it to
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