First frame too large

Question

I'm creating a preloader to place in front of my movie files,
but the first frame of the movie is so large that the preloader
doesn't appear until the movie is 50% loaded. I have an flv
playback component, which is the reason the movie is so large. How
do I get around the large movie file in order to make the preloader
appear at the beginning?

Answer 1

you can look it up in the Flash help docs under
MovieClipLoader. It is quite simple.. make a new FLA that is the
same dimensions as your 'main' content SWF, same fps and bg color..
open the actions panel and paste this in there. (Make sure and save
this file as myPreloader(or something) in the same directory as
your main SWF.
this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder_mc",
this.getNextHighestDepth());
var myLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var myListener:Object = new Object();
myListener.onLoadProgress = function(bytesLoaded:Number,
bytesTotal:Number):Void{
//do some preloading stuff
myListener.onLoadComplete = function():Void{
//do something when it is done loading
myLoader.addListener(myListener);
myLoader.loadClip("main.swf", holder_mc); //replace main.swf
with your SWFs name