Flash Speed in Captivate

I am trying to help out a friend with a captivate project. He
has inserted a swf file within his captivate project and it seems
to keep running at double the speed its displaying in flash, any
ideas?

Hi there
It's best to keep in mind that Flash creates animations using
a default frame rate of 12 Frames Per Second (FPS).
Captivate's default FPS setting is 30 FPS.
You want a closer match. So they have two options.
1. Reduce the Captivate FPS setting (Edit > Preferences
> Project node)
2. Increase the Flash FPS setting and create the animation
again. Drop the new SWF in Captivate
Option 2 is better because option 1 can affect other things
with your Captivate project.
Cheers... Rick

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Wow, I was so hoping fellow Adobe Community Expert Paul Dewhurst would pop in on this thread.
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you mean
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browser from that website location?
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Kim979 wrote:
> When I test the movie in Flash it plays
> slow once and then really fast after that.
> I saved it and imported it into a captivate project and
the same thing is
> happening. It plays really slow and choppy. If I
navigate away from the page
> and then come back to it, it plays really fast
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