Making progress with flash

I compressed a 130meg QT movie to 17meg Flash. In Flash it comes out at 5 megs per minute of playing time at 320x240.
The quality isn't unwatchable (it's not bad really).
Is 5meg per minute the best I'm going to get?

Using Sorenson Squeeze 4 with these settings:
Audio: MP3 data rate 16Kbps, sample size 16, Sample Rate 11025, channels Mono.
Video: Sorenson Video 3 Pro Sorenson 2-Pass VBR, Data Rate: 768, size 640x480, frame rate 1:1
Patrick

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Making templates with FLASH .swf's?

Hi all,
I'd like to have a common flash header (that loads only
once). I originally wanted to use SSI, but my host does not support
SSI on the [cheaper] plan that I am on.
So, I tried making a template, but it doesn't load the flash
header. It loads the images fine, but not the flash. Any help you
can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Blessings,
-Davide

I think that's about the size of it....
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> Ok,
> Well, it looks like I will be forced to use framesets
for this mp3 player.
> I
> didn't want to use them, but after digging around the
FLASH userbase for a
> while (and coming up with nothing), it appears this is
my only option.
>
> There is good news though. The prominent drawbacks of
framesets will *not*
> be
> exeprienced on the setup that I will be using. There
will be no possiblity
> of
> "black holes", since the navigation and content will be
in the same
> window. If
> search engines link to my content, then the only
possiblyefault will be
> the
> absense of the mp3 player, rather than the absense of
navigation (since
> the mp3
> player will be in a frame by itself).
>
> I suppose the only nagging nusances left will be the
bookmarking issue,
> i.e.,
> any bookmarked page will autmatically load the
home/index page....which is
> not
> entirely that big of a deal (my site will be only 2
levels, and <15 pages.
> So
> it won't be too much an an effort to return to a
specified page).
>
> Am I forgetting anyting? Oh, printing. I will have to
put a printing link
> in
> as well I guess.
>
> All in all, not too bad. I believe the benefit of having
continous play,
> in my
> case, outweighs the hinderances.
>
> Thanks for the help guys.
>
> -Davide
>

Changing Document Type after making progress with project. Is it possible?

Can I still change my document type after I already started my project? I want to change it to print type.

Just what do you mean by "print type"?
Do you mean changing the document Color Mode to CMYK color from RGB color? If so, sure, you can do that at any time.
If you mean changing the "file type" (file format) (say from PSD to TIFF, etc.) you just do a Save As to create a new document in whatever format you want.

No sound with Flash in Firefox - making me crazy

No sound plays from any flash objects in Firefox (so, that
includes sites with flash videos like youtube or other sites like
homestarrunner.com, etc). Here's what I've tried:
--I can play music from my hard drive (so it's not a problem
with my speakers or audio settings). Also, Flash works fine (video
AND audio) in IE.
--Disabled and then uninstalled all extensions (so it's not a
problem with an add-on)
--Uninstalled and then reinstalled FF
--Emptied all temp files, recycle bin, cleared cache, etc.
--Ran CCleaner and cleared cache of Flash
--Searched this forum for potential causes of the problem
("no audio" and "no sound")--looks like a lot of people have had
this problem, and there isn't a consensus regarding the cause or
the best solution.
--Note: I don't have Audacity installed, and the setting on
my sound card is set at 48000 Hz.
I'm using FF 2.0.0.4, Flash version 9.0.45.0 (the most recent
version), and Vista. The problem started suddenly about a week ago;
I can't think what could have triggered it. I wasn't downloading
crap, not surfing sketchy sites, I don't know.
Anyone have any ideas? I don't spend a lot of time on sites
like youtube, but it's the principle of it... it "should" work, and
it's making me crazy that I can't figure out why it's not working.
I would be really grateful if anyone could give me suggestions
about what else to try. Give it your best shot... it's a
brainteaser :-) I'm willing to try pretty much anything, save
reinstalling the OS.
Thanks so much!

I read somewhere that, in the registry, there should be "a
subkey named wavemapper which has a string value of msacm32.drv."
Yep, that's in place.
I've also started Firefox in safe mode, which disables all
add-ons, etc. Still no sound.
The more I read around, this seems to be a pretty common
problem, except none of the solutions seem to work for me! Any
input? Anyone?
Thanks in advance.

Making a forum or blog with flash?

I'd like to know why I've never seen a forum (like this one)
or a blog made out of flash. Is there a technical hurdle? Is it
because Google won't be able to index it?
Thanks.

There are lots of "blogs" made with Flash actually.
We just did an author's site who has a blog...
http://www.latayne.com
It's in Flash.
In fact, we used to use Blogger to do the "backend" editing
of all the sites we did... so that sites like
http://www.nysbroadcasters.org
are done with Flash, and grabs the content from Blogger.
Using Blogger like that is actually a GOOD way to get Google
to index your sites in fact.
As for a forum like this... yes... that might be a bit more
difficult... though I promise I've seen one before.

Errors on my web site started with Flash Player Release a few days ago (Mar 28, 2012)

Hi,
I have a Flash based video player on my website. This was designed and implemented based on an article vy Lisa Larson-Kelley. It has run flawlessly for several years. But, when I installed the lastest release of Flash Player a fedw days ago (Mar 28, 2012), I am now getting really annoying issues with the Flash Video Player.
I expect that I will need to place insturctions for users on how to roll back their version of Flash Player, since this latest version is broken.
But, many of the people who visit my site are not tech oriented (they are mostly friends and family, so, I don't expect that they will really roll back their version of Flash player.
I am 100% certain the issue is the latest version of Flash, since these errors never occurred until I installed the latest version.
On my work laptop, I have an older version of Flas (10.x.x) and this probelm does not happen. On my desktop PC at home, I have an older version of Flash 11 installed, and this problem does not happen (in IE9). The version of Flash PLayer 11 where the issue does *not* occur is 11.1.102.63.
On that same desktop PC, if I use Chrome, (which automatically defaults to the latest version of Flash which is 11.2.202.228, I get the problems. So, there is no question that the issue is with the latest version of Flash and not my hardware or drivers. I get the same problems on three different computers.
My website has a username and password. If someone from Adobe wants to replicate the problem send me an e-mail and I will send you the username and password.
The videoplayer on my website is at this url: http://www.jjjhi.com/TryMakingFlashVidPlayer/VideoPlaylist.html (but, you will need the username and password).
The issue is that sometimes (not always) when you select a video to play, inistead of the video loading into the panel as it should (sized as 1025 x 578), instead, all you see is the control skin. The video begins to play, but all you get is the audio. It looks like this:
You can recover from this error by using the skin control to make the image full screen, but, the video looks poor at fulls screen, because it is created at 1024 x 578. You can then get the correct size by returning from full screen, but, I don't want the pepole who visit my cif\deo playet to have to go all through that. Especially since most won't even know enough to try making the video full screen.
This doesn't happen for every video on my web site, but, once it *does* happen once...it will happen for every video selection you make.
This is unacceptable, and it absolutely a function of Flash version 11.2.202.228.
Adobe: Please fix this bug as soon as possible.
I've implemented an HTML5 based video player and have begun populating it with mp4 versions of my video clips, but, quite honestly, the playback using HTML5 is much worse than with Flash. I encoded the clips in the HTML5 player with the same Variable Bit Rates as in the F4V clips, and, in the HTML5 player, there are missed frames, and the audio can get out of sync. So, I *want* to keep using my Flash Based video player, but...if Adobe doesn;t fix this, I will just dial down my VBR till I find one that is slow enough to play in HTML5 and ditch Flash.
My HTML5 video player is here:
http://www.jjjhi.com/TryMakingNewVideoPlayer/NewVidPlayer_option1_jth.html
(again you need the username and password to use it, send me an e-mail and I will give them to you, I just don't want to post them in an open forum).
Here is a bitmap of the page: It is quite snazzy looking and is based on an excellent class from Chris Converse at Lynda.com. But, even though it is 'snazzy looking' the HTML5 player performs poorly on an under-powered machine (like my work laptop). It uses 100% CPU and misses frames and the audio loses sync. The same videos encoded with the same VBR for Flash (F4V) play great, *except for the new issue described above!!!!)
I Adobe can fix this issue with Flash Player 11.2.202.228 ASAP, else, I will have to 'downgrade' to an HTML5 based video player, that, quite honestly does not perform as well as Flash.
If you want to reproduce the problem contact me at my e-mail address: [email protected] and I'll send you the username and password.
You can then prove that the problem does not exist with prior version of Flash player (before 11.2.202.228) but *does* exist with this latest buggy release.
Thanks,
John

Thanks.
I sent the username and PW to you and Chris.
Cheers,
John

Issues with Flash Pro CS5 on Mac

Hi,
I recently bought a MacBookPro 15", 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5, 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3 and CS5 Creative Suite. Built in Intel HD Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M.
Hi have some issues with Flash Pro:
- when objects on the stage are quite big (for example a 800x3000 movie clip), it start showing strange colors and wrong position, however when double clicking the movie clip to edit it, it looks correct. Also no problem when publishing. See images attached, the first one is correct, the second one shows the problem, when editing the mc in the 2nd image i get the third image that is correct.
Correct:
Wrong:
After entering editing mode:
- after a while, when making a change in the stage or in the time line (deleting frames for example), it doesn't show it immediately, but i need to refresh the page. This happens more when opening many fla in the same time. Closing and restarting Flash fixes it, for a while.
- after a while it doesn't show when selecting an object, the object looks like is not selected, however i can see that it is in the properties panel. This happens more when opening many fla in the same time. Closing and restarting Flash fixes it, for a while.
Hi have been using CS3 and CS4 with less powerful computers before (always mac) and i never encountered these issues.
Removing preferences and Application support files didn't help. I also updated Flash to v. 11.0.1, but no joy.
Does anyone know what's the problem?
Thanks a lot.
Mike

Based on some searching and testing, it seems that if you redirect ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flash CS5 to a location on the local hard drive, rather than the network account storage, the problem ceases.
I hope this helps anyone else who may run into this problem.
Take care,
Branden

MP4 Progressive through flash quit playing...HELP please

This has baffled me to know end. A few days ago my computer lost the ability to play any progressively downloaded .MP4 video through flash on the web. I have a whole site of videos that quit working for me. I can view videos encoded as .flv or .wmv on site like vimeo or youtube but if it is .mp4 extention the video just spins and never plays. I need to find a solution to this ASAP so if any one has any insight, I would be forever greatful! MP4s play fine locally on my machine or even through a direct link, just not through a progressive-dl flash player on the web.
I'm on a XP-64 machine with CS3 suites and quicktime installed.
Things I have tried.
-Restarting
-Uninstalling and reinstalling Flash
-Searching google for similar problems.

Could you take a look at the following FAQ to see if any of the workarounds help you? It also contains details on the information you'll need to provide to us so we can investigate further.
How do I troubleshoot and report problems with Flash Player Video?

Can't export zxp file with Flash Builder, CSExtensionBuilder

Dear all
I write Create Suite Extension project. I build this project success. It's output swf file.
I want to export to .zxp file to connect with IA Plugin.
In my Project. I do these steps:
1. Select Export => Adoble Creative Suite Extension Builder=>Creative Suite Extension and click "Next" button
2. Browe Certificate, type password and click "Finish". Have progress panel show and visible.
But no file in Export Directory.
My enviroment is:
WinXPSP3
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CSExtension 2
IIlustrator CS6
Adobe Extension Manager CS6
What's wrong ?
Could you have other ideal for me.

I try to use
WinXPSP3
Flash Builder 4.6 trial
CSExtension 2
IIlustrator CS6
Adobe Extension Manager CS6
My project can export zxp file success.
But I can't run and debug my project with Flash Builder4.6.
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I can't click allow or deny on anything with flash, like blogtv or dailybooth.

It just won't even let me click. I've tried downloading and using FireFox and several sites that ask you to allow. The mouse can hover over the buttons. Lion just won't let me click. I just bougt my first mac today, and I got a free download of Lion. I asked what the difference was and they told me it was the newer, better system (to which I didn't understand why it wasn't already on my computer). But anyway, while waiting for the download I was on blogtv. Then download took like 3+ hours! Then I installed it, which took another 30 minutes. Now I can't get over this problem. HELP!
I'm already confused with trying to switch over to a mac, and this is not making it easier.

This is a known issue with Flash and Lion:
Attention Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Users:
We are working closely with Apple to address a few known issues related to Mac OS X 10.7 and Flash Player 10.3. For a list of known issues, please see the following Knowledge base Article:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/905/cpsid_90508.html#main_Flash_Player
From the page:
The Flash Player Settings dialog box doesn't respond to mouse clicks. As a workaround, press the Tab key to move to the Close button and press the spacebar to close the dialog box. While not all settings are available, you can also use the Flash Player native control panel in System Preferences.
Custom native mouse cursors don't animate properly on Mac OS 10.7.
As to why Lion is not preinstalled:
Lion is not a month old yet, and many of the models being sold at this time, with the exception of the Mac Mini and the MacBook Air are still shipping with OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard because that is what these models were originally built and boxed with from the factory. When you purchase from the store, these systems have been manufactured prior to the OS X 10.7 release and as such, have Snow Leopard.
Hope this helps you!
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Websites with flash content are causing tremendous CPU usage!!

Greetings!
I finally installed the long-awaited version 4 of firefox, and I am really disappointed. In addition to slight sluggishness now and again, it turns out that websites with Flash content (even those sites with a little flash advertising banner) are causing my CPU usage to really go up.
It's slowing down my machine, making my CPU fans spin loudly, and making for a disappointing web browsing experience.
I have disabled all add-ons, and done the usual. Even tried installing Chrome for the first time ever!
The problem is definitely Flash + Firefox 4.
I have created a brand new profile, but no dice. Wondering if anyone else experiences a high CPU load on pages with flash...

Adobe Flash Player has also been crashing periodically on 2 of my computers, I'm still running XP, one of them a powerful HTPC, Dell Optiplex 755 SFF over a new Cable Internet Connection. Buffering, Lagging, crashing when streaming video for Catchup TV (Freeview) via Firefox Adobe Flash Player Add-On, does not happen on Youtube though. Lagging & Crashing does NOT occur AT ALL in Google Chrome, but I hate that browser.
Have tried the usual disabling Flash Hardware Acceleration + Protected Mode, setting storage to Unlimited, disabling FF Ad Blockers + Hardware Acceleration, cleaning Caches, updating program versions, everything bar reinstalling programs. It's not happening in Chrome, why in Firefox?

Firefox Lags Like Hell with Flash

Ok, here's the deal.
After long use Firefox starts to lag like crazy with Flash. And... It doesn't seem to be a problem with Flash. It's more likely that the browser itself what is causing the issue.
After I use Firefox for some time Flash starts lagging badly. BUT! This happens only if I have my Firefox window active. If I open the Task Manager on top of Firefox window, Flash stops lagging as if Harry Porter himself cast a spell with his magic stick making everything work like a charm.
I made a small video showcasing the bug: https://www.dropbox.com/s/l2c5pbn1xwy58dc/12-11-2012%2019-07-15.avi
- The bug still appears even in Safe Mode (all addons disabled).
- With hardware acceleration disabled in Flash bug still remains.
- With Chrome and other browsers everything works fine.
- The bug will go away after restart - and then will start to appear after Firefox is in use for some time.
- Normally it re-appears after I close my laptop's lid forcing it to go to sleep mode. After it wakes up - the bug is there.
- There was no such a bug in the past - it started to appear as new Firefox versions were released - don't know the exact version but I assume it all started from version 14 or 15.
Any thoughts?

Did you try to disable protected mode in the Flash plugin?
Also make sure that you allow the plugin-container process in the firewall.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin-container_and_out-of-process_plugins
You can check for problems caused by recent Flash updates and try these:
*disable a possible RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin extension for Firefox and update the RealPlayer if installed
*disable protected mode in Flash 11.3 and later
*disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin
*downgrade the Flash player to version 10.3 or 11.2
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash#Troubleshooting
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

Importing Quicktime with Flash codec

I wanted to put a Flash cartoon I made into my iMovie, so I published into Quicktime. It worked fine when I opened it in Quicktime but when I try to import it into iMovie the import progress bar flashes briefly then dissapears then after that nothing changes in my movie or in my clips bar. It seems to think changes have been made as it asks me to save before I quit.
Does anyone have any idea what is going on?

Sorry - I should have explained more of the details. I have video tapes from several sources - my own, friends, relatives etc. in both VHS and 8mm analog. It was a BIG job to capture all the different sources and chronologically align all the various clips I wanted from all the various sources. This is my first FCE use, and I'm sure I probably did a dumb thing here. I have a single sequence that is about 3.5 hours long. It's probably too long, but I certainly know I don't need the all the duplicate footage that I haven't used so I'd like to get rid of it and use the over 100GB disk space for further captures. So I intended to export my 3.5 hour sequence with markers and after a successful re-import then delete all the original footage. When I select export from the menu, it specifically says I can save ALL markers with the QT movie. Then when I later do the import I get NO markers at all. Now I don't know what to do! So here are a couple questions (if you don't mind).
1. What is the approx max movie time I can get on a single layer dvd using iDVD - I'd like to know how best to split up my 3.5 hour sequence.
2. If I select some of my 3.5 hour video and paste it into a new FCE project then none of the markers are pasted and it looks like I have to make them all over again. How can I copy the markers along with the movie?
3. On a related issue, if I select a portion of the movie in the timeline and delete a slice via in/out points, the movie gap automatically closes BUT the markers do not. The markers do not seem to be coupled to the movie at all and that simply makes no sense to me.
Sorry for being so inexperienced here, but I would truly appreciate any assistance.
Mick.

Successfully using a Native Extension with Flash CS5.5 Pro, having issues

Hey all,
I'm trying to use a native extension due to an app rejection about the new storage guidelines. I'm hoping someone can help me figure out how to use a native extension from Flash CS5.5 and the adt command line utility (I've never used before).
Apples storage guidelines in 5.0.1 require files saved to Documents (and other places) to be marked with the icloud "do not back up" bit. I'm trying to use Adobe's IOS 5.0.1 data storage native extension to do that as I have file sharing enabled and my app downloads files I want the user to be able to copy to their desktop.
From the bits and fragments I'm reading all over, getting it to compile means using the command line adt tool (I've never used it before) because Flash Pro CS5.5 doesn't support native extensions. Also, this native extension requires a v14 SWF published (11.1) and CS5.5 only goes up to 10.2 (or higher if you install the players).
I edited the AiriPhone.xml file and pointed it to an AIR 3.1 airglobal.swc and I have AIR 3.1 overlayed in flash. I can't test AIR for iOS anymore after that change but I can get it to compile a SWF. The adt command line adt utility stopped complaining that my SWF version was 13 when it needed 14, so I assume this worked?
I am trying to compile a debug version so I can see trace statements to see if the native extension reports success on changing the bit. Here is my command line cobbled together from scraps of info on adobe.com and the -help data:
adt -package -target ipa-debug -connect 192.168.1.80 -provisioning-profile myApp.mobileprovision -storetype pkcs12 -keystore myApp.p12 myApp.ipa myApp-app.xml myApp.swf dat AppIconsForPublish Default-Landscape.png Default-LandscapeRight.png -extdir extensionDir
Before this iCloud change this app published directly from Flash Pro CS5.5 without any issues. I am only running into issues getting this app to work with this native extension and/or published correctly.
I am including the folders "dat" and "AppIconsForPublish" as well as splash screens (this app is landscape-only) as well as that extension in the folder extensionDir.
After putting in my password my app compiles into an IPA which I can drop into iTunes. It has the same general size as the IPA generated from Flash Pro. The icon is correct, etc.
When I sync this file, the progress bar goes across, I see it loading on my iPad and then once it goes to install I get a popup saying "iTunes Sync: 'myApp' failed to install."
Is there anything obvious wrong with my adt line? Has anyone else used this native extension? Ideas on what I can do to fix this?
No, unfortunately I did not build this with Flash Builder. I am an avid user of it now and this would be a moot point as it uses ANEs and changes SWF versions trivially. I have to get this to compile using Flash Pro CS5.5 though.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
edit:
Just FWIW, after I updated the .xml to use the latest AIR and such (so the version is 14) I removed the extension, exported purely from Flash Pro CS5.5 and the app works fine. As soon as I enable the <extension> in the XML I can no longer install the app. This just appears to be a noob adt publish issue.

My app downloads PDFs, movies and other information-esque files and saves them to the apps Documents folder so they can be retrieved via file sharing. These files not being in something purgable like /Library/Caches and not having the "do not back up" bit is why I was rejected.
update: It's definitely my command line building.. I took out the native extension completely and published from flash to an IPA and it works. I then run adt on the same SWF that just worked and it fails to install. So the install failing is my command line. I see this article and my command line is very similar. I'm really uncertain why it's failing.

Whats a good tutorial site for starting with Flash?

I have searched far and wide all over the internet and I
can't seem to find any good tutorial sites on how to make nice text
animations, example, making something sparkle, or making the text
spin. If any of you could help it would be appreciated
immensely!

ugh - typos! www.erain.com <---sorry
Chris Georgenes / mudbubble.com / keyframer.com / Adobe
Community Expert
Chris Georgenes wrote:
> depends on what area of flash - try:
> www.lynda.com
> www.keyframer.com
> www.cartoonsmart.com
> www.kirupa.com
> www.gotoandplay.com
>
> surprised your searches came up empty - there have been
tons of active
> flash tutorial sites all over the web for several years.
> Making text "spin" isn't really a typical flash
animation as it sounds
> like a 3D animation - try looking into Swift 3D
(www.erian.com) - it
> works well with flash for creating 3D animations.
>
> As for "sparkles"...that's kind of a generic animation -
do you have a
> samle of this that you can show us? Like that trail of
dust that
> Tinkerbell creates when flying?
>
> Chris Georgenes / mudbubble.com / keyframer.com / Adobe
Community Expert
>
>
> iStylus wrote:
>
>> I have searched far and wide all over the internet
and I can't seem to
>> find any good tutorial sites on how to make nice
text animations,
>> example, making something sparkle, or making the
text spin. If any of
>> you could help it would be appreciated immensely!
>>

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