Pb with loading trailer

Question

I developed a flash trailer which can be seen at the
following address :
http://www.lemarcaire.fr/portail/projets/eurimages/
In fact, there are two swf : a preloader called
prechergeur.swf calling the main animation called eurimages.swf.
To me, the preloader doesn't work properly, even sometimes
after emptying cache, the preloader behaves as if loaded and then
we have to wait a certain time until anim begins. I don't
undersatnd, I already checked and recheched code but don't find out
what is wrong. It looks to ma as if flash loading events are buggy.
Within the preloader swf, all the preloading code is in one
frame and is as follows :
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
var conteneur:MovieClip=new MovieClip();
conteneur.x=22;
conteneur.y=21;
this.addChild(conteneur);
//creation du masque
var masque:MovieClip=new MovieClip();
masque.graphics.lineStyle(0,0x000000,0);
masque.graphics.beginFill(0x000000,1);
masque.graphics.drawRect(0,0,1215,345);
masque.graphics.endFill();
var loader:Loader=new Loader();
conteneur.addChild(loader);
conteneur.addChild(masque);
loader.mask=masque;
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT,handleInit);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,handleProgress);
loader.load(new URLRequest("eurimages.swf"));
loader.visible=false;
var movie:*;
function handleInit(evt:Event) {
loader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,handleProgress);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.INIT,handleInit);
compteur_txt.text="100%";
movie=loader.content;
this.gotoAndPlay("fin");
function handleProgress(evt:ProgressEvent) {
compteur_txt.text=Math.round(evt.bytesLoaded/evt.bytesTotal*100).toString()+"%";
During reloading, a text field called compteur_txt is showing
the percentage loaded, once loaded, it goes to a frame (still
within preloader anim) called "fin" which contains the following
code entitled to launch the main anim :
this.stop();
loader.visible=true;
MovieClip(movie).gotoAndPlay("go");
The first frame of the main anim is blank frame with a
stop();, its second frame is called "go".
Could anyone see anything wrong in my code and tell me what's
going wrong in my preloader?
Thanks in advance,
Pascal
PS : when testing the whole anim in local, all is working
fine in a browser as well as in standalone player without any
waiting time.

Answer 1

Hi kglad,
I did better, for testing purposes, I removed all the sounds
of my Movie.
The eurimages movie played then a little bit further but
still blocks at frame 27. I discovered some interesting things :
In fact, eurimages.swf contains heavy MC taking 99% of the
whole filesize, and that very MC is added to stage
in my timeline (there is few actionscripting under
eurimages.swf) at precisely frame 27.
I advanced that MC to frame 1, and now my anim is loads
properly: the counter goes from 1 to 100% over some time but it
blocks after. However, the sometimes the counter seems to flicker
as if it loads another anim or MC within eurimages.swf.
http://www.lemarcaire.fr/portail/projets/eurimages/version2/
But then once the movie loaded, it blocks again ( in local it
is working properly). Strange. It looks as if I have 2 different
problems, one for the blocking the other one for the loading
(almost resolved).
But I stick to my first idea : either I don't master loading
events which is possible, or the loader events are buggy because it
is not normal to have to put a heavy MovieClip to firstFrame in
order to be loaded properly. It looks as if loading events only
load things contain in the first frame of the movie to load.
If you want I can send you my sources files if you are
interested in ...
I'll let you know, if I find out the outcome ..