Ha! Not a chance, she's not very technically minded :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Hans Wichman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25 November 2005 13:41 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flvs fail to stream on an older pc > > Let's just hope your client is not on this list as well ;) > > At 02:24 PM 11/25/2005, you wrote: > >Thanks to everyone who replied, > >The problem seems to have been solved - at least for now... > > > >I had asked the client yesterday to try and reburn the > cd-rom from her > >mac, to see if maybe something had gone wrong with the > burning process. > >As I mentioned, the last cd-rom I sent her was working fine. > She hadn't > >come back to me about that, and even sent me an annoyed > email that had > >no mention of it. So I was fairly sure that failed. > > > >So Just now I called her to get some more info and talk her > through a > >test that would see if Robin's theory about the swfs was the > cause of > >the problem (although I do check for initialization, something might > >have slipped through on a slower system)... And she says "Oh yeah, I > >reburnt the cd-rom on the mac and it's working just fine on the pc". > >Grrr... Clients! > > > >Thanks! > >Karina > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Robin Burrer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 24 November 2005 23:39 > > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flvs fail to stream on an older pc > > > > > > Hi Karina > > > > > > Yes there's always will be a system which will cause problems. > > > (It's just a bit annoying though when it happens on your client's > > > commuter) > > > > > > The CD-ROM should however run even on very slow system. > > > > > > >> application loads various swfs into a base swf file, and > > > the flvs are > > > >> >>loaded > > > > > > If you use multiple swf in your CD-ROM make sure that all > swfs are > > > initialized before you use them. For example I once was > working on a > > > CD where loaded a swf with a nested swf/flv player in my root swf. > > > > > > After loading the swf file I sent the video url to the loaded swf > > > file so that the nested component in the swf could play it. > > > > > > This all worked fine when I tested it on my computer and > on another > > > computer. However it didn't work on some computers even > if they had > > > fast processors. > > > > > > Eventually I found out that it was the CD-ROM drive. Some drives > > > were just a bit too slow. So the swf file which > contained the video > > > player component was not loaded fast enough. > > > > > > As a result the url send from the main movie did never reach the > > > player in the loaded swf. The solution is quite easy though. > > > Whenever you use multiple swf files in your CD-ROM > project and you > > > want them to communicate between each other make sure that loaded > > > swf file is initialized properly before you send anything. > > > > > > A bulletproof way to do this is to have interval function in your > > > main movie which checks the value of a variable in your > loaded swf. > > > > > > e.g: > > > > > > > > > // load the swf > > > swfHolderMc.loadMovie("someSwf.swf"); > > > > > > intervalId = setInterval(this, "executeCallback", 200); > > > > > > function executeCallback() > > > { > > > If (swfHolderMc.getInicialized())// obviously you need > > > a //getInicialized function in the swf > > > file which is loaded > > > > > > { > > > // do something in the loaded swf > > > clearInterval(intervalId); > > > } > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps > > > > > > > > > Robin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However > > > > > > > > > > > > Most of the times it is a faulty driver or some wired > configuration. > > > > > > I think these days it is not really necessary > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > > Søren Christensen > > > Sent: Friday, 25 November 2005 9:54 AM > > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flvs fail to stream on an older pc > > > > > > > > > Hi Karina > > > > > > I have had similar problems like you. > > > > > > My cd-rom in question had 2 videos (both external flvs to profit > > > f7's smaller memory footprint advantage over f6 regarding videos) > > > Both videos was rather big in pixel size and approx 3 mins length > > > (about 30 megabytes each). So i knew they would demand a bit of > > > 'juice'. > > > > > > When testing with a 'raw' video test both a mac g4 500mhz > > > (os9 and osx) and a p3 600mhz (both win2k + win 98) > worked fine with > > > no performance problems playing from a cd. > > > > > > But my version with the final design was demanding quite > alot more > > > cpu to perform well. > > > What i found out was that the pure presence of bitmap > graphics with > > > alpha information was decreasing the performance (demanding more > > > cpu) - even though the bitmap wasn't moving or something > was moving > > > over or under it. > > > > > > I still couldn't optimize it fully to fit my 'raw' tests - but it > > > put down the performance needs to a acceptable level. > > > My minimum specs ended up at mac: g4 800mhz pc: p3 800mhz > (both 64mb > > > ram) > > > > > > I had other strange problems like sound issues with some pcs > > > - some dell configurations with sound blaster live > soundcards and a > > > certain motherboards and cd-rom drive for some reason > distorted the > > > sound. (similar to the sound issues with flash > > > 5 and soundblaster pci 64 and 128) but thing like this is out of > > > your hands. > > > But well with cd-rom productions there always are some odd hw > > > configurations that just give problems (although in theory it > > > shouldn't). > > > Using director would just giver other issues (and make the > > > production a lot more expensive due to the lack of cross platform > > > projector exporting back then). Flash gave us the unique > feature to > > > distribute video cross platform without being dependent > of 3rd party > > > media players. > > > All in all the cd-rom was a success and went into its 2 > edition with > > > a total of 70.000 units. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > >B) Søren > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > DESIGN // INTERACTIVITY // MOTION // VISUALS > > > +34 667 812 329 (ES) // +45 3694 8614 (DK) > > > www.RGBAZ.com // www.DESILENCE.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 24/11/05 17:26, "Karina Steffens" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi List, > > > > > > > > I'm on the last stages of development of an educational > CD-Rom in > > > > FlashMX 2004. The application uses a v2 media component > > > loads flvs from the CD-Rom. > > > > It's been developed on a pc (XP) and then zipped over > and burned > > > > on the Mac > > > > (OSX) and set to the client. > > > > > > > > The client has an old mac and an even older PC (which > still uses > > > > windows 98...). The CD-Rom loads on both, but the flvs seem > > > to work on > > > > her mac but not on the pc (except for one or two). She also > > > says that > > > > an earlier version of the CD-Rom that I sent her does work, > > > which is > > > > puzzling. Also, there is a little test utility just for > the Flvs > > > > on the CD-Rom, and that also works. My application > loads various > > > > swfs into a base swf file, and the flvs are loaded to that, so > > > it could be a memory thing. > > > > > > > > I can't run any of the tests myself, because I'm based in > > > Dublin and > > > > she is in London, so I don't know what to do. I tried to > > > tell her that > > > > her PC is just too old for the software, and I still > > > haven't got any > > > > data from her about how much memory it has. She's not very > > > technical. > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any ideas, solutions or minimum specs for > > > this problem? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Karina > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Karina Steffens | Neo-Archaic > > > > creative & technical new media design > > > > <http://www.neo-archaic.net/> www.neo-archaic.net > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Flashcoders mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >
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