Apparently I've had this bug for a while but only recently noticed it. It's *accentuated* with SWFObject (I'm using 2.2), but it also happens with static OBJECT encoding. Here it is:
I have an FLV player that when run in Firefox the video occasionally "lags" or freezes. The audio plays, and the scrubber continues to move. The free lasts between 0.25 to 1.5 seconds. The freeze occurs within the first 2-6 seconds of the video. Here's where it gets screwy: 1. It only tends to happen on first load of the browser after a complete clearing of the cache and restarting the browser. 2. It rarely, if ever, happens if I wait a mininum of five seconds before commencing play. 3. It rarely, if ever, happens if I run ANY Flash application first, then run my SWF with any video. 4. The temporary freezing is more common when playing local content. 5. The freezing tends to be worse (longer, occurs more often, like 4 out of 5 loads) with SWFObject than with OBJECT embedding. It may also occur in other browsers that use the Flash plugin, but it's worse in Firefox. There seems to be no difference between FF 3.0.x and 3.5.x. It does not appear to happen on IE. I've tested using the latest Flash (10,0,32,18), on an XP and Vista machine. I've read some people have encoutered this problem and have handled it with arcane measures, such as disabling Java, downgrading to 9r47 or some crazy old thing (can't run H.264 with that). I've determined it's not specific to any video or player. I've tried numerous videos (FLV1 and FLV4), including some I didn't encode myself, and with Adobe Encoder using standard settings. In all cases bitrate is between 400 to 700bps for video. It also happens in at least Flowplayer, so it doesn't look like it's just my player. What's stumping me the most is why the freezing doesn't occur as noted in #2 and #3 above. Any ideas?? Gordon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
