@KenMcD - interesting. I have not heard of this before. So even if the default is to take a backup every 10 sec, you have seen it affect the playback of video outside of the every 10 sec mark?
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:48 AM, KenMcD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Have you seen the Firefox sessions autosave fix? > Could be the issue. > > ----- > > Fix for Flash video stuttering in Firefox > > Have you notice, that sometimes Flash-based videos stutter when you > view them in Firefox, but work fine in other browsers like Internet > Explorer, Chrome, and Safari? This turns out to be a problem of > appears to be a problem of Firefox's session restore feature, that > affects both Windows and Mac versions. So what's the solution? Well, > you can either turn off the session restore feature altogether. > Or simply lengthen the period of time between snapshots. > To do this, type about:config into Firefox's address bar, then in > filter box enter browser.sessionstore.interval. The default value’s > 10000, which’s the number of milliseconds between snapshots. Setting > the number to 120000 lengthens the period to two minutes, a more > reasonable but still useful period. Of course, you can set it to > whatever you want, as long as you keep in mind that you're dealing > with milliseconds. > > On Sep 29, 4:37 pm, gmccomb <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
