Re: FLASH: Flash Memory Requirements on Mac (was Reality checkre*Flash 4 Magic* file?)

[Phil Ward]

 have had the same problem on PC..earlier post

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I have run into a problem when creating swf file from a fla any help

gratefully received.


I am producing a movie to run from CD and the fla is around 4.1mb, the

problem occurs when I export the movie to swf I get an error message which

is very Mac orientated (I am on PC) which states..


'There is not enough memory to open this scene.......

To increase available memory, close the open document and use the get info

command in finder to allocate more memory to Flash"


If I say OK to the dialogue box a swf is created but behaves much like a

movie which is not fully downloaded from a site i.e. some buttons don't

work, they work fine if I run the movie in Flash.


I have a PIII with 128mb RAM, how can I allocate more memory to Flash to

stop this error?, will I need to use 'Load Movie' and breakup the movie?


Any ideas?

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----- Original Message -----

From: Linda Miller <

CLKMARGUSHEALTH [dot] COM

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To: <

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RLovelacehavasint [dot] com

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Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 4:39 PM

Subject: RE: FLASH: Flash Memory Requirements on Mac (was Reality

checkre*Flash 4 Magic* file?)



> I have created a few large flash files - these were not meant to run from

the web - and I have not had any memory problems. I am on a PC with Window98

and 128 MB RAM on one machine, and 192 MB RAM on the other machine. If this

error should occur in Windows I'd be really hosed as there is no way to

dedicate a specific amount of memory to an application that I am aware of.

All memory is available to all applications.

>

> Linda

>

>

>>> Rebecca Lovelace <RLovelacehavasint [dot] com> 02/02/00 09:56AM >>>

> I, too, got this book.  Thanks to the list, I tried cranking my memory

> allocation to Flash.  120 MB didn't even do it, I had to crank it up to

135

> MB.  Now, I haven't done any large Flash projects before.  I have worked

> with Director for 5 years and the size of the graphics in the first sample

> movie (preload.fla) for the book made me cringe; I can't imagine this

would

> really run well on the web.

> Anyway, with 135 MB RAM allocated to Flash, I can't even export a Flash

> file!  It's telling me I am low on memory. Is this typical?  Should I

expect

> to have my Flash memory requirements cranked through the roof to work on a

> big project?  I only have 192 MB on my G4; am I going to need to buy more

> RAM if I want to do Flash development on it?  Or am I better off

purchasing

> a copy of Flash for my PC instead?

>

> Ideas?

>

> Thanks!

> Rebecca

>

> -----Original Message-----

>

> unique wrote:

> >

> > Hello all,

> >

> > Well I finally dove into *Flash 4 Magic* (been cramming on *Dreamweaver

2

> > H.O.T.*) tonight.

> >

> > I'm on a Mac G3/266, OS 8.6, 192 meg o' RAM. I experimented, and

> discovered

> > that, in order to open the first project file, 7.5 meg, I have to have

120

> meg

> > of RAM allocated to Flash 4.0a. 115 meg is not enough.

> >

> > I've never worked with a file of this size (I think I've topped out at

> 75K). Can

> > someone tell me if the above is a typical ratio for file size to memory

> > allocation need (1:16)?

> >

> > Also: as an experiment, I immediately saved the file to HD after

opening.

> The

> > size of the saved file is only 4.3 meg! (Others, at least those on a

Mac,

> should

> > be able to replicate this if necessary.)




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