FLASH: REPORT: Sound settings

[Jefferis]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 07:31:55 -0800, "Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog 

Media" <

maildartfrogmedia [dot] com

> wrote:


> From what I've heard, if Flash3 is selected, MP3 compression is not used. 

>But your question has me wondering, too. The function of override is to 

>ignore individual settings for sounds (applied through the library list). 

>Have you looked at the Size Report to try to determine this? Use Generate 

>Size Report (an Export Movie option) and look at the report that's 

>generated. Toward the bottom of the report it indicates original and 

>exported sizes of sounds.

>

>If you test this, please post your findings.

>

>thanks,

>Marc


Report follows comments: 


Things are working OPPOSITE of what I expected.     For this experiment I 

set  all sounds to MP3 in the Library.  I can't remember how they were 

recorded...  Notice when Override is Checked OFF/NO  It exports the 

sounds as MP3 in FLASH 3 [the library's default], but when Checked YES it 

uses the EXPORT settings listed.  So you are not overriding the library 

sound's recorded default, but the Flash 3 or 4 default export.


By far the largest file was Flash 3 checked OFF, which exported MP3 files 

5 times larger than as Flash 4 exports the same MP3 file. 

ADCPM file sizes were the same in both, but Flash 4 MP3 DEFAULT output 

[No Override] created larger files than MONO ADPCM. 


So it will by default turn smaller sound files into larger ones unless 

you override your sounds.  Now however, I DONT THINK YOU CAN manually 

take advantage of smaller ADPCM files in Flash 4.


If you create some files as ADPCM files in the library [button, clicks 

eg] and choose no override, Flash 4 will output them as MP3.  If you 

choose ADPCM as an export setting and choose override, ALL your sounds 

will come out as ADPCM.


I am not sure this information is making it more helpful to me or less so.


Jeff

************************************


Movie Report  with MP3 defaults set in Library For all sounds.

With audio Stream set for both event and start at ADPCM, 5kHz, 4bit mono.


**************

Flash 3 Override   CHECKED YES


Stream sound:  5KHz Mono 4 bit ADPCM

Event sounds:  5KHz Stereo 4 bit ADPCM


Sound Name                 Bytes       Format

-----------------------    --------    --------

apatosaurus .aif            19055         5KHz Mono 4 bit ADPCM

stomp .aif                   1886         5KHz Mono 4 bit ADPCM

BOING_                       1698         5KHz Mono 4 bit ADPCM


**************

Flash 3 Override CHECKED NO 


Stream sound:  5KHz Mono 4 bit ADPCM

Event sounds: 11KHz Stereo 4 bit ADPCM


Sound Name                 Bytes       Format

-----------------------    --------    --------

apatosaurus .aif            95188        11KHz Mono 16 kbps MP3

stomp .aif                   9372        11KHz Mono 16 kbps MP3

BOING_                       1701        11KHz Mono 16 kbps MP3 


**************

Flash 4  Override  CHECKED NO


Stream sound:  5KHz Mono 4 bit ADPCM

Event sounds: 11KHz Stereo 4 bit ADPCM


Sound Name                 Bytes       Format

-----------------------    --------    --------

apatosaurus .aif            14263        11KHz Mono 16 kbps MP3

stomp .aif                   1887        11KHz Mono 16 kbps MP3

BOING_                       1679        11KHz Mono 16 kbps MP3


**************


Flash 4 with Override CHECKED YES


Sound Name                 Bytes       Format

-----------------------    --------    --------

apatosaurus .aif            19055         5KHz Mono 4 bit ADPCM

stomp .aif                   1886         5KHz Mono 4 bit ADPCM

BOING_                       1698         5KHz Mono 4 bit ADPCM


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