Re: FLASH: Reality check re *Flash 4 Magic* file?

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At the exact moment of 2000.01.29.11.43, her/his local time, Laura Mollett

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> put forth:


>> Make sure you get one of the newer ones ... find out exactly what that

>> means (someone who "should" know told me that they've totally revamped

>> the G4 chip -- IBM is making it now, not Motorola any more).

>

> AFAIK, Apple signed a deal with IBM to allow them to help produce the

> chips, due to a fear that Motorola wouldn't be able to produce enough, but

> they should be the same chips and both companies continue to produce them.

> I hope this is true :) Anyway, that's what I heard several months ago.


Even one "month ago" is kinda old these days, nicht wahr? :-)


See http://www.appleinsider.com


>>> Flash 4.0a has a suggested size of 14k (flash 4 suggested 10.5 - is that

>>> really better memorry management, to suggest it needs more memory? ;)

>>

>> If it gives me a stabler Flash, I'll take it!

>

> well, it's not helping me much as I already had mine set at more than

> twice the recommended size :) It's just a recommendation for how much you

> need, doesn't do anything... and it's not enough.


Have you actually compared the allocation needs between 4 and 4.0a? So far

I've found the difference to be less than a 5% increase, not a big price to

pay.


>> It would still help me to know if the 16-28 : 1 ratio holds true. How

>> much memory do others need to have allocated to open a real big one? Real

>> stats would really help me here (Mac only).

>

> that sounds about right (I need 32 to 40 to work with an almost 2 (1.7)

> meg file (which is ridiculous) so half that for a 1 meg file). Be careful

> when getting these numbers though, as the file might well open with much

> less, but you'd have trouble working with it - crashes, or lots of out of

> memory type errors if you try to do something intensive (copy/paste frames

> is the one that gets me a lot) or just lock-up.


When Flash finds slightly less memory available than it wants, it opens, but it

gives me a message that something about MRJ (Generator-related) files not

loading. Why not just a "make more RAM available" message? Same question

regarding crashes and freezes and endless loops when it can't open a too-big

file ... Flash is clearly *not* handling too-large files properly.


HTH,


Ken Sherwood


                         *zenkat: the Flash trailer*

                    http://www.kensherwood.com/zenkat.htm


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