Re: FLASH: Frames per second issues:

[John Olson]

But, if you have large audio, you can stream your audio and tell 

Flash to drop animation frames to keep up with the audio.


So Flash is event-based and semi-time based.


-John






>The framerate is the top limit at which something will play.

>

>Flash and Shockwave are both event-based. Every frame will display. When

>you set the framerate the computer will try to achieve that speed. Whether

>it can or not depends on your content, and on the machine. A complex piece

>may or may not actually deliver the ideal frame rate, particularly on a

>slower machine.

>

>QuickTime's different. It's time-based. QuickTime will drop frames to

>*assure* you of the frame rate you set. Flash and Shockwave won't drop

>frames like QuickTime will. They'll show you each frame, one after the

>other, and will try to render the piece as close to the ideal framerate as

>they can, on that computer.

>

>If you set a very high framerate in Flash, then you may see it play at that

>rate on some faster machines. You may see it much slower on older machines,

>though. That's why most people set a framerate which they know most

>machines can achieve. It helps it display similarly on a wide range of

>machines.



	John J. Olson

	Multimedia Specialist

	Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center

	http://matec.org


	phone	(480) 517-8664

	fax	(480) 517-8669



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