flash frame rate
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- dgtl_rchtct0
corin, you do understand that that is what i have been saying.
do any benchmark test. colin even did one.
test your movie at 15fps. then test it on an older machine and it will run guaranteed 6-9fps.
as stated in moocks post "...you can't tell a movie to stay above a certain frame rate..." thus, setting a higher fps guaratees that the minimum will play within a higher goal rather than the least common denominator. make sense? if i am comfortable with my movie playing at 30+fps on a users machine, i will always set my frame rate as high as possible so that on a potentially slower machine my fps will essentially play at optimal settings for user.
thus, colin is correct as is my statements that fps does not matter. a slow machine will play flash slow. a fast machine will play flash fast. so might as well set fps higher to ensure fastest "possible" playback.
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macromedia's recommendation for flash 5 player was actually during the release of flash 5. previuosly with flash 4 it was not possible to achieve frame rates beyond 24fps no matter what you did or how high you set your fps. thus, when flash 5 player came out, everyone was buggin out cause their flash files were now playing much faster. the flash engine has matured greatly since then. setting 15-18fps cycles would hardly be a recommendation for anyone serious about doing flash work. keep in mind context of macromedia's post. if you slowed your flash 5 fps down, it would play like original flash 4 files. since 4 is now obsolete and f5 and f6 can render and process fps faster and a bit better (still not prefected) it is wise to set your own fps limits that you are comfortable with.