Bio's flash .exe action
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- Biofreak
ok, i need to make an executable flash file.
the swf file is 125k cuz i compressed the sound waaaay down. that's fine though. (fla file is 2.5 megs)
my .exe is 1 meg. the sound is my problem. when i goto the publish settings and choose Windows Projector, there is no option for compressing it.
this is flash MX and i am not familiar with making executables (i did it once in v5).
so how the hell do i compress the sound in MX executables?
- Biofreak0
oh and the original was created about 2 yrs ago by someone else. i am "clusterfucking" this one together as quick as i can.
the guy who made this wasnt very skilled at the time, so things are not as streamlined as they should be. (useless info foryou)
- slinky0
sorry Bio, I am a DumbAss...
wish i could help.Methodic? Where, Where?
- finnpimp0
making it a projector adds some kind of downstripped flash player to your movie, which increases the file size with about 700k... so I don't think there's too much you can do.
Well, ok, try tweaking in the flash export settings (under the flash tab), that's the only place I know of where you can change the compression.
- Biofreak0
ah well, thanks fer the thought.
i checked the great and powerful methodic but there is no one there. they all seem to be sitting around ignoring me or away from their computers (i suspect the former)
anyone else? 4cY, i know youre out there man!
- toastie0
hmpf, i could have sworn that flash just embeds the wave file in it and you're responsible for the compression. But that might have been changed in MX.
hmpf.
- Biofreak0
thanks finnpimp.
i know that there has to be some way to do this though. the guy who did this before me has an exe that is 250kb and the sound is very shitty, so i know that he compressed it.
maybe if i tried using an older projector file. like version 4 or something? ya think that might help?
i need this file to be about the same as the original (255kb)
thoughts? curses? lesbians?
- finnpimp0
welps, I just tried exporting an empty flash file. stats:
swf : 1 kb
exe : 801 kbI don't know of any way to strip down the projector size, maybe the flash 4 one had fewer features etc. that needed to be included, hence being smaller in filesize?
hmm. *wrinkles forehead* probably.
- finnpimp0
...but if you don't have any v5 or mx specific functions you could export it as a flash 4?
- Biofreak0
mmm... i do appreciate the thoughts man.
guess i just need to find a copy of flash 4 now. damn damn damn damn.
- mrdobolina0
I noticed that the projector for MX makes files that are f'ing huge compared to say, flash 4. not much help but in full agreement lord bio.
Seeya in Bioland tonite.
- Biofreak0
word dobolina.
and finn, MX and v5 dont offer an option to make an executable with a lower version.
this file would work fine as a v4 swf/exe but the problem is that i dont have v4. i will try it on v5 when i go home tonite, but that is still a long way off and i need to have this done as quickly as i can.
thanks for all the comments guys. i appreciate it. =)
- finnpimp0
gah, changing versions in mx doesn't reduce the filesize.. so I guess you're just gonna have to look through those old and forgotten, dusty cardboard boxes filled with cd-roms containing what-not from the golden era of '97..
- mrdobolina0
bio, theoretically, you just need the old flash 4 player, correct? Because you can always save down in MX. lemme see what I can find.
- k0na_an0k0
yeah bio, finnpimp beat me to the post. i did the same thing and had the same results.
flash4 it is then... good luck.
- Biofreak0
thanks k0na.
dobolina, nah. the v4 player wont do me any good.
i'll have to get a copy of Flash 4 so i can save as an exe from there.
MX wont save an exe using a v4 player. it will only do it using a v6 player. this is my problem
i can easily ge the swf filesize where i want it, but just not the exe. dammit. arg!!!
- mrdobolina0
ok, but I would make my projectors right out of the version 4 player, goto file and 'create projector'
- Biofreak0
ill be damned! can you really do that from the flash player?
you've earned one big sloppy (mostly heterosexual) kiss. haha. now the problem of finding a flash 4 player. any ideas? i am off to search, but i'll be around here to see if you guys got ne ideas.
- toastie0
why do you need to make it so small, anyway? Just curious.
The projector exes were meant for CD presentations and stuff so they didnt bother with trying to keep the filesize minimal.
It has to embed the flash player into the executable, hence the size. I dont think that even F4 projector files are that much smaller.
- Biofreak0
boss wants to email this shit out.
needs to be an exe cuz he thinks no one can figure out how to work a swf file in an email.
i couldnt care less honestly. but i must do as the pressscious wishes... ... ... ...
- finnpimp0
don't people usually have antivirus progz that block out all executables? I mean, if you're mailing it out to a large audience, there's a good chance a whole lot of them will never get it.
just a thought..