2 Replies Latest reply: Oct 21, 2007 5:36 PM by skeeze RSS

    Why doesn't created swf progressively download?

    skeeze Community Member
      I thought I had the perfect solution by being able to post a flash created video on a web page, the output is even smart enough to break up the different timelines into separate .flv files but I don't understand why the content that is created doesn't have the ability to progressively or intelligently download the file if the bandwidth required isn't quite enough. It would be really nice if the .swf created that drives the playing of the flv files was smart enough to do a progressive download. Alternatively, if there was a way to play the created file through the Adobe Media Player and it had the intelligence that would also be acceptable. Is adobe planning on adding that capability in any fashion?

      Thanks in advance!
        • 1. Re: Why doesn't created swf progressively download?
          Joe Bowden Adobe Employee
          Encore's Flash export is a progressive download - maybe you meant streaming download? Encore doesn't support streaming download yet, but that also requires a streaming server (Flash Media Server) to host the FLV files.

          If that's not what you meant, then perhaps you meant a preloader? Encore doesn't create a preloader - if you want that, you'd need to create it in Flash, and then try to integrate it with the Encore Flash output.

          This is the first version of Encore (or any other DVD authoring tool for that matter) to offer Flash export. File a feature request for the tools that you need for it, and it's sure to improve from version to version.
          • 2. Re: Why doesn't created swf progressively download?
            skeeze Community Member
            Thanks, your clarification is correct, what I meant was a preloader since you can't always guarantee that the bandwidth is going to be available, thanks again for your reply. What would really be cool is if they would integrate in with their new web player so that people could "download" and play the content.