0 Replies Latest reply: Jan 2, 2009 3:55 PM by matedobray RSS

    Help!! Flash CS3 and CS4 "Test Movie" very slow on OS X

    matedobray Community Member
      This is a problem that, having read many forums, affects a very large amount of people, though Adobe doesn't care at all. It only affects OS X users. I know that it has been addressed many times in different forums, but I never actually stumbled across anyone having found a solution.

      When I use Flash CS3, and I make any animation, even the simplest tween, and I preview it with Test Movie, the result I get is an extremely slow playback. Something like half the FPS it should be.

      However, when I export the SWF and preview it in the external Flash Player or in a browser, it's just fine and fast.

      Another interesting thing is that in CS3, when I open the Help panel, the problem with Test Movie only happens like 20% of the time. In that case, it only gets solved if I restart or Log Out at least. I have no idea why the Help panel being open solves the problem, this only shows that this is probably a little graphic user interface bug, or something similar, that could be solved very very easily.

      In Flash CS4, there is no Help panel, so there is no solution to the problem.

      It would be nice to be able to press Cmd + Enter to see the movie, and not have to do File > Export > bla bla bla, open Finder, Find the SWF, double click it, wait for the browser to open... etc...

      I have a brand new 2.5 GHz MacBook Pro, and Test Movie runs faster on my 900MHz Pentium III PC!! Funny...

      Here are some links I found about this problem:
      http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-878
      http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb407896
      http://www.kirupa.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-258991.html

      This is quite ridiculous, and on Adobe's Support page, the solution is "Do not use Test Movie."
      And the funny thing is that they didn't even bother to fix this in CS4...
      So basically if something doesn't work, Adobe's solution is "Don't use it."
      I guess they're right!

      Please, tell me if anyone has or does not have this problem or knows anything about it!
      Thanks,
      Mate