Quote from: LeekClock;1333465Clock Day Preloader Contest

We're also looking for an official Clock Day preloader! Today marks the start of our Clockday 08 Preloader contest.

Keep in mind, the preloader ought to be appropriate for all movies - i.e., it should be easy to apply to a flash of any width/height; it shouldn't have a massive file size; it shouldn't have so much animation that someone whose movie is at 13 fps will not see the same preloader as someone whose movie is at 30...

The winner's preloader will be distrubuted for all clocks to use on Clock Day, and the creator will also receive a free Clock Crew email account (powered by gmail), e.g. olskoo@clockcrew.cc (you could also just forward mail from that address to an existing email account of yours).

To enter the contest, post a preview (swf) and the actual fla (host it in the cc file library) in this thread. The deadline is July 20th.

The winner will be chosen by popular vote.

Only a month left people! If you need help programming over have an unconventional preloaded idea, you can enlist my aid or you can visit Actionscript Academy 5 for a preloader tutorial.

I've been thinking about this... Not that I really have time to make a pre-loader right now, but...

Someone needs to make a flash movie preloader that autoplays by checking the file size, frame count, and estimates a buffer period.

In other words, I'm tired of hitting the Play button... and I'm also tired of waiting several seconds for the flash to load (when it autoplays after the whole flash is loaded). The file sizes are much smaller than youtube videos, so why can't we begin playing instantly like they do? With a little calculation this should be fairly simple. Sure there are frames that require more filespace than others, but we can compensate for that by estimating say 20% over requirement for a safe buffer.

I understand that this would require users to publish with "bottom-up" loading settings, but that is the default right?

Streaming ability isn't always a good thing. FLV and SWF are totally different in the way they load. I COULD program it to do that, however, it might not always work since not everything loads sequentially.

Quote from: RomanClock;1340233Streaming ability isn't always a good thing. FLV and SWF are totally different in the way they load. I COULD program it to do that, however, it might not always work since not everything loads sequentially.

All animation-type flash loads fairly sequentially by frames, when published properly, granted each frame may have different bandwidth requirements... It is possible to test current download speed, determine average bandwidth per frame requirements, estimate a buffer percentage, and play when necessary.

If you want to get fancy, you could have it take optional input from the flash maker to customize it to require a higher over-percentage of buffer, for flashes that do not load sequentially or are heavily lopsided (like most poorly made spam flash).

sounds like a mountain of work just because you don't like pushing a fucking button

Quote from: DigitalLemonClock;1340304sounds like a mountain of work just because you don't like pushing a fucking button

fuck you.

in the nose man.

sorry man

but fuck dat shit

Quote from: DigitalLemonClock;1340307but fuck dat shit

I shit on your grave man.

Flash is generated completly different then most web mediums..

Thats why its hard to .. how do you say, reverse a flash animation.

See, when you grab an SWF file 2 things happen.

1) Is this being played?
2) Is this being loaded for editting?

If 1 is the option, IE being played in the browser.. it works alot like a torrent file. It loads the first byte, or the first 5-10 frames, then loads the checksum of the file, IE the last 5-10 frames. Then it starts building everything in between.

Sometimes it pieces it from middle out, sometimes its the first 1/3 then the 3/3 then the 2/3 of the file.

One thing is for certain, Flash always loads this order:

Scripts;
Images;*jpeg*Png*gif* anything not rastered
Drawings;
Sound;
Then debug.

basically, thats why your left with: Is frame loaded? then it does a continous check to see if frame value 1 - xxx that you said is it loaded.. is well, loaded.

Quote from: Deep Blue;1340173I've been thinking about this... Not that I really have time to make a pre-loader right now, but

The Void III

Quote from: DNAClock;1340330The Void III

FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!

Quote from: Deep Blue;1340334FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!

Quote from: Deep Blue;1340334FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!

That's a "Yes, I'm on it"?

Quote from: DigitalLemonClock;1340307but fuck dat shit

I'll get my gang.

GET ON THIS!!!

Reminding you

I want that email address to add to my collection of BlueHippo

• email addresses that forward to my gmail :[

TOO BAD I'M ULTRA BUSY AS FUCK.

Once again I fail as a clock.

letz collaborate roman

if it says paly instead of play i will not use it.