Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Checking if a Function Exists

2008-10-29 Thread Ian Thomas
Thanks for the tip, Steven - any info as to why? If the error is thrown, the function returns; if it isn't thrown, the function returns. Is this just 'good practice' - if so, instead of blindly following dogma, I'd like a little insight as to _why_ it's good practice? (I've had issues like this in

Re: [Flashcoders] h264 video looks blurry/crappy in flash

2008-10-29 Thread Søren Christensen
the aspect is 1:1 If i playback a flv (on2 VP6) everything looks as it should. I even tried some videos from apple.com/trailes - at first i thought they where played back perfectly. But after a few replays i could see some enhanced compression artifacts especiallly in the reds compared to

Re: [Flashcoders] h264 video looks blurry/crappy in flash

2008-10-29 Thread Cedric Muller
What if you encode your video directly with the Flash Video Encoder ? cedric the aspect is 1:1 If i playback a flv (on2 VP6) everything looks as it should. I even tried some videos from apple.com/trailes - at first i thought they where played back perfectly. But after a few replays i coul

[Flashcoders] ps3 fp9 features

2008-10-29 Thread Søren Christensen
Does anybody have acces to or know where to find a detailed overview of the FP9 for the PS3? I have a hard time finding any useable information :-/ Cheers, >B) Søren MOTION & INTERACTIVITY dslnc studio - www.desilence.net +34 93 268 0953 / +34 61 555 9963 (mobile)

Re: [Flashcoders] h264 video looks blurry/crappy in flash

2008-10-29 Thread Søren Christensen
I will give it a try But I find the flash video encoder very basic. Not the best place to finetune the bitrate/quality balance. Cheers, >B) Søren MOTION & INTERACTIVITY dslnc studio - www.desilence.net +34 93 268 0953 / +34 61 555 9963 (mobile) On Oct 29, 2008, at 1

[Flashcoders] OT: smoothd.com

2008-10-29 Thread Meinte van't Kruis
has anyone checked out http://www.smoothhd.com/ seems pretty cool, here's the description; SmoothHD.com is an early glimpse of cutting edge new technology from Microsoft and Akamai that will raise the bar on the consumer video experience. SmoothHD.com is powered by Microsoft Internet Informatio

[Flashcoders] Bitmap distorting during pan

2008-10-29 Thread Matt Muller
Hi, I am panning a bitmap around on mouse position. It is distorting a bit when this happens. i.e there are some lines which run through it. Does anyone know how to stop this from happening? cheers, MaTT ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyf

Re: [Flashcoders] Bitmap distorting during pan

2008-10-29 Thread Fabio Pinatti
copy the loaded image content with bitmapdata and smoothing = true to another movieclip. Or if it's in timeline, check "allow bitmap smoothing" in properties, from library. Best, Pinatti On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Matt Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi, I am panning a bitmap around on

Re: [Flashcoders] Bitmap distorting during pan

2008-10-29 Thread Matt Muller
Thanks, I have already tried allow bitmaps smoothing as it is on the stage already and this doesnt work. Any other ideas? cheers, MaTT On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Fabio Pinatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > copy the loaded image content with bitmapdata and smoothing = true to > another mov

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: smoothd.com

2008-10-29 Thread Jiri Heitlager
Nice Meinte van't Kruis wrote: has anyone checked out http://www.smoothhd.com/ seems pretty cool, here's the description; SmoothHD.com is an early glimpse of cutting edge new technology from Microsoft and Akamai that will raise the bar on the consumer video experience. SmoothHD.com is powere

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: smoothd.com

2008-10-29 Thread Jason Lutes
Still not as good as the technology and ideas from http://www.movenetworks.com/. (Technology and ideas pioneered by MoveNetworks and copied/borrowed/stolen by others, without getting too political about it. Lol!) - Jason Jiri Heitlager wrote: Nice Meinte van't Kruis wrote: has anyone che

[Flashcoders] FocusManager in External SWF

2008-10-29 Thread Daniel Boey
Hi people, I was able to get FocusManager to work properly in let's call it, SWF B. But when I load SWF B into SWF A, I get an error, TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at fl.managers::FocusManager/activate() at fl.managers::FocusManager

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: smoothd.com

2008-10-29 Thread Carl Welch
I refuse to install MS Silverlight as a matter of principle. On Oct 29, 2008, at 5:30 AM, Meinte van't Kruis wrote: has anyone checked out http://www.smoothhd.com/ seems pretty cool, here's the description; SmoothHD.com is an early glimpse of cutting edge new technology from Microsoft and A

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: smoothd.com

2008-10-29 Thread Meinte van't Kruis
I'm not sure wether this is about silverlight/microsoft bloebloeblabla, I'd like to see something like this made in fms / flash one day (or is there a reason why no one really wants to be bothered with fms, unless it is to prevent ripping) On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Carl Welch <[EMAIL PROTEC

[Flashcoders] Rotating device text in AS3 for Flash 10

2008-10-29 Thread Zeh Fernando
List, you're my last resort. Has anyone ran into any way of rotating textfields that use 'device' fonts in Flash 10? Other than making a BitmapData copy and using that instead, that is. I'm not sure this is at all possible now, but with so many changes to the way text works, I'm having a hard tim

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Checking if a Function Exists

2008-10-29 Thread Steven Sacks
There's a bug if you return in a try or catch (maybe it's just catch). Colin Moock mentions it in his AS3 book. I personally think it's cleaner to return after a try catch because try catch is not an if else and really shouldn't be treated as such, but that might be because I have avoided retu

[Flashcoders] FocusManager in External SWF

2008-10-29 Thread Daniel Boey
Hey people, Light please? -- Forwarded message -- From: Daniel Boey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:30 PM Subject: FocusManager in External SWF To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Hi people, I was able to get FocusManager to work properly in let's call it, S