You are right DogWalker...this is why preloaders were invented. Flash movies (animation) start playing as soon as the first frame is downloaded completely, while the rest of the SWF file downloads in the background.
So, to answer your question, it could vary depending on your swf file. Nathan Mynarcik [email protected] 254.749.2525 www.mynarcik.com On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:01 PM, DogWalker <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't see that this can be entirely true. I placed a large swf > (30mb) on my web server, and when I download it, it starts playing > after a short delay while the cable modem is still actively > downloading the remainder of the file. > > On Jun 12, 5:17 pm, "X.Smalbil" <[email protected]> wrote: > > A flash file is a compiled file. Like a MP3 file... a Flash file is a > SWF > > file. It will start playing when it's done downloading. It will not > start > > streaming. > > A user will not wait for a large file. You can try this out for > yourself.. > > just dump a big file in a SWF and upload it buddy pall lover friend > player > > mate partner dancer wrestler gangster of mine. > > > > And remember your right to party !! > > > > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 12:50 AM, DogWalker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Q: With no preloader, at what point during a users download of a large > > > Flash swf file over the Internet does it actually start playing? Is > > > this a percentage of the full swf file size downloaded to the users > > > computer or is it a fixed number of bytes? > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "SWFObject" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> > <swfobject%[email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SWFObject" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en.
