# Frame rate problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-problem/64173>\
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**Created:** [September 13, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-problem/64173 "2004-09-13T21:26:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![alicethomas78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@alicethomas78](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alicethomas78)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-problem/64173/1 "2004-09-13T21:26:13Z")

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I created a short animation whose frame rate is 12 f/s. This animation is external flash file which is supposed to load into the main flash file.

The frame rate of main file is 20 frame /sec and my animations are 12  
frames / sec. Since the animations live inside the main, the main  
is over-riding animation. Is there a way to have the animation to have  
different frame rate and not skip frame when it plays?

Thank you in advance,  
Alice

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-problem/64173/2 "2004-09-13T21:33:54Z")

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i believe that can be achieved by placing your external movie on a different level than your main movie. when you load any movie into another, that movie’s characteristics take over. i am not sure though, i could be wrong.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-problem/64173/3 "2004-09-16T07:40:31Z")

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> [@maximum\_flash](#):
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> i believe that can be achieved by placing your external movie on a different level than your main movie. when you load any movie into another, that movie’s characteristics take over. i am not sure though, i could be wrong.

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You are right, a loaded .swf will run at the container movie’s frame rate.  
If container.swf (at 20 fps) loads whatever.swf (at 12 fps), whatever.swf will run at 20 fps.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-rate-problem/64173/4 "2004-09-16T12:12:44Z")

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so he’s not right :)… because no matter what level you load your swf into… it will run at the container’s fps 😉