# Importing movie to flash **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 6, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-movie-to-flash/20214 "2003-05-06T14:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chukzulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba9def/32.png) [@chukzulu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chukzulu)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-movie-to-flash/20214/1 "2003-05-06T14:57:43Z")
folk, how you all doing? I have a .mov movie that I have imported into Flash MX and it is 8mb. When I import the movie into Flash and then export it, it’s still way too big weighnig in at 6.3mb. Is there a way of making the .swf any smaller at all?? Apreciate your help. chuk. :toad: ---
**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:** [May 6, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-movie-to-flash/20214/2 "2003-05-06T15:37:32Z")
Hey! yes u can, when u take it into flash it asks u to link it or embed it right, so go embed it. Then u can compress it using that program that comes up. reduce the scale and the quality a bit more, that should help. Other option is taking it into adobe after effects a editing program and u can import ur movie and render it again at a smaller compression such as sorenson video 3, that will bring it down a big chunk. =) ---
**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:** [May 7, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-movie-to-flash/20214/3 "2003-05-07T07:40:04Z")
Thanks Dave. I’ve done that in After effects and have managed to bring it down to about 1086k. Problem is now, it does’nt paly smoothly. It plays in a kind of jerky motion… Please have a look at the link below and tell me what you think… > **[Yahoo Small Business - Cheap Domains, Web Hosting, Website Builder, Ecommerce...](https://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/)** > > Yahoo Small Business Offers Cheap Domain Names, Web Hosting, Easy Website Builder, Business Email, Local Listings, and Ecommerce Solutions for Your Small Business. Do I need to add a preloader? Cheers… chuk ---
**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:** [May 7, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-movie-to-flash/20214/4 "2003-05-07T07:43:54Z")
This is a shot in the dark, but I believe a video file’s FPS is 30 so when you import it into flash, make sure the FPS is set to 30 as well. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2003, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-movie-to-flash/20214/5 "2003-05-07T09:02:49Z")
EG is right, this should sort it. The default fps on Flash movies is only 12. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-movie-to-flash/20214/6 "2003-05-08T16:50:31Z")
thats weird its never happened to me b4. I had a 80 meg movie, i took it to aftereffects, compressed it as a sorenson 3 brought it down to 15 megs or so. Then i took it to flash on 18fps and it worked fine, i also compressed it in flash bringing it to 6 megs or so, so i dnt know y u have that problem…sorry.