Preloader help

1

ok this is my problem, most of the loaders ive learned have taught to load things as a whole, now altho i know theres a million ways to build a preloader. i want one that doesnt load the whole movie, i want one that loads maybe say half and then the movie starts to play. now i know this is easy (i already know how to build one) but okay this is what i want

i want it to load a certain % then start to play but with that said i need it to be also represented with a bar or numbers

eg

-----bytes_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());
bytes_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal());
getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
this.loadBar._width = getPercent100;
this.loadText = Math.round(getPercent100)+"%";
if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total) {
this.gotoAndPlay(3);
}---------

this loads the whole thing, i want it to load maybe 50% or 75% because i have video and all in my flash site and i want that to load separatly. if the movie loads all of it together, itll take forever.

should i load the movies and the gallery separatly to save load times or???

2

Is the video an essential part of your site? I mean, the user needs to watch it?
If its not, load it separatly, so the user dont have to download something he doesnt need.

3

I never ever used a Porloader in my Flash movies.

Only because most of my movies are below 50 kb.

4

i feel ya claud,

far as the vid goes yea it is important cause, its an entertainment site for a dj here in nyc so they want to have lil vid skits in there along with a big img library you know. but ill def do that, ill load it sep

5

aku type with full words its really irratating when you do that.

But anyways who off topic

6

lol , sometimes im in sucha hurry that if it sounds like a word then by god let it be one lol.

7

did you ever try that when you do the assigbning of variables for the getBytesLoaded/getBytesTotal*100 /.075 //75%, that way it reads the whole Total load into 75% complete so that way when it getBytesLoaded finishes, it’ll only be 75%…I’ve never tried it, just a thought

8

no i actually havent i i dont have a clus as to what you mean lol