Why do alpha tweens move smoother in Flashplayer than browser

programming flash
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I just noticed the oddest thing.

when i play a flashanim in flashplayer (a tween setting something from 100 - 0 % alpha) it runs all smooth.

but when I play it in the f12 browser preview, it runs noticeably less smooth.

is this normal and why?

thanks :slight_smile:

anim written in flash5

player 5

browser Mx plugin

so…

2

that’s strange, mine goes choppy in the player then smooth in the browser…

Flash MX, flashplayer 6, ie 5.5

guess it’s all about the power of your processor.

3

Yeah processor power is it I believe.

Just like a movie runs slower when you have to download it to your cache first rather than run it straight off your system from the file.

4

and you have to think that in the browser its running through an embedded pluggin. As a standalone, its being played in an application specifically designed to play flash movies. (of course hardware accelerated projectors are a nice thing too)

heres something to check out also
http://www.swfxxl.de/
and
http://www.powerflasher.de

5

would there be some alternative which would run smoother in both player and browser?

6

Thanks for explaining that guys

Yesterday I was trying to get text to go with a sound file - well they were both the exact same length in frames but the sound was done waybefore the text was. But only in a browser. In the flash player it was perfect. On a 380 frame soundclip I had to make the text a 300 frame animation

weird…

7

use streaming sound for sync (streamed in the on the stage sense)