# Why do alpha tweens move smoother in Flashplayer than browser

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 21, 2003, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-do-alpha-tweens-move-smoother-in-flashplayer-than-browser/11707 "2003-01-21T08:51:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![ericinho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9dc877/32.png) [@ericinho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ericinho)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-do-alpha-tweens-move-smoother-in-flashplayer-than-browser/11707/1 "2003-01-21T08:51:12Z")

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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 🙂

anim written in flash5

player 5

browser Mx plugin

so…

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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:** [January 21, 2003, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-do-alpha-tweens-move-smoother-in-flashplayer-than-browser/11707/2 "2003-01-21T09:01:52Z")

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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.

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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:** [January 21, 2003, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-do-alpha-tweens-move-smoother-in-flashplayer-than-browser/11707/3 "2003-01-21T09:10:41Z")

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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.

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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:** [January 21, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-do-alpha-tweens-move-smoother-in-flashplayer-than-browser/11707/4 "2003-01-21T11:53:04Z")

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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/](http://www.swfxxl.de/)  
and  
[http://www.powerflasher.de](http://www.powerflasher.de)

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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:** [January 21, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-do-alpha-tweens-move-smoother-in-flashplayer-than-browser/11707/5 "2003-01-21T12:29:54Z")

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

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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:** [January 21, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-do-alpha-tweens-move-smoother-in-flashplayer-than-browser/11707/6 "2003-01-21T14:04:27Z")

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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…

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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:** [January 21, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-do-alpha-tweens-move-smoother-in-flashplayer-than-browser/11707/7 "2003-01-21T14:06:50Z")

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