Is there any way to stream an .swf file instead of making the site wait until the entire swf is loaded? A client i am working for wants a flash-based animation to open the site, but it is a big file. Was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for swf streaming?
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A:
Initially swf was designed for some streaming ( playing the content on the fly as available ), the trouble was that it wasn't designed for loading random part of the swf like a "proper" streaming video. so depending on what your swf is doing you can still stream it, and can use the framesLoaded property to figure out if the part you want to play is loaded and wait at regular checkpoint.
dvhh
2010-10-20 02:56:10
Mostly because there's no way to convert frames or duration into something that a range request can handle.
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2010-10-20 03:04:05