I created a flash "intro" (ponicawater.com). On my computer and on my sister's computer it works perfectly, but I receive some messages from people, trying to load the website unsuccessfully. Some of them see a little flash player icon in the top left corner, other see only the first frame, but it's inactive. What could be the reason for this happening and how to fix it?
I see 4 water bottles that move up when you mouse over them.
I think anyone trying to solve this problem needs more details.
What browser & OS did this happen on? Do they even have a current version of Flash Player installed?
I suspect they may be using an out-of-date Flash Player.
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I've been reading several articles on the web saying that Flash will no longer be supported. I'm a little bit confused about this: does it mean that Chrome / Firefox / IE etc will not run any Flash (swf) contents anymore? What happens with all the SWF files that are running at this very moment, will they stop showing?
I don't really know. I thought it meant they weren't going to update it anymore but hopefully, they don't stop using it because I have an entire website that runs off of flash.
I've been trying to replicate this effect apple has on their website. I have been able to do the stop & start effectively on scroll but the reverse playback is an issue.
I've searched and old solutions on the website point to a reverse video which i've done but given that apple has done it for both ipad air and mac pro, I am sure there is a new solution.
Do let me know if you have been able to figure it out. I checked the website, they only use one video.
Thank you so much.
Apple reference
Neat. So they have one big video file (named 'story.mp4') which contains all the transitions. Then have code that can ask the video to play from one point in the file to another point, rather than playing from start straight through to finish.
But you've figured out that much and you want to know how to play parts of the video in reverse? Perhaps this question and answer will help: Is it possible to play HTML5 video in reverse? According to that, it comes down to setting the media element's playbackRate to -1.
Very recently, after the latest Chrome update which includes Adobe Flash Player Version: 12.0.0.41, a flash app that's been running smoothly for years has begun to "hiccup" during one particular function.
Normal behavior - User logs in to app. App grabs some xml files then draws a calendar onscreen.
Hiccup behavior - User logs in to app. App grabs the xml files but feezes before executing the loadComplete function (according to trace). By freezes, I mean the little load spinner remains onscreen but stops spinning and the calendar doesn't appear onscreen.
Interesting/maddening notes - The mouse cursor responds as if the calendar has been drawn (arrow changes to pointer when mouse passes over an invisible calendar day) but according to my trace log the loadComplete and showCal functions haven't fired.
ALSO, any call to a function unfreezes the glitch (e.g. clicking an invisible calendar day, mousingOver a control button, etc. Anything that triggers a function.) and bam! everything's there and the trace log completes as it should.
As stated, this glitch only occurs in Chrome with the latest Flash Player update (12,0,0,41).
Installing the mozilla version of the flash player debugger (12,0,0,43) and instructing chrome to use it instead fixes the glitch, but using it in chrome opens up a whole new can of worms when it comes to flash player glitches (as is to be expected).
Maybe there's nothing I can do and it's just a fault with the latest Chrome flash player build, OR...
There's something fundamentally wrong with my code and Chrome's latest flash player is the only plugin that glitches on my "wrong" code?
I'll happily include some code snippets if someone is convinced my code is the problem but am leaving them off for now since this question is enormous. (you're a trooper for sticking with it)
I'm hoping someone else has experienced this or can at least explain it/fix it. Thanks in advance.
I'm seeing very similar symptoms on an application I work on Frankenscarf. All workarounds have been ineffective thus far. I can confirm it is specific to 12.0.0.41 Pepper Flash. I think you might need to wait for google to fix the lasted release...
I am also having problems with Flash 12.0.0.41 on YouTube, videos very laggy and dropping frames all the time even making the video stutter on 320p. I have disabled Chromes built in Flash player though Chrome://plugins, installed Chrome 11.7.700.260 and now have the videos running smoothly even at 1440p. Hopefully they will sort out the bugs soon.
I wasn't able to edit my original post...
UPDATE: I managed to get a workaround going. I set up a periodic timer (triggering every 500ms), that calls invalidateDisplayList() in my largest container. It is horrible, but it works....
I'm currently working on a flash game and, at least on my machine, the audio seems to lag by a fraction of a second in Chrome, but not in IE or FF. This isn't a huge deal, the game is still playable, but it's a little bit annoying. Is there anything I can do from a development standpoint to fix this issue or is it something the user would have to fix?
Edit: I've now tested it on two other machines and the same thing happened. The audio is delayed in chrome but not Firefox or IE.
Edit 2: I've also tried the same thing in a few popular games on Newgrounds to the same effect. Is this just something wrong with Chrome?
Edit 3: I tried lowering the bit rate of the audio from 44kHz to 22 and it didn't do anything to fix it. (It also sounded terrible, predictably)
Edit 4: To prove it's not a memory management problem I created a blank SWF that just plays an audio file on mouse click, it also has the lag issue. This is definitely not a Flash or AS3 isolated issue.
I have/had the same problem with Chrome.
if you go to: chrome://plugins (->details) and disable PepperFlash, then it runs smooth. Not sure if Pepper is the default for Chrome, or if its the particular version of flash we installed.
C:\Users\ [USERNAME] \AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\21.0.1180.75\PepperFlash\pepflashplayer.dll
I had an intermittent audio and then the video started to lag. The solution was two fold:
Re-install chrome.
Get the latest Adobe Flash Player.
I had to do both things for it work properly. To get the plugins type the following in chrome address bar: chrome://plugins
After you install the latest player you need to disable the older one.
Hope this resolves your problem as it did for me.
I'm setting up a website which ultimately displays videos. The video files are all .mpg and requirements prevent me from converting these to another format such as flv. So far I have been playing around with Windows Media Player but have found that it doesn't play nice with non IE browsers. The problem which arises is that although the video will play, it doesn't shrink itself to fit in the WMP container and so only the top corner is visible. This problem goes away if I download the np-mswmp plugin for Firefox however it is a manual install and I'd rather not leave it to the user. Once the Firefox plugin is installed, Chrome also plays the files correctly but I doubt that the average user would ever think to do this.
Is there a better way to embed .mpg files into a web page, an alternative player which doesn't require file conversion? I have had a play with Quicktime but it only ever shows a Q with a question mark imposed over it, even when I associate Quicktime with .mpeg files. Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks,
James
I'm sorry to say there isn't a good way to do cross-browser video without being able to force your users to install something. That is why every video site uses flash, since it's the nearest thing to a standard - but of course flash has some gaps in coverage, the most significant being iPhones.
Windows Media Player has only about 70% penetration and Internet Explorer somewhat less. By going this route you will end up with 1 in 3 users unable to view your videos.
Either bite the bullet and move to Flash as a video player or just give your users a download link. A download link is a very easy way to support almost every user, if you can do that.