Re: FN-FORUM: Reloading Flash

date posted 18th January 2006 16:38

not really i was referring to the question has 10000 bandwidth been used.
however you could use a script that uses a cookie or something to decide
whether to point the browser to a local directory once it hads been
downloaded once!! If you are basically looking for more efficiaent use of
bandwidth.

AlsoYou html uses absolute referencing i noticed. So it absolutely loads
from the site ever time.

Hope this helps further

Peter

>From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Reply-To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Reloading Flash
>Date: 18 Jan 2006 16:59:24 -0000
>
>
>I think you read the question incorrectly Peter, I wasn't looking for a
>scientific calculation for bandwidth usage. More simply I am asking is
>the same flash file being loaded from the server everytime? I presume
>that every flash setup is different. I have a 700k flash file that
>streams in instantaneously on one domain and it has no detrimental effect
>on bandwidth.
>
>I'll give you an example
>www.bleubolt.co.uk/wear/default.php
>
>Hit the refresh or any other page and the header document containing the
>flash runs the preloader everytime!
>
>are we all saying that this incurrs no bandwidth becuase the cached file
>is executed? Bandwidth for this site has jumped nearly 100% since the
>'designer' put his flash up.
>
>Andrew
>
> >
> >
> > In response to...
> >> > >
> >> > > just to clarify something with flash, when a flash file does that
>1%
> >> -
> >>2%
> >> > > >>>>>>100% loading thing is it reloading the file everytime it goes
> >> > > thorugh this relaod process or is it just visual? If a 100k file
>is
> >> > > loaded 10 time has 10000k worth of bandwidth been used?
> >
> >
> > The transport layer is quite far removed and VERY indepentdent, from the
> > application layer, therefore download speeds have very little to do with
> > the
> > format or type of the file. IIf you consider a traffic tunnel, the
> > bandwidth
> > is the width of this tunnel, the speed limit upon the traffic is the
>rate
> > at
> > which the data flows...in short it is impossible to use anymore
>bandwidth
> > tahn is available to the slowest machine. In short you have only used
>that
> > ammount of bandwidth in the same sense as total man hours to complete a
> > task.
> >
> > hope this clarifys#
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >>From: Steve Rowe [EMAIL REMOVED]
> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> >>To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
> >>Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Reloading Flash
> >>Date: 18 Jan 2006 16:28:15 -0000
> >>
> >>
> >>On 18 Jan 2006 15:51:32 -0000, Tam Denholm [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> >> >
> >> > On 18 Jan 2006 15:46:03 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED]
> >> > [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > just to clarify something with flash, when a flash file does that
>1%
> >> -
> >>2%
> >> > > >>>>>>100% loading thing is it reloading the file everytime it goes
> >> > > thorugh this relaod process or is it just visual? If a 100k file
>is
> >> > > loaded 10 time has 10000k worth of bandwidth been used?
> >> >
> >> > I know nothing about flash but an educated guess would be that a
>100kb
> >> > file would take 100kb of bandwidth per download(give or take a few
> >> > kb), its just downloading the flash file to be played on your
> >> > computer.
> >> >
> >> > If your theory were true i doubt anyone would ever use flash.
> >> >
> >> > Tam
> >> > --
> >> > www.dreadlabs.com
> >>
> >>A browser loads the Flash movie from its cache if it's available.
> >>
> >>A preload routine in the first few frames of the movie is executed by
> >>the Flash player as it loads, typically looping over three frames and
> >>counting the number of bytes loaded into the Flash player and
> >>displaying it as percent/bytes loaded. When bytes loaded equals the
> >>size of the file it exits the loop and plays the rest of the movie.
> >>
> >>So If it's retrieved from the cache the preload routine will still be
> >>seen to execute but for a shorter time.
> >>
> >>Steve
> >>
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