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Re: FN-FORUM: Reloading Flash
date posted 18th January 2006 17:53
you welcome bud
>From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
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>To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Reloading Flash
>Date: 18 Jan 2006 17:42:36 -0000
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>
>I tried explaining this to the deisgner/developer last year when the
>bandwidth exploded and he refused to accept the file was loading
>everytime, oh well. I simply couldn't be bothered to argue.
>
>Thanks for the feedback.
>
>Andrew
>
>
> >
> > 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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