yeh, Tankmen was really terrific and way ahead of the pack. I'd just like to thank anyone who voted high on my Cuboy. Weekly 2nd is my PB to date. Cheers

i like having the categories. makes the reviewer feel like he's giving constructive feedback. i agree there shouldnt be a violence score. i feel graphics, animation, sound and most important of all "entertainment" should be there. i've seen a few flashes where nothings been individually that great... but its still been really entertaining... so yeah... thats what i think

hi there. got my answer on another forum. sorry bout double post but no one need reply now. thanks.

hi there,

i have a toggling sound on/off button on my website. its a MC with 2 frames with the first frame showing my sound ON image and frame 2 showing my sound OFF image. the MC contains the following code to operate:

on(release){
if(_root.globalvolume.getVolume() > 0){
_root.globalvolume.setVolume(0);
play();
} else {
_root.globalvolume.setVolume(100);
play();
}
}

there is a small script on entering the first scene of the website:

globalvolume = new Sound();

now the button works as in it turns the sound on and off.. hoorah... but i had a problem when the user choose to enter another section of the website (a new scene in flash)

when entering the new scene the sound button would show as expected... the first frame.. the sound ON image. so this was a problem if the user had switched the sound OFF while in the first scene.

so i added in a script to the first frame of the 2nd scene. shown as follows:

if(globalvolume >0){
_root.soundonoffbtn_mc.gotoAndStop (1);
}else{
_root.soundonoffbtn_mc.gotoAndStop(2);
}

My problem now is that when I enter scene 2 without touching the sound button (leaving it in its sound ON state) when scene 2 opens - ths sound button changes to the OFF image.

if i switch the sound OFF while in scene 1 and click to enter scene 2... the sound button stays in its OFF image.

am i going about things totally wrongly? can someone help me sort this out?

thanks dudes

thanks denvish boyo. i'm never too sure how to word these things. easy peasy. ta.

hi there newground helpfuls

i have a sound on/off toggle on my new site with the sound graphic mc toggling from 1 frame to another to show the relative 'mute' and 'unmute' images. the script turns the master volume of the swf to 0, or 100

the script works for turning the sound on and off fine but as my site is seperated into different scenes... if i toggle the sound graphic to MUTE and then go to a different section of the site (a different scene) the sound mc goes back to showing the first frame of the sound mc.. the UNMUTE image.

so i'm thinking i need to put a IF script on entering the frame of the new scene that reads something like:

if globalvolume >0
then show the first frame of the sound mc

if the globalvolume =0
then show the 2nd frame of the sound mc.

can someone help?

thanks guys.

At 11/21/05 08:33 AM, JonBro wrote:

:All of -Zef-'s MUSIC videos seem to have a larger file size than 4 megabytes, probably meaning the sound wasn't compressed.

u got ears? the music sounded heavily compressed. alot of graphics in that there movie.

i dont think that megaman collab shoulda won 2nd place.. very sad indeed. i enjoyed most of firths movie except for a couple of scene which went a bit too far for my liking.. but it was pretty good stuff.

any dodgy audio files u put in? flash doesnt handle audio very well sometimes.

start perhaps by using a more commonly used fps like 12,24 or 30
try timing yourself doing some moves... you got a stopwatch?
or better still... u got a video camera? record yourself doing some moves and play it back frame by frame.

you wont even have a batting average if you get those 3 flashes you want deleted, deleted. also... maybe you should go about getting your movies deleted using the proper procedure.

haha calderbank 1 is a classic of the day. is that randomly chosen? nice timing for submitting calderbank2 if so.

3 calderbank references on front page cant be bad (:

you're a 'popular artist' if u've submitted 3 or more movies i think? well done to xionic, just pipping my calderbank. i dropped from 4.1 to 3.98 in a couple of hours. odd. nvm.

nvm, it works this morning. i must been doing things wrong last night.

wah wah wah my audio goes out of sync, wah wah wah.

now heres the drill. my movie has multiple scenes in it. the audio is sync'd fine and dandy all streamed n stuff.

then scene 5 hits around the 4 minute mark.... scene 5 starts off out of sync and remains out of sync. the graphics are about half a second INFRONT of the audio.

when i test scene 5 solely everything is perfect. when i export the whole movie, scene 5 goes out of sync.

now i tried the solution "WESMAN_00" suggested. where he took the audio and placed it in a movie clip.. then placed the movie clip on the stages timeline.

this sounds like a good idea. and it seems to have help others. i just have 1 problem. i cant get the sound to play when i export the movie. i cant get sounds that have been place within movieclips to play on the stage. Am i making a school boy error? i've just never placed a sound in a movieclip b4 and had it sound from the stage.

god i wish flash was made well and could handle audio better. it really needs to sort the basics out!

thanks,

EdibleCastle.

wah wah wah my audio goes out of sync, wah wah wah.

now heres the drill. my movie has multiple scenes in it. the audio is sync'd fine and dandy all streamed n stuff.

then scene 5 hits around the 4 minute mark.... scene 5 starts off out of sync and remains out of sync. the graphics are about half a second INFRONT of the audio.

when i test scene 5 solely everything is perfect. when i export the whole movie, scene 5 goes out of sync.

now i tried the solution "WESMAN_00" suggested. where he took the audio and placed it in a movie clip.. then placed the movie clip on the stages timeline.

this sounds like a good idea. and it seems to have help others. i just have 1 problem. i cant get the sound to play when i export the movie. or infact run it in flash or test it. am i making a school boy error? i've just never placed a sound in a movieclip b4 and had it sound from the stage.

i know this question has been asked hundreds of times b4. please dont be too exasperated. I just need the help. really i do.

god i wish flash was made well and could handle audio better. it really needs to sort the basics out!

thanks,

EdibleCastle.

think maybe daily 3rd shoulda got a better score. salad fingers was an odds on to get 1st, but i preferred some of the other eps over this new one.

daily2nd was freakin boring unoriginal. as was daily 5th.

and even though daily 4th was pretty unoriginal too, it was so badly made it made me chuckle a few times.

hey there, how ya doing? u alright there? good.

whats the best way to keep swf size down when using jpegs in the flash file? to import them in at low quality initially?

i will be using some jpegs in my next animation and want to know more about this b4 i start..

4 a test i imported a jpeg and exported the movie at different JPEG qualities..... but this didnt affect the file size at all? whats the deal? any help? thanks there.

Will.

yeah... i'm pretty sure i wouldnt enjoy it.

you can draw really really well in 'real life' - you mean pencil and paper sorta thing right? i find it hard to believe that you cant transfer some of that awesome talent you have onto the computer screen. not just a tiny bit? if you really find it that hard ("once every million attempts") then maybe invest in a scanner..... and scan drawings in to manipulate onscreen... Or like some else said... buy a cheap wacom tablet.... some find them awkward to use though.
or perhaps you might be loaded.... if i was wealthy... i'd buy this beauty - Wacom Cintiq 21UX

sometimes an .MP3 is smaller.... sometimes a .WAV is... it all depends on the size of bitrate on the .mp3, and the size of the sample rate and sample size on the .WAV.

but if i took a song... and converted it to a high quality .mp3 (320kbps) its file size will be larger than if i were to take the same song and convert it to a low quality .wav file (8KHz, 8bit)

but of course the .wav version in this case sounds terrible whereas i cant tell the difference bewteen the new .mp3 version and the original (which was a 44Khz 24bit .aif file format.)

i cant comment on the video side of things.... but if u're after low quality sound recordings you're on the right track.

personally if i was to make a really similar character to one that already excisted then i'd be pissed off and scrap the idea. but thats just me.

i struggle to find time to animate flash, i'm often too tired after work when i come home at 7. and weekends are tied up visiting the girlfriend. so yeah... last time i made an animation it took a few months to complete ):

i also have serious problems with my motivation levels.

so a few nights a week i have to force myself to do some after work - not the best way to work.

i also have that problem but only with wavs.

At 5/2/05 08:15 AM, smithead123 wrote: Where can i get a good, free audio compressor, that compresses mp3's or converts them so they are much smaller files and they keep thier quality

mp3's are already compressed files that do great at retaining their quality.... but u can always lower their bitrate... but the quality WILL drop.

if the song or sfx doesnt need to be in stereo i'd suggest converting it to mono... this will half the file size. try iTunes perhaps.

save up your money and get a half decent mic for your voice recording needs.

http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/...p;product_id=2022&r=google

can quicktime open swfs? if it can.. use it to convert to mov i guess.

4 years.. and thats the final product? ):

u need to learn about basic human movement... watch some animation tutorials or by a good animation for beginners book.

if u miss the ducks they fly up.... and..... die? hmmm what? thats a shame...poor ducks....

um, then you cant record voice into your comp.