Movie Freezing Nothing Works!

[MOC-Productions]

I'v come to the conclusion that there is absolutle NO way to fix this. I've tried everything. If anyone else has ever had the following problem, PLEASE tell me if you were able to fix it and how...

I have a movie that is about 20 minutes in length. First I had problems with the sound (along with plenty of other problems), I was able to get around that by putting the sounds into movie clips within the scenes. There are about 10-12 scenes in the movie. When it gets to one of the last scenes, there is ALWAYS a certain point in the runtime where the frame of the movie freezes and the sound continues to play. I know why the sound keeps playing but I can NOT get the frames to continue on their own. What the hell is wrong with my flash???

What I've tried:

1: Debugging the movie = same result
2: Adding a preloader before the scene where the problem occurs = same result
3: Exporting the movie from a different computer = same result
4: copying the frames of the glitching scene and pasting them to the previous scene = same result

I have tried literally ANYTHING and EVERYTHING I can think of to get this to work and came up short every time. I worked INSANELY hard on this project for a long time and I refuse to let this problem get in the way of my releasing it.

Someon PLEASE help me! Your help will not go unnoticed I promise.

[Hoeloe]

Try putting _root.play(); on the frame it freezes at. If that doesn't work, come back.

[ReNaeNae]

At 8/16/08 03:41 PM, MOC-Productions wrote: I have a movie that is about 20 minutes in length.
Someon PLEASE help me!

How big (mb) is the .fla? Is it Flash 8 or CS3?

[MOC-Productions]

At 8/16/08 03:50 PM, Hoeloe wrote: Try putting _root.play(); on the frame it freezes at. If that doesn't work, come back.

I doubt that will work, but I'll try it. If not, any other suggestions?

[MOC-Productions]

At 8/16/08 03:54 PM, ReNaeNae wrote:

At 8/16/08 03:41 PM, MOC-Productions wrote: I have a movie that is about 20 minutes in length.
Someon PLEASE help me!

How big (mb) is the .fla? Is it Flash 8 or CS3?

fla=717 MB flash 8

[zrb]

At 8/16/08 03:57 PM, MOC-Productions wrote: fla=717 MB

Dear god what the heck is in that !

[ReNaeNae]

At 8/16/08 03:57 PM, MOC-Productions wrote: fla=717 MB flash 8

...dayum!!

Can you put the scene that's messing up into a new file? See if it works... if not... how big (mb) is it?

[MOC-Productions]

At 8/16/08 04:03 PM, ReNaeNae wrote:

At 8/16/08 03:57 PM, MOC-Productions wrote: fla=717 MB flash 8

...dayum!!

Can you put the scene that's messing up into a new file? See if it works... if not... how big (mb) is it?

I don't think it's necessarily the scene but rather the point in time in which it stops. Do you think maybe getting some of the unnecessary files in my library might help?

[ReNaeNae]

At 8/16/08 04:10 PM, MOC-Productions wrote: I don't think it's necessarily the scene but rather the point in time in which it stops. Do you think maybe getting some of the unnecessary files in my library might help?

It's good to get rid of stuff you're not using, but I doubt that would be causing your problem. You have to try to pinpoint the issue to be able to fix it. Did you try the scene in a new file? Did it play through? Or did it hang up? Sometimes symbols can get corrupt... sometimes tweens are too complex... ya gotta narrow it down, ya know?!

[zrb]

Have you tried to Save and compact your file ?

[MOC-Productions]

At 8/16/08 04:16 PM, zrb wrote: Have you tried to Save and compact your file ?

Thanks for all the suggestions. Unfortunately I have to go to work so I'll try them when I get home and let you guys know

[MOC-Productions]

Okay, so I looked online at various other websites to see if anyone else ran into this. I discovered that a single flash movie file can only run for 16000 frames, and I'm guessing thats right when mine stops working. The source that I found that from said that an .flv file would work better. I'm wondering if it will work if I export the movie as an flv? This raises two questions though. 1. How do I export a movie as an flv? and 2. Will an .flv post on newgrounds?

[Wolfears2]

Shove the next part in a new scene. At the very maximum, I heard flash can contain 16000 scenes of 16000 scenes. Why the huge filesize though?

[MOC-Productions]

At 8/17/08 12:44 PM, Wolfears2 wrote: Shove the next part in a new scene. At the very maximum, I heard flash can contain 16000 scenes of 16000 scenes. Why the huge filesize though?

Well I think the limit for a single flash movie can only be 16000 frames because the movie freezes at the same time no matter how i manipulate the scene. for instance, the scene that freezes, I cut it from the scene it was in, deleted the scene, and posted it in the previous scene. got the same result. I may just have to throw in the towel and split the movie, which really really sucks.

[ReNaeNae]

At 8/17/08 12:48 PM, MOC-Productions wrote: ...the scene that freezes, I cut it from the scene it was in, deleted the scene, and posted it in the previous scene. got the same result.

How many scenes do you have? Did you try it without the scene that freezes in there at all (assuming there are more after it)? 'cuz if that works, then you know it's an issue with that particular scene. And if that's the case... did you try my other suggestion of putting the scene that freezes in a new separate file (by itself) and testing that? Did it play through?

[MOC-Productions]

At 8/17/08 01:31 PM, ReNaeNae wrote:

At 8/17/08 12:48 PM, MOC-Productions wrote: ...the scene that freezes, I cut it from the scene it was in, deleted the scene, and posted it in the previous scene. got the same result.

How many scenes do you have? Did you try it without the scene that freezes in there at all (assuming there are more after it)? 'cuz if that works, then you know it's an issue with that particular scene. And if that's the case... did you try my other suggestion of putting the scene that freezes in a new separate file (by itself) and testing that? Did it play through?

Tried all of that. The problem is that flash player will only play 16000 frames, after that, it stops. I have no choice but to split the movie into two separate movies. Sucks. Thanks for all of your help though. I appreciate it. I hope you watch the movie and enjoy it when I release it tomorrow.