Flash player quality setting

[salaam]

Does anyone know what determines how .swf files are displayed by default?
I have just see my animation on the 'Holiday Group Show' and my flash starts off in 'low' setting rather than 'high'.

Anas

[steve.ledger]

I think the quality setting is down to the HTML object embed code used on the page Anas.
eg:
<param name="quality" value="high"

► http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/127/tn_12701.html

Have a look at the source for the page where your SWF is shown, can you see the appropriate <object code?

[salaam]

Thanks Steve,
I can't find any reference to the quality in the page source code.
The other flash animations in Gary's Xara Xone 'Holiday Group Show' are set to 'High'.

Anas

[steve.ledger]

See the web master

[gwpriester]

I'll pass this along to him.

[gwpriester]

Anas - I just checked and your SWF is set for High Quality.

I wonder if the problems you are having are due to the fact that your file is over 1MB which is a bit heavy for a Flash file.

[steve.ledger]

No, size has little to do with it Gary.
I see the 35.js file where the flash params are held shows it's set to 'autohigh'
This is probably NoF trying to be right for all connection speeds.

// Begin jMedia Components
$(document).ready(
function() {
$("#Flash1").media({ width: 650, height: 320,
src: './winter-tree25.swf', flashVersion: '5,0,0,0',
autoplay: true,
params: { loop: 'true', quality: 'autohigh', scale: 'showall', salign: 't', wmode: 'window' }
});
});
// End jMedia Components


You could edit the 35.js and change 'autohigh' to 'high'

autohigh emphasizes playback speed and appearance equally at first but sacrifices appearance for playback speed if necessary. Playback begins with anti-aliasing turned on. If the actual frame rate drops below the specified frame rate, anti-aliasing is turned off to improve playback speed.

high favors appearance over playback speed and always applies anti-aliasing.

You can paste this to a .txt file then rename it 35.js

// Begin jMedia Components
$(document).ready(
function() {
$("#Flash1").media({ width: 650, height: 320,
src: './winter-tree25.swf', flashVersion: '5,0,0,0',
autoplay: true,
params: { loop: 'true', quality: 'high', scale: 'showall', salign: 't', wmode: 'window' }
});
});
// End jMedia Components


Of course, this may impact on viewers with slower connections speeds, but once loaded will show Anas' file in best quality.
.

[salaam]

Thanks Gary.
Thanks Steve.

This was important as I don't own a TV.