.swf running slow on Mac

[marcus25]

A flash intro of mine runs very slow on a Mac. It runs normal on a PC, but when I open the SWF on a Mac it is way too slow. The Mac is a 700 mgz and 256 RAM, so speed is not an issue. Can anyone tell me why it is slower? thanks

[IsuckWithFlash]

well for some reason all swfs run slower on the mac side. apparently it has something to do with the way a mac handles graphics in flash. its something that us mac users have to deal with. but according to apple its fixed in osX so we will see.

[gerbick]

I wouldn't say so much it's how the graphics are being handled by the MacOS, moreso than I would say inefficient coding of the Flash 5 browser plugin.

for the ultimate slowness, try the *nix (unix, linux) versions...

[bgroves]

I've spoken to the flash support team, and they also try to blame it on the mac system rather than their own coding. I've made a frame counter to test out my own flash movies, and found that even a blank swf will run slower. At full speed the differences are as such: 30 = 20, 15 = 12, 40 =30, etc. Very strange, it's wasn't even a linear proportion. To combat this (on a prev project), i've made multiple versions of flash movies, one for each platform (mac/pc). An example of this is at http://www.control247.com ---> Tour. This is the only solution I've managed to figure out--obviously not a great one, but, what can ya do?

[IsuckWithFlash]

yea i talked to them too about and they suggested increasing your browser memory allocation to at least 20 mgs tried that and it does absalutly nothing.

[Adryanv]

Here is some adive I picked up from Azrael7la:

"It may seem strange, but...

Use 13, 21, 31, or 61 frames per second.

There is a bug in the Flash player for mac that slows it down for some stupid reason, but changing it to the above rates will match the speeds between macs and PCs."

I tried it and it worked! Now my flash movies play as smooth as it would be like on the PC.

Hope this helps

[bgroves]

Very sweet--I ran it through my fps counter with the movie set to 31 fps---and I was getting 30! Pretty sweet (though strange) work-around. Very good to know.


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[IsuckWithFlash]

good job man i think i learn something new on this site all the friggan time. here is one more.

[mfTalon]

I read about the strange fix for framerate (Use 13, 21, 31, or 61 frames per second.) also a while back. I use 21 fps all the time now but there still is a discrepency in playback. The mac is still slower, especially on complex animations, very dissapointing.

OSX thus far is even worse...

[Adryanv]

Yes, when things get complex it does slow down despite of the work around but hopfully this is a software glitch and the next version of the Flash Player/plug-in will fix this.

Through, for the moment I'm quite happy with the performance gain the work around gives me for my flash movies.