Performance Problems

[xxblindchildxx]

Hey,
I just put together a quick thing for my portfolio while I work on a new version, I thought nothing of it until I looked at the same page on my pc and saw that the page is running extremely slowly.
The swf contains the following...
A png file which gives it it's shadow effect, two jpgs underneath which flicker slightly between each other. And the rest are all vector shapes.
The movies frame rate is 30fps, on my mac it plays at around 24-25 which is good enough, but on my pc the best I can get is 12fps in IE and 10fps in Firefox.
Is there anything I can do to optimise the movie? I have been playing around with bitmap caching, but I havent seen any effects.
If you have any information, advice, additional links, or readings, I would love to hear them.
Thanks
Ross

[sbongo]

from wat i read from books,bitmap are rendered faster then vectors because vectors need to be calculated.Hope this helps

[PAlexC]

How complicated are the vector shapes? Lots of detail? That can cause serious overhead in the movie.

If you're not changing the rotation, scale, or position of those vectors and publishing to FP8, you can stick them in a movieclip and check 'cache as bitmap' in the property inspector.

[xxblindchildxx]

Whoops,
Sorry I meant to include a link..
Its just the main swf there that is playing.
I had a mask there before, when I removed it the movie began to play at 30fps in flash player, which is optimum, but it had no effect when playing in a browser.
If you need anything more, let me know.
Ross

[xxblindchildxx]

Sorry to have to do this, but I really would like to find out more about why this is happening.
If anyone has any ideas please let me know.
Thanks
Ross

[xxblindchildxx]

Ok now I'm on an emac at uni and its only running at 7fps.
Why?
What are the rules for using images in flash? Obviously I am breaking one of them.
Thanks
Ross