Flash CS3 exports video differently than Flash 8?

[Mark2k]

I'm having trouble with exporting video with Flash CS3. Its seems like the method of conversion is different now. CS3 seems to be recording the video from playing the file - when I watch the video I see all the same slow downs and hickups I see in the SWF when there is a lot of activity.

I think, with v8, the software was transcoding one frame at a time, so there were no hiccups no matter what the activity. Anyone notice this too? Any solutions. I often make movies too complex because I expect it won't matter in the video, but that's not the case anymore.

[littledrew]

I'm experiencing the exact same problem. I think you're right, it seems to encode as the movie plays (like some generic screen capture)- all the glitchyness i get while previewing appears exactly the same in the exported video. I wonder if a jpeg/gif sequence is the way to go, but i have a feeling it'll export it the same way - just ending up with a different format...

[Mark2k]

I've also noticed just now that movie clips are played now, rather than static like they used to be - also pointing to a screen grab process. I know people have wanted to be able to have their MCs play in video, but not at the expense of performance.

[stoo]

I was very disappointed with CS3, I was expecting more video playback options such as mouseover reveal seekbars etc

[dan_hin]

stoo,
you know you could just make them yourself?
also there's an autohide skin option...

Dan

[stoo]

Autohide? How do you do this?

[dan_hin]

If you're using CS3 then all you have to do is open the component inspector with the flvplayback component selected, and change the skinAutoHide property from false to true.

I think you have to be publishing for AS2 and flash player 8+ in order for this to work though.

Dan

[stoo]

Cool, thanks loads, sounds easy!

[littledrew]

in regards to the original topic...

i found that dropping the frame rate (to like 5 or 10 fps) and then speeding it up later (after movie is exported) seems to do the trick. I still get a small amount of chopiness at 10, but 5 seemed better. I just sped up the playback in quicktime to test things....