Flash video stutters when using DW's player

I'm banging my head against the wall with this one. I want to add video to my
site using Dreamweavers player. But, the video stutters during playback. This
is not an occasional hang up, it seems to only play every other frame or so.

This problem has nothing to do with bandwidth or computer speed. This problem
occures when played back locally, AND DOES NOT HAPPEN with another player. The
problem is I do not want to use another player. I add a lot of video for
clients and I love how easy it is to do that with Dreamweaver.

Here are samples using the same video file, only different PLAYERS:
http://bobbywarns.com/viewvideo.html
http://bobbywarns.com//video/viewvideo.html

Please help.

http://bobbywarns.com/FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf = 9 KB

http://bobbywarns.com//video/flvplayer.swf = 33 KB

Using FF3 on Win XP with Flash player 9. My download speed is: 2.31 Mbps so
I didn't experience stops or stutters on either player. Although the second
player's video is sharper.


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On the problem page, pay special attention to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th scene as
the camera moves. There is clearly a difference between the two players.

I'm not sure how one could have a clearer or sharper picture. They both point
to the same video file.

Rugardless, any suggestions why the Adobe player has issues?

Darrell

Darrell110 posted in macromedia.dreamweaver

problem is I do not want to use another player. I add a lot of
video for clients and I love how easy it is to do that with
Dreamweaver.

I don't see any evidence that you used Dreamweaver to insert the
player. Normally, when you insert Flash with Dreamweaver, it inserts
code I can readily identify. Did you use GoLive?

The pages you show are consipicuously missing the <object> code and
the JavaScript that DW uses.

And I don't see any differences in the players. The pages both link to
files named flvplayer.swf (in different folders) with the same look and
the same file size. I am late in this thread, so maybe I missed the
boat.

Anyway, I don't know if this would make a difference with that player,
but one page uses a relative link to the .flv, while the other page
uses an absolute link, including http://. See if changing that one to a
relative link helps.

I only watched about a minute from both pages and, although 872 Kpbs
for the video track is VERY high, I did not see any glitches.

(Did you mean to use two slashes in the second link?)

Here are samples using the same video file, only different
PLAYERS: http://bobbywarns.com/viewvideo.html
http://bobbywarns.com//video/viewvideo.html

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I feel your pain. I asked a similar question a month or so ago and I got the
impression people didn't quite understand (or see) the stuttering I clealry saw.

I never had a problem with DWCS3 and inserting FLV files. Did it loads of
times and never had a problem. However, when I upgraded to CS4, I experienced
(still do) FLV integration problems with stuttering. Even going back to CS3 on
the same machine seems to cause the same problem now (despite never having a
problem before).

My solution was to use SWF rather than FLV and that works just fine.

Good luck.

I'm curious... why would I not be able to see either of these playing? Or
rather nothing from the first but a blank screen, and only the funky little
"timer" flashing around and around and...

I've got Windows XP Professional and the current version of Explorer.

Thoughts...

Thanks

Very sorry - the above links no longer show the problem. I am now using a
different play to show the video so the problem can no longer be seen. I'll
try and post new links to show the problem...

Darrell

Okay, I have edited the links in the first message to once again show the
problem.

This page is using a different player and the video is fine:
http://bobbywarns.com/viewvideo.html

This page is using the player in DW. Notice how it looks like it is only
showing every other frame? Watch closely during pans and other moves. You can
notice it by the 4th scene:
http://bobbywarns.com/problem.html

Thanks for correcting the links... can see them both now & I do notice the pausing.

Darrell110 posted in macromedia.dreamweaver

Okay, I have edited the links in the first message to once again
show the problem.

This page is using a different player and the video is fine:
http://bobbywarns.com/viewvideo.html

This page is using the player in DW. Notice how it looks like it
is only
showing every other frame? Watch closely during pans and other
moves. You can notice it by the 4th scene:
http://bobbywarns.com/problem.html

There is a marked difference!

Pure conjecture here, but I'm guessing that DW's Progressive_player.swf
may be polling/parsing more data from the "stream" than the custom
player. If you need to keep your videos at those throughput rates, then
I think you've made the right choice in using the custom player.

And you've thoughtfully provided a lower bandwidth version for those
that may need it.


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