Flash Reliability

[z1ppy]

Hi

I need to create a flash presentation for an exhibition stand. I plan to compile to a projector which would be run from a laptop to a plasma display for the entire day - non stop!! 3 days running!

I am slightly concerned that after a few hours the projector might start to crawl and slow down.

Any ideas? do you think i should explore another route? or should flash be fine for this kind of use?

I would really appreciate any advice anyone can offer.

p.s. using flash mx2004

[Trevor Harrison]

Hi

I need to create a flash presentation for an exhibition stand. I plan to compile to a projector which would be run from a laptop to a plasma display for the entire day - non stop!! 3 days running!

I am slightly concerned that after a few hours the projector might start to crawl and slow down.

Any ideas? do you think i should explore another route? or should flash be fine for this kind of use?

I would really appreciate any advice anyone can offer.

p.s. using flash mx2004


Well, I've got a flash app that runs for weeks. It doesn't do a lot of visual animations... mostly just NetConnections and audio xfers.

I do have to recover from connection failures though.

-Trevor

[senocular]

Id be more worried about the plasma display :p

[Trevor Harrison]

Hi

I need to create a flash presentation for an exhibition stand. I plan to compile to a projector which would be run from a laptop to a plasma display for the entire day - non stop!! 3 days running!

I am slightly concerned that after a few hours the projector might start to crawl and slow down.

Any ideas? do you think i should explore another route? or should flash be fine for this kind of use?

I would really appreciate any advice anyone can offer.

p.s. using flash mx2004

Also, make sure you don't have any memory leaks. For a GC env like flash's actionscript, that means don't have any circular references[1] between objects that will keep them in memory.

[1] This is all hand waving and theory on my part, from actual expierence with java's gc.

[z1ppy]

Thanks for the responses. The movie will contain loops on the timeline and i also need to have a mc loop for approx 5 minutes! Do you think this could cause problems?

Plus, whats the best way to time 5 minutes? Will checking getTimer do the job?

Again, all your help is massively appreciated. I'm a bit worried about this project considering its scale. Dont wanna screw this up.

Andy

[Trevor Harrison]

Thanks for the responses. The movie will contain loops on the timeline and i also need to have a mc loop for approx 5 minutes! Do you think this could cause problems?

Plus, whats the best way to time 5 minutes? Will checking getTimer do the job?

Again, all your help is massively appreciated. I'm a bit worried about this project considering its scale. Dont wanna screw this up.

Andy

I wouldn't worry about movie loops. I was talking more about having actionscript objects that point to other actionscript objects that point back to the first one....

Anyway, this is getting outside of my experience envelope... my app has hardly any multimedia in it.

-Trevor