Flash :: Loss In Sound Quality

Possible Loss Of Quality
if i create a movie that is 100 pixels by 75 pixels, and i import a .jpg as a graphic... when i view this movie full screen, will the picture suffer from poor quality, or does the fact that flash uses vector graphics help maintain the picture quality?

Jpg Quality Loss
I creating a simple photo site that dynamically loads jpg's through loadMovie and my problem is flash seems to be recompressing my jpgs and I'm getting some pretty unacceptable quality loss ( banding, artifacting).

I didn't notice this last night at home (using MX) but I noticed it today at work using MX 2004.

If I just load the jpg straight into the browser it is acceptable but if I load the same jpg with flash in a browser the quality degrades.

Is this normal? Can I make it so Flash doesn't recompress my files?

hers's he simple code I'm using:

Code:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder", 1);
holder.loadMovie("photos/"+(--num)+".jpg", 4);

Player quality settings are on high.

Site can be viewed here, the second bird shot or the plane shot are perfect examples

http://s89995399.onlinehome.us/

bird:

http://s89995399.onlinehome.us/photos/17.jpg

plane:

http://s89995399.onlinehome.us/photos/9.jpg

WMV To FLV Without Quality Loss
is there anyway to convert a WMV movie to a FLV file with out loosing video quality ?

Button Quality Loss
When I import a transparent image (both GIF and PNG) they look perfectly fine when I test them. However, when I make a button and place these together as a button (up, over down, hilt), the images suffer quality loss. I've explored all my options and I don't know how I can preserve the quality.

Quality Loss When Importing
When I import a file that I have saved with photoshop (as any file format) I loose quality and the pictures look lighter in color. What am I doing wrong?

Kris Murray

Loss Of Audio Quality
Some of my users complains that while viewing the live streaming of my application, the audio quality deteroriates over time. The audio tends to sounds jerky for a while and then the audio is completely lost. This happens when the video quality remains constantly acceptable, hence I don't think its a internet connection issue.
I am encoding my audio at 11025Hz and 20kbps. I wonder if anyone has encountered a similar problem or has a solution to this. Thanks!

Multipointing Quality Loss
I have setup two servers and have server to server streams going. When a user publishes a stream a netconnection is opened to the second server and once "NetConnection.Connect.Success" is received the netstream is created and then stream via Stream.get(name) is attached and publish. This works fine, the quality is the same on the second server.

The issue is when the netconnection is lost to the second server, and then reconnected. I setup the netstream the same way as when the netconnection first connected, however the quality after reconnecting is not the same.

Has anyone experienced anything like this? What would some possible causes of quality loss from server to server be? I am using the admin console to sample the streams.

Is There A Loss In Movie Quality When ....
Do you lose quality or processor speed when you load the movie to be played into a parent movie? Like, if the child movie is very processor-demanding would you lose quality just because it is not a single SWF, but an SWF calling another SWF into itself?

Because I have tried this out and the child movie seems to be choppier than when I run it by itself. Also, kind've off the subject, why does flash not detect the same fonts Photoshop does? Is there any way to control what fonts Flash sees?

Thanks you guys! I'm a lurker here but I knew this would be the right place to ask about technical flash stuff.

Horrible Loss Of Quality T_T
Whats wrong? everything was fine as you can see here in the preview mode in Flash MX:
http://free.hostultra.com/~zero25x/image.html
(the lines in the back look a little messed cuz i saved the screenshot in paint, but it looks clearer)

Now look what happens when i upload the SWF:
http://free.hostultra.com/~zero25x/site.html
(also in the preview, the preloaders borders dont look so messed up, but in the uploaded version they do)

Here are the image files im importing into the flash since they were requested:
http://free.hostultra.com/~zero25x/others.html

EDIT: Changed the links, so no more exeeded bandwidth

Edit #2: nvm fixed, u can click em now. gay host >_<

Sudden Quality Loss
Been working on this site for the last three weeks and all was going well when...I preview (as I had done before) and all my JPGs are appearing at medium or low quality.

Now here's the thing: if I right click while previewing, to pull up the contextual menu, and select "High Quality", they go back to looking great. WTF?? It's like I hit some switch that auto publishes images at a lower quality. Is that possible?

Any help much abliged.
gR

Loss Of Quality Of External Swf
hi

I get a loss of Quality of my external swf. When i run the swf file on its own the quality is as it should be, when i load this swf in a mc it losses it's quality what im i doing wrong.

thanks in advance

BMP Quality Loss In Motion Tween?
When I put an image in my flash (mx) file it's perfectly clear. But as soon as I use that same image in a motion tween, it's suddenly all smuthered and low quality.
I already checked some publish settings and it seems all is set well ("no loss", 100% export quality, etc.).

Can anyone tell me what could be wrong?
Thanks.

ROK.

[F8] Loss Of Quality Between Illustrator And Flas
Hi there guys - dunno if this is a common problem but I've just done a live trace on a photo in illustrator(cs2) and exported it as a swf, but when I open it in flash its full of little holes like its been perforated - same as an AI file - also the pictures I make in illu and photoshop are much duller in colour when opened in flash even when I make them in RGB - is this because the colour mode in flash on a different setting? how do you change it?
nice1 peeps - D

Scale Sprite Without Quality Loss
Hi.

I'm trying to make a menu that has a rounded rectangle as background. I'm using a sprite and the Graphics.drawRoundedRect method to draw this. The width of the rounded rectangle (it's actually a sub menu) depends on which choice is selected from a parent menu, and I want to animate the resetting of the width with an enterFrame event handler. I'm currently using the .width-property of the sprite, but this way the rounded corners of the rounded rectangle don't stay fixed, instead they are dragged out. Is there any way to resize a rounded rectangle and having the corners stay unaffected?

Hope this was understandable.

Henrik

[CS3] Exporting GIF (image Quality Loss)
I've made a little gif file in flash, when i preview it (swf), it looks just like what i want, but when i export/publish it as GIF, it doesn't look the same as what i want.

here's the GIF file.

i'm not very good at using the settings for the GIF. can anyone please help me with this problem? i want the GIF to be exactly like what i see in the SWF.

Strange Quality Loss After Publishing?
I created a page layout in Photoshop CS2 and imported it into Flash CS3. The layout looks crisp and clean in the Flash work area, but when I publish it, it's fuzzy? Even when the Jpeg Quality is set to 100%? Anyone else having this problem? This is the first time I've had this problem, so I'm not sure if it's a problem with Flash or Photoshop.

Image Quality Loss When Scaling DOWN
Im scaling from an image size of about 640x480 to something around 188x134 I can't remeber if those are the exact dimensions but they are poprotionate to the original image size however the lines in the image look more pixilated and boxy in flash, but in photoshop they look fine. Is there something I am doing wrong?

Image Quality Loss When Rotating
Anybody knows why it happens and if there is a way to fix that? When I rotate my imported image, the quality really suffers.

Jpeg Quality Loss When Using LoadMovie
I have a jpeg inside a movie clip which moves around and stuff. I've already compressed it using photoshop to make it as small as possible. It looks good in the .swf file when published.

However, when this same swf is loaded into another movie using loadMovie the there is a loss in quality.

I have set the publish settings for both files to best. In the library I have set the quality for the image file to best also.

What else can i try?

Jpeg, Any Bitmap, Import Quality Loss?
i know this has been asked about a million times and i have read the replys but now i cant find any of the threads - i have tried every diffrent file format possible but everytime i import an image into flash it gets lighter, noticeibly. i have embedded color profiles, saved at max quality, what is the trick to maintaining the quality/color of my images?

Bitmap Downsized -> Huge Quality Loss
Hi,

i have checked similar threads on this forum but don't really find a solution for my problem :

I have a bitmap of 1024x768 that i would like to rescale to 96x72. (so the ratio stays the same)
I've tried to put it in an mc and then resizing that mc to the smaller value, but the result is really poor. I recognise the bitmap, but it's really distorted.

But if i right click the stage and select 'zoom in' , it shows that the bitmap is still smooth.

does anybody know how i could make that smaller bitmap smoother?

thanks

Quality Loss In Loading External Movies
Hi,
I am loading external swf files in my main.swf, while doing so i'm experiencing a loss in quality of images or text in the loaded swf file. Any suggestions for getting around it ?

How To Resize Image To Full Screen Without Loss Of Quality?
How to resize a photo to full screen, irrespective of the user's screen resolution, and still keep the photo's quality crisp and sharp.

Look at this web site, the photos are full screen and the quality is perfect, and it doesn’t matter what screen resolution you have:
http://www.brook-pifer.com/

Loss Of Sound In MX
I am running a fairly large flash mx fruit machine simulation program as a windows application. Every spin of the reels I create a new Sound() object,
attach the spin sound and start it, then stop it when the reels stop.
There are also a feew other sounds for holds etc. which happen frequently.
I have tried for days to fix this problem, but after a number of spins the sound distorts and then disappears completely. Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this. Your help would be most appreciated, thanks.

Sound Loss
For some reason when I embed a quicktime movie in a flash swf when I publish it I lose the audio track does anybody know why?

Loading Movie = Loss Of Sound
Hi Flash Gurus,

I have a movie that initializes several sounds on the first frame using actionscript so they can be called later in the movie.

It all works fine stand alone - sounds play when I call them in the movie. However, when I load this movie on level 3 from another movie, the sounds don't work at all.

Here's how I initialize the sounds:

_root.myBeep = new Sound();
_root.myBeep.attachSound("beep");

And then I call them later in the movie like so:

_root.myBeep.start(0,1);

So, again, it all works when i view the movie by itself, but if I load in onto another movie, I don't hear a sound.

I'm using FlashMX but exporting as Flash5.

Thanks for any help!!
[Edited by bread_man on 05-14-2002 at 11:26 AM]

Loss Of Sound When Importing Quicktime
I use flash mx 2004, and i have quicktime 6.5 installed. when i import a quicktime movie it works all fine, except i get no sound.

does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

Sound Loss On Mpeg To FLV Import
Does anyone know if there's an issue on importing Mpeg to FLV
When i import a .MOV to FLV i'ts fine , but when i import MPEG i loose the sound !
can anyone help ?!

Thanx i.a.

Sound Quality
G'Day all,
I've got a swf with sound and when I export it everything is fine. However as soon as I instansiate a new sound object to be able to control the volume etc. the sound quality goes up the duff! What can I do to fix this problem???

Sound Quality
im maing a techno jesus movie(dont ask) and the techno music realy loses its technosity when the quality is lowered. how do i keep the origional quality, or at least make it a little better.

Sound Quality
Hello,

I'm having trouble maintaining the quality of sound that plays within a Flash movie.

Is there anyway to increase the quality, or decrease the degregation of a .WAV file (in this case, dialogue) when the movie is published?

Is there anyway to increase the volume of the .WAV file from Flash?

Thanks!

Sound Quality
When a song is set to stream, the quality is considerably lower. how do i make it sound better?

Sound Quality
the sound still sounds fine . its just some cheesy background music and sum sound effects. thanx about the program reccomendations.

Sound Quality?
I have imported some *.wav files into flash. They are high quality files, but whenever I export my movie. The quality gets really bad, I tried to play with the export settings, but it still is not very good quality. The wavs are really good.

Anyone know?

Sound Quality
is there a way to adjust the sound quality of a track with actionscript? (ie make it got from high quality to tinny lower quality while playing the track?)

[F8] Bad Sound Quality
is it jsut me or is the sound quality bad when you hear it from a flash file? any way to "fix" this?

[F8] Sound Quality
I posted this in the audio forum, but it might be better suited to the noob forum.

I have recorded audio in protools 44.1kHz 16bit, and want to incorporate it into my animation. Once Ive imported the audio and then exported the animation (sound included), the audio quality drops off. What is the secret to getting the audio to come out crystal clear once you've gone through the import/export process?

Cheers

Sound Quality
I brought some sounds into flash, and added them to my movie. So, I press Control>Play, and it sounds fine. Also, they sound fine in the Library.
But, when I do Control>Test scene, the quality goes down. How come? These are my sound settings:

Stream : Repeat : 1

Please help! How do I adjust quality?

[F8] Sound Quality
Hi, i have a question regarding sound qualiity. I made this animations with this song. When the animation plays in the timeline, the sound is really good. When i export the movie, or i watch it, or whatever the sound gets a lot worse. Is there a way to improve the quality of it?

Thanks

Bad Sound Quality
How r u all ? I've emailed my voice to my comp. using my mob. which has MMS. feature but when i play it in flash the sound gets detorted . It's as if an alien is saying " SSSeeEEERRrviiiCEEESSSS" instead of saying "services.Can u help ?
Thankyou.

Which Way Gives The Best Sound Quality?
What method plays a music file with the best quality while keeping a reasonable filesize at the same time?

Streaming? Wav? Mp3? Puting it in an MC or using it from an external source?

Sound Quality
I was given a wav file -- a speech by someone -- that sounded quite good. But when i brought it into flash there was a tinniness about it.

this is the first time i've used sound other than a click. what should I be reading to learn about sound quality.

thank you.

Sound Quality
I´m using a music for background on a projector, but it´s quality is very poor comparing with the original.

How can I make it better?

Sound Quality
Hello. This is probably a n00bish question but I'm trying to make my first flash after playing with everything (whee!) and it's going to be themed to music.

Now when I first started off, the sound in test movies was great!

Now, however, when I test the movie, the sound quailty is poor and I cannot find settings to change them back to high.

Can you tell me how to change this? thanks!

-Purelymad

Sound Quality
Hi, I have 4 different frames in a Movie Clip called "music1." They each include a song clip, they are synced in Stream, soon after, however, I found that set them as streams made the file large, and not good in quality. So I tried event, it worked very very well, the quality is very good, and file is a lot smaller, but, when I tried to use music1.gotoAndPlay("starwars") (4th frame), it doesn't work.

I tried to synced them all in "Start" as well, it doesn't work either, only Stream works, but I don't want the bad quality of Stream, can anyone please please please help me? This is a very serious matter.

Loss In Sound Quality

whenever i change the sound clips from event to stream, the quality just goes down the toilet.is this normal? can anything be done about it?

whenever i change the sound clips from event to stream, the quality just goes down the toilet.

is this normal? can anything be done about it?