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zombie1234
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November 10, 2009
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Problem with .swf playback

  • November 10, 2009
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Hello,

I have a problem with .swf animation playback in captivate 4. I created the .swf in flash with as3 on one frame. The animation is contained in a movieclip. I exported from flash and made sure the framerates between captivate and flash work. I import the animation to a slide and notice that the duration of the animation is .01 (could this be a red flag?). When previewing my captivate file the animation does not play it shows up static. I have my captivate file set up with continue buttons but I tried taking the button off the animation slide and it still shows up with the static what would be animation. Has anyone else encountered this? I'm really at a loss as to whats going on

For bonus points: I'm still getting a transition that fades to white briefly even after I put no transition. Is their a way to just have an abrubt transition without the fade?

Cheers

-Matt

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www_cpguru_com
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November 10, 2009

Hi Matt,

Sounds to me like something is wrong with your swf. Normally when you import an swf to Captivate you get the standard 3 seconds on the timeline (unless you of course changed the defaults). What happens if you extend the playtime of your swf on the timeline in Captivate?

Does your animation work when played outside of Captivate?

As for your "bonus question" - The no transition seems to be bugged sometimes so you could try setting the fade in / fade out parameters to 0.0 seconds each. I usually do that when I use Widgets because even though you select no transition they will still fade in.

/Michael

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zombie1234Author
Participant
November 10, 2009

Hmmm... I tried playing with the timeline on the animations slides yesterday and extending them had no effect on the animation. My flash file might be the culprit and I'm going to test a new approach. I'm using a movie clip wrapper in my flash file and inside that movieClip wrapper are other movieClips. I'm going to try and get rid of the wrapper and see if that will cause it to play out in captivate. Perhaps this might be the issue. I'll keep you guys posted.

As for the slide transitions. I tried your recommendation and logically it seemed like it would work, but I'm still getting a fade effect on the background image. It seems like its shorter this time, however its still there. I just want to figure out the animation issue, I think i'll make a seperate post for the transition problem.

Thanks!

-Matt

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zombie1234Author
Participant
November 10, 2009

Also, for what its worth, i've tested the animation issue with just one slide. It will preview flawlessly and play the whole animation. When I add a slide in front of it however, thats when it won't play the whole animation.

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