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jdd:
I recently puchased BB Flashback, taking advantage of the great DC discount.  I then created an swf of a software demo for my company website but it turned out to be a whopping 15 MEG.

Obviously this will take too much time for impatient viewers (like me) to wait for.

I was wondering if it is possible to set up a screecast to play a large file on a website without having the visitor's flash player download the file, or does the visitor always need a player on their machine that downloads the flash?

For example, I noticed that the nice new Locate and KeePass mini-reviews load very quickly on DC and appear to be playing "on" the DC website.  How big are these files?

Thanks,
jdd

mouser:
i think they are about 3-4mb.

there are some tricks to making small files:
make sure you arent trying to make a movie of a 1600x1200 screen is a big one.  capturing an 800x600 movie can make a big difference.

i would also highly recommend splitting up any demo more than a few minutes into multiple demos.

make sure you also play with quality options when building an swf.

jdd:
So...i assume that means that the website visitor IS in effect downloading the files as opposed to the files playing on the website?  Or is that a dumb question?

kimmchii:
you can stream the flash file if you like, no need to download first, like what we see in youtube, ie.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6hNJvjt2BgU&search=germany%202006%20wc

there is an "Embed" code, paste that on your website and it will stream from youtube.

http://youtube.com/t/help_share

jdd:
Great!  If I plan to play it as a streaming video do I need to do anything special when I record the screencast?

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