Flash Lite database application - help!

Dear all,

I would like to ask for your help/opinion.

I am a beginner Flash programmer. I am planning to create a Flash Lite application that will provide information on current cultural events (e.g. music, theatre), cinema listings, restaurant recommendations etc.

For this, I need to have a database on my server, which will store all the data (e.g for a music event I need the place, artist name, date and time, description of event, contact details, and maybe an image).

I then want to transfer the data (only updates) to my users' mobile phones, and store them there. This will allow them to update and then be able to browse the information offline.

I am not sure how to do this. I read about Shared Objects, but it seems that these objects do not provide enough space for what I need to do (let's say 1000 records at least at any one time).

Can anyone provide any direction on how to solve this problem? Just to recap, I am looking for a solution to create a Flash Lite database application that will receive cumulative updates from a web server and store the data locally on the mobile.

Thanks in advance for any kind of help you can give me!

Andreas

facebook.com

text in 3d World

Hello everyone, is there a way to display text into the 3d world and make it fallow a 3d model?

text in 3d World

you can bring it in as 3d text from your 3d program already linked or change 2d text in director to 3d and link it

text in 3d World

the problem is that I need this text to be dynamically created on the 3d world after the lingo code parses a xml file.

I think there is an example + source in this link (see tooltip example):

http://www.cleoag.ru/labs/shockwave/

guy

I found a way to work arround it, I created all the letters that I wanted to uses, a to z, and numbers 0 to 9, then every time i need to write something on a model I clone the letters that I need, change the position and add them as a child of the model.

Encoding taking quite long

Hello all, hoping you can let me know if this is normal or not. First, specs:

2.83 quad core, 8GB RAM, Windows Vista, CS4, footage is AVCHD.

Shot a film and am trying to export. I made two timelines in the same project, as one was the first cut, and the second one is the second cut. I'm trying to export the second cut; it has a runtime of 1h43min. I go to export, just as I would any other clip. In this case, I'm trying to export to MPEG2-DVD as I want to work with it in Encore to produce a DVD. Anyway, I send it over to Encoder, and there it sits. The last time I did this (with the first cut), it took nearly 18 hours to complete. I'm now 6 hours into the export, and the Encoder has the (Not Reponding) tag at the top. Though my first inclination is to close and try again, I remember when exporting the first cut, it'd do that before loading and encoding. So, I guess my question is this: Is it normal for Encoder to take over 6 hours to load a timeline, and another 12 to encode (for a 2 hour film), or is something going terribly wrong?

Encoding taking quite long

It seems a bit long, but then your CPU is not up to editing AVCHD. This may be further hindered by other system limitations, like disk setup. In all, around 18 hours makes sense with the hardware and source material and the length of your timeline. The penalty of using AVCHD.

You may be better off with a different camera, that uses a better format for editing, or a more powerful PC.

Encoding taking quite long

I suppose a faster quad core is in order? Dual core processors can barely handly scrubbing through the video. I also thought that the additional RAM upgrade may help (was at 4, went up to 8), but still, 18 hours just seems insanely long. I suppose if I were shooting HDV on some tape-based camera, the export time would be significantly smaller? Simply because AVCHD doesn't like to play?

I suppose a faster quad core is in order?

I guess it helps to transcode to something else. Course I guess that defeats the purpose of getting an AVCHD camera. Thanks for letting me know that this 18 hour time is normal. I just wish it weren't so, as it's a costly mistake if an error is found.?Thnaks again.

I think 6 hours to start encoding is unreasonable.?I suspect the AME is genuinely hung.

I have a dual quad-core system.?Encoding 1080p30 AVCHD down to MPEG2 DVD, *without* setting Maximum Render Quality, takes 2.5 to 3 times real time with only straight cuts.?During that time, all 8 cores are pegged at 100%.?So a 1.75 hour timeline would take me about 5 hours to export.?On a quad-core system, I would expect about 10 hours encoding time for straight cuts, longer if effects are added.

If you use MRQ, which you should if you want any kind of decent quality for the final DVD, then you can expect encoding times to increase 3 to 4 times that much.?So worst case with MRQ, you're probably looking at 2 days to encode your project.

You need to make sure your system is rock-solid stable, with ample cooling, if your CPU will have all 4 cores chugging away at 100% for that long.

-Jeff

My export settings:

Quality equals Max

Target BR is CBR=4

My system is very stable, with 4 fans. I'm not worried about an overheat situation. I'm just surprised that it'd take so long, even to just load. When I was working with a smaller timeline, obviously, it exported much faster. Perhaps I should consider transcoding to a different format before editing AVCHD? Of course, there's going to be a quality loss if I choose to do that. At this point though, for this project, looks like I'm stuck with the 18-48 hour encoding time. Hope I didn't make a mistake

Maximum Render Quality isn't controlled by the Quality slider in the

settings dialog.

Here's a link to my tutorial on converting HD to SD using MRQ. It'll

take you about 20 minutes to watch.

http://bellunevideo.com/tutorials/CS4_HD2SD/CS4_HD2SD.html

-Jeff

Dang. Well, there went 8 hours

But that's okay. Best to have things perfect and take the time. My camera is the CanonHF100, and though it claims a 24P scan, it really is a 1080i60 via on-camera pulldown. So, I'll head home, start the process again, and hopefully things will turn out much better. Most likely won't see any change in time, but at least I'll have the right settings.

nvidia quadro benchmarks

I will use video editing on a computer for professional purposes I am prepared.
i will use adobe premiere pro and nvidia quadro cx graphic card.
but quadro cx is very expensive.

I have 3 options;
1- nvidia quadro cx
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_quadro_cx_us.html
2- nvidia quadro fx 3800
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_quadro_fx_3800_us.html
3- nvidia quadro fx 1800
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_quadro_fx_1800_us.html

i use an Elemental Accelerator with nvidia quadro card.
http://www.elementaltechnologies.com/products/accelerator

i need premiere pro benchmarks of those nvidia quadro cards.
with and without Elemental Accelerator plugin !!!
like following web site;
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?id=2774%26amp;cid=3%26amp;pg=9

nvidia quadro benchmarks

If you are using PrPro, then you have posted to the wrong forum. Here is the PrPro forum.

Now, for benchmarks with PrPro, you might want to look at this benchmark SITE. There are a couple of considerations. The video-card plays a very, very small role in the performance of a workstation running PrPro. However, there is a good database of equipment using standard benchmarking files. Also, with these benchmarking files, you can do the same exact thing, and can plug in your data to easily compare your results.

With NLE work, the main elements that will improve your editing experience, and in this order:

1.) I/O sub-system, i.e. your HDD's, their size, speed, controller type, free space and how allocated

2.) CPU

3.) RAM

With AVCHD, and some heavily compressed material, #1 %26amp; #2 will likely be reversed in importance. The vid-card will be down the list quite a bit.

Now, your CX nVidia will provide some good response with Photoshop, but with the exception of some GPU Transitions and Effects, you'll likely not notice much of an improvement. By PrPro CS5, some of the CUDA functions might well play a bigger role, just not yet.

Good luck,

Hunt

nvidia quadro benchmarks

i moved to hardware section.

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/486276?tstart=0

pls delete this message.

thank you for your info @the_wine_snob

CRASH - linking from the properties...

this is in CS3 with a 1.5 hour project, motion menus and animated buttons.

I can't link using the arrow in the properties panel. The pickwhip will work, but this means that I can't use features for example ''return to last menu'' or, the killer, ''resume''. every time i click the arrow (and even if i release the lmb over another option) encore crashes to desktop.

also I note that I'm randomly losing transcodes, I presume due to the fact that I'm CTD'ing so much. A hard restart has failed to alleviate any of these problems.

Suggestions, anyone?

Dan

PS - Also, does anyone know of a more stable application for building DVDs? the more projects I use Encore for, the more obvious it becomes that it is simply not ready for production work. I've lost count of the amount of times it's crashed, generally after editing an AE or PS asset and dynamic linking back to encore, or simply when trying to preview a project. I should also point out that these crashes occur regardless of the complexity of the project - the software is simply buggy.

CRASH - linking from the properties...

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CRASH - linking from the properties...

Now, I do not have CS3, but En 2.0, so this does not address your problem, but over the years, many hundreds of Projects and nearly 2000 DVD's burned, I have had zero crashes and only one error message. I do not recall many commenting on instability with CS3, though there do seem to be more with CS4.

With crashes, the troubleshooting almost always breaks out this way, and in this order:

1.) System

2.) Assets

3.) Project

This is slightly different in En, than in PrPro. There, the Project is usually at #2 and the Assets #3, though not always.

If you can give the full details of your system, the more the better, your Assets and your Project, there might be something in there that will point to the problems. Again, the more detail, the better.

Also, when one has program, or system crashes, there are often clues scattered around. This ARTICLE might help you find a few of those clues.

Good luck, and I hope that someone can see the problem quickly for you,

Hunt

problem with an array collection

Hi!

I working with Flex/Java RemoteObject.

I have the following object in Java

public class IdAndName {

?private String userId;
?private String userName;

}

and the equivalent in Flex

?public class IdAndName {
?private var _userId:String;
?private var _userName:String;

}

I call a method in Java that returns a List%26lt;IdAndName%26gt;. I get the list in flex the following way:

?var list:ArrayCollection=ArrayCollection(event.result);

So the var list has the list of IdAndName.

My Question is...:

How can i obtain an ArrayCollection in Flex with the userIds (only them and not the userName??????????????????????????

Thanks

problem with an array collection

How you make List%26lt;IdAndName%26gt;? you can fix your list in java or rewrite your ArrayCollection in flex like this:

var list:ArrayCollection=ArrayCollection(event.result);

var?reList:ArrayCollection=new?ArrayCollection();

for(var i:int = 0 ; i%26lt;list.length ; i++?){

reList.addItem((list.getItemAt(i) as array)[0]); // if userIds is first

}

tell me if it don't help

Interactive Flash Photo Gallery

Hello,

Can anyone help me with how I can achieve something similar to this?: http://www.cnfudai.com. I also have to say I have a limited action script experience.

I'll appreciate any help anyone can give me.

Thanks in advance.

Interactive Flash Photo Gallery

The link is broken...

Interactive Flash Photo Gallery

Please can you try again, cos I've just clicked and it's working alrigth. http://www.cnfudai.com. Or you can copy and paste in your web browser.

Still counting on any help anyone can give me.

Thanks.