Sound and Action Synchronisation???

[ph4824]

I'm testing my first AMS project and have burned it onto a new CD-RW.

I'm finding that the intro and exit sounds are not synchronising very well with the rest of the project. There seems to be a delay between the sounds and the events i'm trying to achieve like closing the menu for example.

I'm using alot of colourful .bmp files as backgrounds and buttons, infact all the graphics used in my project are less than 2Mb for the lot.

The two sound files I use are around 1Mb each, one to start the menu and one the end it.

My PC is a AMD K62 with 128Mb RAM, so it's fairly new and modern.

I'm concerned that this project might be a drag on some slower PC's. Is there a way around this?

[ph4824]

Re: Sound and Action Synchronisation???

It would be helpful if someone could asnwer my query written above please!!!!!

[Adam]

Re: Sound and Action Synchronisation???

Have you tried to burn your menu to a CD-R disk. Your problem could have something to do with burning onto a CD-RW. I don't think that there should be any drag with the system you described. Does it drag in preview mode? Or just when you burn it.

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Adam Kapilik
Indigo Rose Corporation

[Adam]

Re: Sound and Action Synchronisation???

Talking with one of our media experts (Ted) he said that the lag could be related to the following:

1) A CD-RW is read in a different format than a CD-R, so that could be the reason. I encourage you to burn to a CD-R as they are very cheap, I believe that this is probably solve the problem.
2) When the pages are loaded from a CD they will generally be slower than off of the hard drive (preview), That is just a fact of life when dealing with CD media. So if need be you may have to lower the quality of your background images.

If I were you I would first burn to a CD-R and see what happens.

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Adam Kapilik
Indigo Rose Corporation

[This message has been edited by Adam (edited 07-23-2001).]

[This message has been edited by Adam (edited 07-23-2001).]

[ph4824]

Re: Sound and Action Synchronisation???

It just drags when I view my project on a burned CD-RW disk. It's fine when in preview mode.

My CD-ROM is a 48x so there shouldn't the the sort of slowness/drag that I'm experiencing when moving from one screen to another for example in my project.

I will be burning it to CD-R when i'm finished with it, but as you know once you burn to CD-R if it's wrong then you can't undo it like you can with CD-RW.

This forum is a great way to learn about AMS, Well recommended.

[ph4824]

Re: Sound and Action Synchronisation???

Thank you

When I burn my project to CD-R I will post my results, maybe it will be helpful for others to see.