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    <p>In the end we decided to go for a mixed setup:</p> <p>For users with low bandwidth, we set the flash parameter wmode to "transparent", and set the gif to be a background image (without a loading spinner these low bandwidth users think the page is doing nothing).</p> <p>However, using wmode = transparent has a negative side effect in that that Flash won't use Hardware Acceleration. But for our low bandwidth users, the bitrates of e.g. our video are low enough that in most cases they don't really need Hardware Acceleration.</p> <p>For high bandwidth users, we deliver e.g. higher bitrate video, and so Hardware Acceleration becomes more important. For these users we use wmode = direct, and do without a loading spinner GIF as the SWF loads quickly enough anyhow.</p> <p>With the size of our SWF files and their XML files that must also be loaded, we have gone for a limit of 1 megabit bandwidth, where if users have a higher bandwidth we don't use a loading graphic, and visa versa. Other people may find other levels more suitable.</p> <p>We'd prefer to be able to set the bandwidth limit a lot lower if possible, as on older PCs we could do with some Harware Acceleration of video that is 384 kbit/s, but removing the loading spinner of a user with a low bandwidth like that would mean them waiting too long with nothing happpening on the screen, and this seems worse than losing a few frames during video playback.</p> <p>Here is a link to Adobe's description of the various wmodes and how different browsers handle them.</p> <p><a href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/127/tn_12701.html#main_BrowserSupportForWmodes" rel="nofollow">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/127/tn_12701.html#main_BrowserSupportForWmodes</a></p> <p>Hope this helps someone else someday.</p> <p>Dave</p>
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