how to optimize my flash files?

not sure on the title or how to ask or where to put it lol

is there anyway to like zip the flash files on my foamy site but yet still be able to have them play on my site?

I so need to be able to compact my flash files
currently my diskspace is about 221 MB
and the folder that contains the flash files is about 207 MB

if i could cut down on the flash file sizes, shit lol i'd cut my disk space usage in half

Can't you just lower the flash files quality?
Then, they will occupy less disk space!

host the flash files somewhere else and use <embed> to get them at ur site and only use a few kb

host the flash files somewhere else and use <embed> to get them at ur site and only use a few kb

Yeah, but if the other host is down or it's slower than yours... well, I guess you can imagine the effects.

i guess i could lower the quality, i just hate to do that since these aren't my works, i'm just hosting them on my site

someone gave me a link to a program but the trial of it is nice but it converts flash into black and white and the full version is $100....I don't think i'm quite ready to pay that much for a program that i'm not even sure will help me out that much...
it did cut back on the size and kept it a good quality, however on the cartoons the first screen that pops up has a warning message that you must read and then press the button to continue...using the optimizer it skips this and just directly plays the cartoon....

The available easy way is to host the flash files in other hosting account and use it on your site.

There are some software available to minimize the flash file sizes. But I don't suggest them since many of them changes the format of the file.