Media Server (read-only)

Hi,I'm publishing 3 live streams on a FMS, bitrates: 1000, 2500, 4000. As the video player i use the spark VideoPlayer. According to the documentation i can use dynamic streaming by assigning the source property to this:<s:DynamicStreamingVideoSource id="myvid"     host="rtmp://95.211.0.xx/live/">          <s:DynamicStreamingVideoItem id="stream_1" streamName="stream_1" bitrate="1000" />     <s:DynamicStreamingVideoItem id="stream_2" streamName="stream_2" bitrate="2500" />     <s:DynamicStreamingVideoItem id="stream_3" streamName="stream_3" bitrate="4000" /> </s:DynamicStreamingVideoSource>My problem is that whenever i start the player it always streams the lowest bitrate. When i set myvid.initialIndex = 2, it starts with the best stream, 4000 bitrate, but the quality quickly falls to 1000 kpbs. (I have enough bandwidth)What am I doing wrong? Does the FMS need some a

I've been trying to figure out FMS for about a week now. Because of company firewalls, all traffic must go through either port 80 or 443 (I configured this in FMS.ini). I also created a self-signed SSL certificate and configured the adaptor.xml file to use it. Nevertheless, here are the problems I am experiencing: For RTMPT & RTMPTE, I can't start more than 9 connections. Beforing configuring FMS to also use port 443, I could only get about 4 connections. Now I would like to say that I testing this between only two computers, the FMS server with apache web server and a client. Could some one help me to understand why it will not at least start 10 connections which I know is the limit for the dev version? Also, when using RTMPS I can only start 1 connection. Why is that?Just to give as much information as possible, I have been testing all protocols with sample media streams ranging from 150kbps-1500kbps. However, the bitrate seems to have no effect on the amount of connections.Any h

We recently purchased FMS4 and I'm in the midst of setting it up.  However, not that it's a HUGE deal, but....I see conflicting answers in the forums about whether or not it is possible to stream media in the HTML5 <video> tag (going back to early 2010).  Ideally, I'd like to stream (most of the time using flash), but for the specific browsers that support it, (chrome, ff, IE9, and select iOS devices) HTML5 video tags.So, can FMS 4 do that?<video id="something" controls="controls"><source src="http://video.mydomain.com/vod/myMovie.mp4" type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"' /><!--[if IE]><object>blah, blah, blah<embed>blah blah blah</embed></object><![endif]--></video>If so, how?  I gave it a shot using the above code (minus the "blah, blah, blah" ), and the video doesn't play - if all it is, is a syntax error, then please be so kind as to provide the correct syntax.However, if it isn't possible unle

hello,i need to know how to configure the Flash Media Server Authentication Add-In  in my server knowing that i did installed the module and i do not know what to do after that iam using FMS 3.5 on win 2008 serverwhat shall i do to activate this module and prevent every one but the users i will add to streambest regards,

i have application that streams videos from fms .i try to play video of 240 seconds, but when playback reaches 180 seconds i got NetStream.play.stop . it happens regularly at the same time.why does it happen? is it encoding of the video?  or some thing else?thanks in advance

In our company we upgraded to fms 4 and installed the apache that comes bundle up with the installation. We had it configure and now we can play videos in html 5 by using the http protocol. The question I have is, can we use https protocol instead of rtmps? I've been doing a lot of research and I found documentation that says to put a minus sign in front of port 443 (-443) in the fms.ini file in the ADAPTOR.HOSTPORT line but it also says that with this configuration port 443 will only recieve rtmps connections. My next step is to put the minus sign in front of the port number and restart the server and just try to establish connection using https to see if i works. Any ideas are definetly welcome.

The stream can be buffering,playing or closed.How can I capture these events while playing?

Hi!I've made several mp4 file using Camtasia for Mac. No matter what settings or player I use the files won't play. Encoding them from Camtasia Windows version works just fine. I assumed this was a question for Camtasia/Techsmith but they're saying there is nothing wrong with the h.264 files Camtasia for mac is encoding and says this is an Adobe/FMS issue.I'm using the latest Camtasia version and FMS 3.5. I've used several different players and they all play mp4 but not the ones encoded in Camtasia for mac.What might be the problem and how do I solve it. I need to be able to encode from both the Camtasia Mac and Windows version.Thanks

HiWhere is fmg/telephony/1  stream orginating ?Because i need to set constant value.Is it possible to change fmg/telephony/1 stream name?Thanks Selvan

Hello,Does anyone know if it's possible to execute an external script with the onDisconnect function on FMS?I'm trying find a better way to log when a user disconnects from a chat application.Thanks!

Hi!By using Administration API I would like to invoke a method from myApplication.ascI only found the broadcastMsg() method but AFAIK it omits FMS and broadcast Msg directly to users. http://myIP:1111/admin/broadcastMsg?auser=myUser&apswd=myPassword&scope="App:myAplication"&method="testMethod"&arg0="123"&arg1="456"And it works. The ideal thing it would be if I could invoke methods from my main.asc. e.g.application.onAppStart = function() {}application.testMethod1 = function(arg1, arg2) {     //maybe this way?}application.onConnect = function(newClient, userData) {      newClient.testMethod2 = function(arg1, arg2) {          // or this way?     }}Client.prototype.testMethod2 = function(newClient, userData) {     //or maybe this way?}Is there any way to invoke those methods not using a flash swf file?T76

Hi, I am wondering what values should I put in the Process tag of Application.xml considering my application. I've done some studies but I am still unsure and would like some expert opinion!To help you help me :  I have a video chat application that comes with a contact list, so think skype on the web.Here are my configs :<Process>    <Scope></Scope>    <Distribute numprocs="0"></Distribute>    <LifeTime>      <RollOver>19800</RollOver>      <MaxCores></MaxCores>    </LifeTime>         <MaxFailures>2</MaxFailures>         <RecoveryTime>60</RecoveryTime></Process>I set a RollerOver because sometimes RTMFP crashes on my server, and by putting the RollOver it seems to help, by re-newing the core process. However

As far as I can tell, there are not changes in logging from 3 to 4 -- is this the case?I ask because we change the LOGDIR location, and while our test systems are okay for unknowns, our public systems need to be uniform (plan ahead).Thanks.

Ok so I am a total newb...I installed FMS on my CENTOS 5 servereverything went in fine.  and I am able to pull up the adobe flashe media server screen.from this default webpage I can play some sample videos.   woo hoo..so now I want to stream out.  First I verify that my my rtmp is working.  I do this with mplayer and my command linemplayer rtmp://localhost/vod/sample1_1000kbps.f4vthis works great.So then I go to my windows machine and use vlc and "open network stream" and punch in:rtmp://192.168.1.25/vod/sample1_1000kbps.f4v"open the MRL 'rtmp://192.168.1.25/vod/sample1_1000kbs.f4v'. Check the log for details."Just to make sure there was no firewall or network issue.  i plugged a ethernet crossover cable to my centos machine.i can ping and I can even go to htttp://192.168.1.25 and view the demo screen and watch the movie through there.What am I missing here??Thanks for your helpC

Hi guys,I have Flash Media Server 3.5 on a Windows server, but I don't no much about how to make it work. Until know we have only used it for live streaming.I have let myself guide through the beginners pages and they're helpful, testing everything locally (applications/babyvultures/streams/_definst_/vultures.mp4).The problem is when I copy my project to the server; same structure, but no video. If I move the file to the applications/vod/media, and change the path in the script, there is no problems.So the big question is: am I able to have sub folders within the applications/vod ?The thing is, that I want to publish videos from different sites that is also located on the server, and what I thought I could do, was to make sub folders, one for each site and then people can access their streaming folder via FTP, being able to publish their own videos with the advantage of rtmp streaming.Is it a limit in FMS? Or is there a solution?Thank in advance

I'm a UNIX sysadmin who has been handed some additional tasks, such as debugging FMS server errors, setup, etc. The basic setup is alright - however, I wonder if there are some sysadmin-specific resources, training, etc., out there.  The training I see on adobe's site is more geared toward those who are producing content.   Books?Thanks.

Hi,FLV files are not getting saved at the particular location mentioned in the application.xml file on FMS. Instead we are getting log in the log folder and instance which is joined to the FMS in the http folder on the FMS.Is their any way to find out why we are not getting saved those files at that location?Thanks

The only options in my AWS Mananagement Council are to reboot and termiante. If I understand this correctly, if I terminate, I lose all my setup instructions and would have to pay the $5 one-time fee once I restart. Is this correct?How can I setup my instance so I can stop it? I've looked at the support page and it says that I need to have my instance backed up with EBS rather than S3. These instructions are not too clear, because I thought a 8gb EBS is included when you initialize FMS. Here is the support page:http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flashmediaserver/amazon/WS6fc2df2b6d2ce2431afba23c12c3967d3ca-7ff6.html#WS6fc2df2b6d2ce2431afba23c12c3967d3ca-7ff3Suggestions and screenshots please?Thanks all,Christopher Lee

hello,i need to know  how can i hide the stream url in the player so no one knows the server adress nor the source of stream?hope to find some answer in hereregards,eslam

We're thinking about trying this. What results have others had? Is this an officially supported configuration yet?

Hello..I have a strange problem. I'm recording audio using FMIS, the file is being saved out as a FLV file and I am able to play it back. Eventually that file may be deleted after some time and I would like to notify the user if the file is no longer available. I was expecting to see NetStream.Play.StreamNotFound after deleting the file on the server but I'm not getting that message. Instead I get:-->      NetStream.Play.Reset-->      NetStream.Play.StartAnd nothing plays which is expected since the file is deleted, but I dont get the right message. I'm calling the file like so:ns.play ("flv:file_to_stream");Any idea what could be the problem?ThanksRyan

Hello!I'm trying to setup a server-side playlist for playing back mp3 files, though I stumble into a weird FMS behaviour.I'm using latest FMS 4.0.2Here is how I try to publish the stream (Server-side ActionScript):var s = Stream.get("boo");if (s) {s.play("mp3:rhcp", 0);}  On the client side, I try to play it using NetStream.play("boo"). Though, the sound quality I get is really weird. The sound goes slower and faster and stops for a split of a second. It may play properly for a couple of seconds, but that's all. Sounds like a decoder problem to me, or a bitrate conversion problem.  When I play the stream with NetStream.play("mp3:rhcp") the playback goes smoothly.I've tried several mp3 files with different bitrates, but they all have the same problem.It looks like a bug to me, so I would expect someone from Adobe to comment on this one.

HiIs thier any way to get the size of an FLV file? For example we get duration of an FLV file through metaData.Thanks

HiSuppose we have FMS on A system and if we want to save the recorded FLV files on the B system. Then how can we do that.Thanks

I'm somewhat new to FMS. We're creating a chat application and using s remote SharedObject to keep everyone in sync about who is in the room.But despite the fact that I use the following:_sharedObject.setProperty("groupList", groupList);_sharedObject.setDirty("groupList");   to force the shared object to update the list of who's in the room, for some reason it does not always update correctly when someone enters the room and adds themselves to the shared object.The problem seems to be that the SyncEvent.SYNC event does not always get sent all the time.More troubling it that if the user closes the browser window or navigates to another page, NetStatusEvent NetGroup.Neighbor.Disconnect and NetGroup.MulticastStream.UnpublishNotify are not reliable to use to remove user's from the list.My assumption is that remote shared objects are just not that reliable in some cases. Should I use server side scripts to keep track of users and what groups they are in?Thanks in advance.