Media Server (read-only)

I stream some h264 videos to my application in FMS3.5， the videos can be played in FMS, but don't work in the local playback, <s:VideoPlayer source="test.f4v" x="31" y="18" width="402" height="206"/>. I get some h264 videos from FMS application "vod", they work well. What's the problem?thanks.

I have an odd situation, and I'm not sure if a file plug-in might be a good solution. I need to create a situation where we can save FLVs to a location that can be accessed via http, not rtmp. We need to save files to FMS over rtmp, but perform play actions over http. Has anyone used a file plug-in to map the destination save directory to somewhere outside the FMS file system, or do you know if this is possible? Any other ideas are welcome as well.Thanks

When stop streaming, i close NetStream, close NetConnection, clear video, and remove any event listoner on camera. After these actions, the camera is still in used. What's the problem?thanks.

Hi, Im need to send some data between 2 Flash clients. I have an issue whereby there is a probability that there could be firewall issues with communicating over port 1935 or 443. I know you can use RTMPT to tunnel video over port 80 but im not sure about sending data objects.Any clarification on my options will be appreciated.thanks,Matt

The instructions for installation only cover installation on "localhost".  I'm wondering if I could use the development server for a small scale website depolyment with restricted traffic, from a commercial server, such as goDaddy?And if so, what''s the method?  Do I download the package from Adobe to my local hard drive and install over the network, or copy the package to the server and install it online?Thanks!

Hello all,Please excuse me if this has been addressed before. I would like to know how to add chat to webcam broadcasts. The details are as follows:The webcam broadcast is outgoing audio and video, not two way (can to cam) although that may not matter.People viewing the webcam broadcast can type text via a chat box with the person doing the webcam broadcast, that person can also type back to the viewers if they wish.Ideally, private chat would be nice between the viewers and the person in the webcam broadcast, but not between viewers.Ideally, all viewers' comments appear in a main chat window with the responses form the person in the webcam broadcast.How would this be implemented in FMIS 3.5?Many thanks in advance for your help!Sincerely,wordman

I mean that FMS save streams to storage card priority, once the storage card is full, then FMS save streams to a standby path on hard drive.Feasible to do？thanks

Hi,I'm currently able to record audio and video (from a webcam) to a Flash Media Server. However, in some cases users have a webcam with no builtinmicrophone. In that case the flash client uses the default microphone with 'Microphone.getMicrophone();' and possibly selects the micrphone of the PC. A delay between audio and video is caused in cases with a separated webcam and microphone. There isn't a lot of delay on an internal network (e.g. LAN) however, there is a very large delay between audio and video on an external network (e.g. WAN).Is there a solution to this problem? I know i'm not able to check if a webcam has a builtin microphone...Thanks in advance,Ferhat Yildiz

Is there a way to get at the setting in your server side ActionScript?trace("Here is the runtime size for this app: " +  ?);

Hi,I'm trying to record a FLV, using servers-side scripting. It's working as expected. I'm using record('append') to add streams to the same file. What I want to do now is record the streams in "real-time". I want to keep the same functionality (append) but I want to "records" the time that there is no streams available. In other words, I want to ends a with a file (FLV) with the srtreams separated by black frames when there are no streams available. If the time between a stream and the next stream is 5 minutes, I want the FLv to play 5 minutes in black.Is that possible with FMS?

HiOur flash media server  stops taking connection sometime. Any one have any idea about sophos antivirus?Please suggest what should we do.Thanks in advance.

Hello,I have been experiencing a somewhat random inability of my player to  load on a Macintosh.  It doesn't happen everytime, maybe 2 out of 10  times.  This does not happen on a Pc.My flash file is  actionscript 2.0, and I have enabled hardware acceleration.  This issue  was happening before I enabled the hardware acceleration.Here is the player I am talking about:http://somapps.med.upenn.edu/oe/oe/video/player.htmlWe currenlty don't have the password for the administration console, so I haven't been able to monitor it that way.Thanks

I want to perform mute /unmute For that i am using following code               public function audioMuteUnMute(state:String):void{                                            if (state=="Mute"){                    ns.attachAudio(null);                    ns.receiveAudio(false);                                    }       &nb

I'm new to Flash Media Server and couldn't find an answer in any of the docs.We have FMS 3.0 and I have been asked if we had say a 30 minute .flv, would we be able to stream just from minute 5 to minute 10 of that 30 minute video? There are usually 6 'clips' in these 30 minute videos that we want to be able to stream seperately but we don't want to have to create 6 different .flv files.If it can't be done with FMS 3, can it in 3.5 or  4?Thanks!

Hi,I need to create a 5 seconds FLV file that doesn't have content, only black frames.I've trying with something like this on the server side (onUnpublish):application.onUnpublish = function(p_c, p_stream) {     serverStream = Stream.get('emptyVideo');     serverStream.record('append');     serverStream.play(p_stream.name); }any ideas?

Hello all,As I am getting more familiar with FMS and understanding it better with the help of the wonderful contributors here on this forum, I am now curious about players.Players such as Strobe and REOPS to be specific.Are players all SWFs that are embedded in a page? I have seen some players here on the Adobe website that are stand-alone smaller windows that appear over the page. How is this done?So Strobe and REOPS...are we talking SWF code that is editable? You can see I am quite new to this. I'm on a roll, however and wish to continue understanding and learning.Many thanks!!!Sincerely,wordman

Hello all,This question is a complete curiosity of mine and doesn't need answers detailed down to the nuts and bolts level. Just an overview with a bit o' tech would be sufficient.Let's say you had either video files or audio files that you wanted to broadcast continuously, like internet radio. Either the same file(s) in a loop, or in a predetermined stream...or maybe a random selection? People could then log on to your website to watch/hear the live stream, again, like Internet radio.Could this be done with FMSS or would one need FMIS to create a daily/weekly/monthly playlist?Many thanks in advance!Sincerely,wordman

Hi, I am new here and new to FMS. I want to know if FMS works for IPTV?   Regards, digital mystic

Hello all,With great help here I am learning to make FMS (Developer) work for me before I decide on purchasing either FMSS or FMIS.I am now able to understand Tom Green's tutorials much better and make use of the information. His 3rd tutorial in the 7-part guide to FMS leaves me with a couple of questions.- Unless I misread, he says that you can use the VOD folder in FMSS to stream from but FMIS requires the use of _definst_ folders?- If I have 100 videos and I use FMIS, do I create a _definst_ for each one?- Is there anything preventing one from using the _definst_ thing with FMSS?I have another question that loosely relates to this but I'll post it in another thread as it is a littl emuch to bundle with this inquiry.Thank you in advance!Sincerely,wordman

Hello all,Here's an elaboration on the general title of this post:On one page of my website, the user has a large selection of videos they can choose from.They select one, clicking the linkThis opens a new page (with the player built in?) and plays the video.NOW...Can I retrieve the data from a query string (the video filename selected from the previous page) and then place it in the action script using PHP (echo) so that I don't have to have separate applications for each video? or do I have to have separate SWF/applications for wach video?I'm still way new to this so I apologise if the question isn't clear enough. I'll gladly elaborate where I can.Many thanks!!!Sincerely,wordman

Hi all...Can we customize the flash player in Flash Media Server 4 like putting branding name (say some corner) like that?I am thinking to put my brand (my branding name) on a flash player while i streaming live event is it possible?

Hello,  I am evaluating a FMS 4.0 server to ensure our hardware is compatible. We're testing live streaming and it appears to work for a few minutes but eventually stops streaming. Is there a way I can tell if this is being caused by a demo limitation vs something else? We're very close to purchasing the software but want to rule out any unforseen glitches that would lead to a non-stable service.  If there are any specific log messages I should look for please let me know!I am using Flash Live Media Encoder 3.0 on a Windows XP system. The error message I see when the stream goes down is:Unexpected error encountered in encoding process.Please let me know if you need more info.Thanks much!-Emulent

Hello All,The title pretty much asks it all: How would I go about adding chat to FMSS during live webcam broadcasts?I will be using FMSS to broadcast webcam.Obviously it is an outgoing stream only as I am told to do cam to cam I need FMIS and at present I do not need cam to cam and I can not afford FMIS.I want the viewers of the webcam broadcast to have a chat window where they can send comments to the person on the webcam and the person on the webcam can type back if they want to.I have glazed over some posts here and saw that it can be done in Flash, I want to know if I can do it with FMSS. It does not need to be elaborate. Just as described above.Let's start here.Any and all help, suggestions and advice will be greatly appreciated!Sincerely,wordman

I'm building a video player using NetStream, NetConnection, and backed by an FMS 3.5.3 server.  The NetStatus events from NetStream aren't always in sync with the actual video...  The worst one is that the stream will report NetStream.Play.Stop while the video's still playing.  How can I know when to toggle my pause button over to a play button and stop updating the ScrubBar when this event is premature?If I let a video play through with no interference then Stop occurs at the right time.  If I ever seek to another place in the video before the video finishes, Stop will be wildly inaccurate.  Right now I've had to just have a timer fire constantly and I check to see if stream.time == lastStreamTime.  It's a nasty hack.Advice?  Thanks

Hello all,As stated in the title, can FMS and my Linux server share the same IP or must they be differemt?Thanks!wordman