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It seems after a while the admin server stops responding on our fms server.  When logging into the linux machine, I can see that the fms admin process is not running, and the pid in fmsadmin.pid is stale.  When trying to restart the service with:"./fmsmgr adminserver restart"it fails to start the service with the following message in /var/log/messages:Failed to create listener for adaptor admin, IP , port 1111: TCCommBridge::createListener 0.0.0.0:1111/v4: bind failed!!!.Failed to create listener for adaptor admin, IP , port 1111: TCCommBridge::createListener 0.0.0.0:1111/v4: bind failed!!!.Failed to initialize listeners for adaptor admin, FMS is already running or other processes are using the same ports.Checking to see what is listening on port 1111 with netstat:tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:11110             0.0.0.0:*      &n

Hi, I've got a weird problem with my Flash player. The problem is that if you pause a program in the flash player, leaving it for any longer than about 6 minutes will render the flash player unusable, all controls will become greyed out and you must refresh to begin playback and navigate to your previous position, this is annoying. I tested to see if it was a flash player specific problem by loading in a file without it being connected to the Flash media server, the problem was not present and you could always resume. This suggested it could be a connection or timeout issue with the flash streaming server. I've had a look through the config to see if there was anything that could  be changed but couldnt come up with anything.I guess if  the flash streaming server is not set to timeout streams I will be exposing myself to very simple denial of service attack.... does anyone have any ideas?

Hey all,You can download the FMS 3.5.3 updater herehttp://www.adobe.com/support/flashmediaserver/downloads_updaters.htmlCheers,Asa

HiI have live stream application how i can monitor when that stream input and corresponding streamouts are active and how i can map between stream input ID and streamoutput ID???

When I stream an MP3 file with an embedded image, the first few seconds of the files are clipped. I will need to find another server, or a viable workaround. What is the best way to work around this?

I am very new to FMS so excuse me if I get terminology messed up. I followed Tom Green's tutorials and at this point I can publish a live stream which I can view and interact with just fine on my local LAN. The FMS is NAT'ed to the outside world and I have ports 80 & 1935 open to the server.When I use a browser from the outside world and put in the servers public address I can see & interact with the FMS start page just fine.  I can use the "interactive" tab and supply my live stream name and view the stream just fine.However when I try to launch the Flashplayer that I built all I see is the controls with moving stipes,  No video feed above.  I can browse to the flashplayer HTML file on my local LAN and it works fine.  Interestingly enough I cannot open the flashplayer HTML file directly on the server either (but I can open the start page application and interact with it).This seems like a permissions issue to me... any ideas?Thanks in advance.Brian

I have a requirement of publishing static content like video files mentioned in a playlist to be published to a live stream. It is like creating a TV station with pre-recorded content but with live stream. It will great  if anyone let me know is it possible with FMS?

Hi AllI would like to know if there is a solution available that allows me to plug 2 HDV cameras into a laptop and live switch between the 2 cameras while uploading the live stream via adobe flash media live encoder to the adobe streaming server? the scenario is I want to offer live streaming of corporate seminars that I normally shoot with 2 cameras.cheers !angus

There is an example app for FMS where people can move a ball which they sharehttp://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/sample_apps.htmlI'd like to have this app extended so that:- each user has his own ball- The balls can be customized (e.g. color etc)I'd like to know what the best way is to create such an app. Would each user have his own shared object? Or would there be only one shared object with an array?Any help is appreciated how I should tackle this problem.thanks

Hello everybody...I have a question...Can I use the same server side function to send to all clients 3 different swfURL depending on which button pressed from one of them?If the answer is positive...how can I do it?Please, help me...Emiliano.

Is it possible that I can accesss server-side action script on FMS from a servlet or server side scripting language like PHP? Is there any API available for this purpose. Is there a Java API or someohter programming language support or some support from adobe that allows this?

Good morning. I would like to know how I connect with SQL or MySQL FMS3 thank you very much for your help

Is there a way to get video thumbnails from Flash Media Interactive Server (FMIS) without using client side action script. Bascially we want that we dont have dependency on Flash for displaying thumbnails from FMS but when a user clicks on one of thumnails then Adobe Player streams that video from FMIS.

Hi Allllll,Can I add overlaying graphics upon the live stream by server-side ActionScript before publish the stream??For example, suppose in case of video conference, I want to put a mask graphic on peoples face to hide them, and change the mask on the fly by server-side code, such as moving it or making it transparent.Thanks.Vincent

I am working on an application that uses the new DVR capability of the Flash Media Interactive Server 3.5. My problem is that I cannot see any easy way to restrict the length/size of the recorded file without stopping the recording/publishing on the client side (this happens if one uses maxDuration or maxSize in Stream.record()). I am using the DVR functionality of the Flash Media Live Encoder 3 for recording/publishing. My understanding is that to limit the size of the recorded file I need to somehow 1) stop the recording on the server side, 2) truncate the recorded file on the server side and 3) start appending the newly established recording to the truncated file. Consequently, I am wondering if it is possible to truncate the recorded files?The basic idea with my application is that I am using Flash Media Live Encoder 3 for 24/7 style streaming of video with DVR capability. However, I need to be able to display only 5-10 hours from "now" to the past. Obviously, limiting the length o

Hi all,We have recently deployed Flash Media Streaming server 3.5.2 and Flash Media Encoder on a Windows 2003 machine. Do you guys know of any security best practices to follow for the FMS server deployment on a Windows machine, could you please point me to that resource.

I am having problems running the same DVR player against dvrcast_origin (which works) but when I point to dvrcast_edge it gives me 'stream not found'.  dvrcast_origin and dvrcast_edge should run out of the box if both on same box (host.ini will point to local host) - abut I tried on diffrent origin FMS and I edge I get stream not found on Dvrcast_edge (it is connected to dvrcast_origin) - I was hoping to see how failover is handle with DVR cast.Anyone tired but parts of dvrcast?Thanks

Ok. This is the first time I have ever used these two programs. I got the Media server running and connected and the Media live encoder streaming and connected to the server. I have not been able to test the stream to see if it is working correctly however, judging by the logs, it seems to be working. What I really want to know is the simplest instructions on how to view the stream from outside of my network, as it is broadcasting over the net. I am trying to do a live stream.With just these two programs running is there a link I can go to that it will automatically play the stream back?What exactly to I need to do now to be able to give someone my link over the net so they can watch the stream?Do I actually need a server to put the /applications/live folder onto?Thank you!(ps I have been reading the adobe documentation on this but I'm still confused)

Hi all!I have a delicate question for you which i cant find an answer to.Problem:I want to add an object (lets say it's a logo) to a camera stream before i save it to the FMIS. So the logo is integrated with the camera as it would have been placed in a layer above.Is that possible and if it is, how do i do it?It is quite urgent so any quick tips or solutions are more than welcome!Thank you,Carl

Hi, I'm hoping someone here can help me get over this hurdle successfulling streaming video from an FMS.Here's the code:// code to link to an FMSimport flash.media.Video;import flash.media.Video;var rtmpPath:String="rtmp://142.20.63.76:556/vod/Paediatrics/video0.flv";// instantiate the video playervar vid:Video = new Video();addChild(vid);var vidConnection:NetConnection = new NetConnection();vidConnection.connect(null);var vidStream:NetStream = new NetStream(vidConnection);vid.attachNetStream(vidStream);// set video location and sizevid.width=240;vid.height=180;vid.y = 50;vid.x = 30;// Play video streamvidStream.play(rtmpPath);Any help will be appreciated, thanks.

I'm trying to compute the bytes delivered using the sc-bytes field of the access logs with FMS 3.5 and its seems completely wrong.   I'm taking the value of sc-bytes for the "stop" event and subtracting the sc-bytes for the "play" event.   At the same time, I'm using tcpdump to capture all the bytes being delivered to the client in this stream.   My numbers are looking something like this: For a 100 MB video file, my machine receives roughly 150 MB, but FMS sc-bytes is reporting about 400 MB.   Am I doing something wrong or is this a known issue with FMS?

Hello,I am ramping up a Flash Media Interactive Server ver 3.5.My question is - I don't have Flash CS4, -does the flvPlayback component in it allow netstream connection control to facillitate FMIS connections?If not, I could use a good current tutorial for building playback component with attendent aS3 script for controlling the beast.One that allows fullscreen for VOD streaming would be what i need.Thanx

Hello.I have a very specific problem. I need to load certain images that my php script creates, and acts as proxy to some apis, into a Flash client (application) however I cannot use direct calls to HTTP server because I'm not allowed to use allowscriptaccess=true. So I've been using FMS for some aspects of my application such as live video and audio and SharedObjects.I know I can write scripts to load and parse XML files on the server side so that shouldn't be a problem to get, however I'm stuck on loading in images going through FMIS.When I test my video recording and chatting application using SharedObjects, everything works fine even if allowscriptaccess=false, but none of my images will load (naturally since the script access is limited). I know that some sites disallow scriptaccess parameter in Flash embed code so I would want everything to go through FMIS.I have read some suggestions that I could try to load files directly from server-side on FMIS as binary and try to pass that

HiI am trying to look for documentation on how the DVR functionality is working in fms3. It seems that I need to implement som server-side scripting to make DVR even work. In Flash Live Encoder there is an option to Record DVR, but it when I press the button, all I get is:Thu Apr 30 2009 13:15:38 : Start DVR command receivedThu Apr 30 2009 13:15:38 : Requested DVR command has been successfully issued to Primary FMS server for stream ob1streamThu Apr 30 2009 13:15:38 : Primary - Network Status: NetConnection.Call.Failed error Method not found (DVRSetStreamInfo). Does anyone know how to make this work? Best Regards Niclas

I have a live encode to the media server with dvr enabled for H264/MP3 format.  When I try to play the dvr cache stream, all I get is audio and no video.  If I switch to VP6/MP3, the stream plays fine.  If I do a live encode with no dvr, it streams fine.  Does dvr with H264 work only when you flatten the file using F4V post processor tool?  Will the dvr cache stream work if I switch to AAC instead of MP3?