Media Server (read-only)

Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to stream a flv file from a location other than within the FMS applications folder. Can I put it in a shared folder ... and then how would I type the URL when I create the swf?

I have a PC feeding a video stream to a server, and periodically it drops out for whatever reasons. I want to restart the PC and reestablish the video stream. I want the new stream to be a continuation of the one in progress when the dropout occurred, I want the new video appended to the previous file. Is that possible?.

Hello, I have so far been using the logitech pro 400. I have recently tried the logitech quickcam ultra vision. Welle the video is not as expected. Can anyone please tell me which is the best camera . I need to have a rather good resolution with no bandwidth limits. Thanks for your advice.

In our application we stream live audio/video images of an event and record them for later review and playback. The power supply at our source locations is not reliable, and even with UPSs we run into difficulties where a video stream will be disrupted. Once we have power restored, we want to reestablish the A/V stream from a camera and "reconnect" it to it's original, so there is a single recorded stream for the event from that camera even after power was lost. We also want to reestablish the video connection in the flash players that lost the stream when the outage occurred. Can that be done?

New to FMS all I want is a swf that will broadcast my webcam. Do I need 2 flas, one to broadcast and one to receive? Can it be 1 stream that is just viewed by all that open it? I also would rather not have to login, or set bandwidth, or even have a connection light if that is possible, just the video. Thanks

I'm using Flash Media Server to stream video to an SWF client on our web server and it's almost working. When I open an html page with the swf embedded in it, the video plays fine, but there are no controls (play, pause, fast forward, etc). I used the FLVPlayback component, and when I do a "Test Movie" from within flash, the video plays with the controls right under it. The problem is just when I load the SWF or HTML in a browser.

I set up the Flash Media Server 2.0 on Windows (test box) under the host dl35.tamu.edu (behind a firewall so I don't mind giving it out) Under the applications directory I create a directory called test Under this directory I place a flash movie called motion.flv In this same directory I copy the main.asc that comes with the Flash 8 software I load the "test" application and use _definst_ as the instance name In Flash Professional 8 I create a new fla called test.fla I embed a movie and use the ClearOverAll.swf as the skin for the movie. Under the Paramaters Tab I edit the content path to point to rtmp:"//dl35.tamu.edu/test/_definst_/motion.flv I test produce the html code and indeed the server shows a connection even though nothing is playing. Here is probably where I am most confused but I might have done something wrong with the above as well. I am not a Flash programmer, I am a network guy. All I want to do is the bare minimum in the simplest form of streaming. I could not find c

Does anyone know what bandwidth I need to host a server at my office with flash media server 2? I have comcast business with 1.5Mbps bandwidth right now. Is that enough?

i am building a site that incorporates Flash streaming video. i will host the site on my own server but i need an isp specializing in streaming flash video to host the flv content. who should i use and about how much is it? i have tried to contact vital stream a number of times and never had anyone call me back or try to contact me at all, and this is after 4 months. and they come across as very shifty, imho. i just want a straight answer and i get the exact opposite. who does anyone recommend to satisfy my criteria? thank you.

Hello All, I wonder whether the following is possible with Flash Media Server: We record technical breakout sessions at conferences, and we're looking for a way for people to watch them later with a very good user experience. Right now we are giving the presenters Camtasia to record their screen actions, which we then encode into one video file. We also use a video camera to record the presenter from the waist up, which we encode to a second video file. So now we have two video files that we'd like to keep in sync to display to the user simultaneously. Is it possible to use Flash Media Server along with a custom player to do this? Fundamentally I don’t think it would be too hard to create a single set of playback controls that sent playback request time codes back to two separate video streams. The problem as I see it would be what would happen if one of the streams lagged and had to pause to buffer while the other stream continued forward? In this case the two streams would become

Hi Please help me out in insertin 2 flvs in the same swf, the first would be and intro and the second would change randomly, I just need to know how to put 2 flvs, when after the first stopped playing the second starts to play than stops. Thanks

I have a flash app that streams video via flash media server 2 .....now the app runs extremely slow if I compile it with the frame rate set at 14 fps but if i compile it at 1 fps then it functions within acceptable speeds.....will slowing the fps down to 1 fps have any effect on the video or is it ok since i don't have any animations?

So, I'm trying to play streaming video from Dlash Media Server. nc = new NetConnection(); nc.connect('rtmp://mysite/myapp'); ns = new NetStream(nc); var startBufferLength = 2; ns.setBufferTime(startBufferLength); // create and set sound object var snd = this.createEmptyMovieClip("snd5", this.getNextHighestDepth()); snd.attachAudio(ns); audio = new Sound(snd); audio.setVolume(80); // attach videodisplay videoDisplay.attachVideo(ns); videoDisplay.smoothing = true; ns.play("video",0); It's starts playing but near the end of the clip when in buffer is less than 2 seconds but data don't streams any more, buffer flushes and the data that is in the buffer didn't display. Help me please what to do to display this last seconds.

Hello, I would like to stream flv files. I read few posts and some documentation but unfortunately I could not get any positive result. I have two basic but important questions. 1) what should I put in main.asc file 2) I s there anything to add after dragging the flvplayback component appart the rtmp address where the flv file is located. I would very much appreciate a fully illustrated answer which can I apply successfully. Thanks very much indeed.

I download FMS samples, there are some demo and flv files, but the swf that is published by this samples is incorrect, neither MX2004 nor flash 8. Anyone konws why?

Hi Guys and Girls, Im having a bit of a problem creating a stand alone cam exe projector that talks to my remote media server which in turn talks to a browser cam swf. All the browser based swf work fine but for some reason when I try and create a standalone exe projector it fails to connect to the media server. Has anyone any ideas of where to start to look for the problem. Ive alowed all permissions on my local firewall too. Im guessing that its a sand box problem with security issues but Im buggered if I can find where to start. Thanks in advance.

Our FMS2 stopped responding to incoming requests today. Looking in all the edge.*.log files, they are flooded with this line: Assert failed in /util/TCProcess.cpp line 609 any ideas what this is about? I had to restart FMS to get it to accept connections again. Linux: 2.6.17-1.2142_FC4smp

Hi, a) Can we do the following with FMS? - File transfer between two people. - Sharing PowerPoint presentations b) Are there any alternative technologies to FMS? In other words, does FMS have any competitors in the market? Many Thanks, Essaeyu

Is there a Flash Media for 64-bit OS's, such as Windows 2003 64? Is the 32-bit version of Flash Media Server able to load on Windows 2003 64 without issues? Are there plans for a 64-bit version of Flash Media Server?

I have just installed FMS2. I bring up the management console, click view applications and then I click on new instance so that I can define my application, but it doesn't do anything. Any suggestions? Thanks.

hi all; i just started with flash video stuff. is there any way to stream video via p2p like msn, skype, etc?, just using fms as a gateway or sth. like it. i see fms is a client-server model. it's totally useless for me due to high bandwitdh usage prices. thanks.

The bottom line is I don't know anything about either of these two areas. I've always been a client side interactive developer and designer, handing off the real backend work to developers in that field. FMS is finally plunging me into this area, as now I can apply my knowledge of ActionScript to the server side of things, and pull together some amazing stuff. How should I authenticate, say, a basic chat, so only logged in users can send a message? I can easily require login on the clientside, but that wouldn't stop spoofing and decompiling. Is the FMS communication encrypted? I could send username/password for each message based on the client input, and authenticat securly on the server against a serverside list, but that seems rather foolish in the event someone listens in on the clients messages, they would then see the username and password. But how else would it be done?

Hello All! I've been working with FMS and Flash 8 Professional to cope with streaming video. I haven't had any luck getting the FLVPlayback component to work, but I've had much success with the Video (ActionScript-Controlled) coding. Is there anyway, through AS, to add on a skin such as the SteelExternalPlaySeekMute.swf that will be compatible with the AS-Controlled Video? I've tried doing MyVideo.Skin = "{filepath}"; but with no success. My problems with the FLVPlayback are odd. When I change the contentPath for the FLVPlayback component, I get that wonderful "failed to load flv" message. HOWEVER, I am able to see that Flash does connect to the FMS to get the FLV info. Just nothing happens after that. Yet the video does stream the AS way. I need these files streamed as they are file size intensive, and I don't want to do any progressive downloads. So rather than beat my head against the desk, I'd rather just try to find a nice ActionScript solution to what is already working f

Are their any tools available for stress / load testing FMS?

Is there a method should be used to call() all connected clients? Or do you set up a function to loop through Application.clients and perform Client.call() on each?