Media Server (read-only)

Hi. Am having problems with onMetaData. Am running FMS 2.01 developer edition for evaluation on my local winxp machine. I'm using onMetaData to detect the width and height of an FLV stream, but sometimes onMetaData fails to kick in. Any clues as to what is going on? When does onMetaData exactly trigger? Any suggestions on how to fix my onMetaData problem? Thanks. *am also using onPlayStatus to detect when a stream has completed playing

Any recommendations for FM2 as a stand-alone server ONLY or can it co-exist on a W2K3 box with IIS/CFMX?

Hi, I'm trying to put a flash .swf video file into a PDF with Acrobat 7.0 Professional using MAC OSX. When I make the video play, all the sound comes through, but the screen remains a black box. I've been able to make other flash movies, and quicktime movies work. The flash file that doesn't work, however, will play in a flash player on the PC computer that created it. Thanks for any suggestions!

I have installed the MFS2 on my Linux box and it runs fine. I have installed it into /var/www/html dir so that i can connect using an external web browser (which it does). The problem is, i am also using "FlashChat" with video/audio capability but the FMS2 does not connect with it. Any help will be greatly received...... Thanks in advance.

Hello I need to broadcast with flashcomm an event for about 150-200 users (I get the signal from a TV tuner and I send it to Flashcomm server). Currently I'm using Uvault (www.uvault.com) servers but I don't get the results I'd like. The problem is uvalt gives me up to 5 Mbs of peak bandwidth (I have hired Flash Media Server Plan 4) and I need a real-time streaming of the signal, so I'd like to be advised what should I do to get real-time streaming. Should I hire a Flash Video Plan to Uvault (I really don't know how does it work) or shuold I hire a plan with any other company. Could you tell me about other companys that can offer me a higher bandwidth to get the real time streaming I need? Thank you everybody

I would like to use custom error messages with my server side actionscript. Is there a way to do this?

We have someone developing a chat client in flash that connects to an FMS server. Typing works fine in English, but if you try to type Japanese, it spits the characters out one at a time into the chat window after pressing return. This makes chat very difficult and extremely long for Japanese folks: L I K E T H I S Above is how Japanese would show up. I should mention that this happens only on OSX and not Windows. Anybody have any ideas on how to fix this? Many thanks!

I've installed FMS2 on a Windows 2000 machine with intention to evaluate flash video as a streaming system. The server starts properly and I can log into it using the FMS2 console app. Unfortunately after 24 hours of messing around with it I still can't get a simple client app to load & display any video! Following tutorials online I've created an application directory called C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash Media Server 2\applications\testapp and inside that a directory named 'video' containing one .flv file, 'ACS1.flv'. A colleague has put together a simple flash app to connect to this server and stream the content. His code for connecting to the FMS and loading the video is as follows: import mx.remoting.debug.NetDebug video_src = "ACS1"; stop(); //Open a new NetConnection to attach a remote object nc=new NetConnection(); nc.onStatus = function(infoObject) { _root.nc_status.text += "Status (NetStream)" + newline; _root.nc_status.text += "Level: "+infoObject.level + ne

We are currently using Flash Media Server to serve up streaming video/audio directly, but are now implementing two edge servers behind a load balancer. Is anyone else currently using edge servers? If so do you have a resource for sample configuration files directing requests between the edge and origin server?

Hello there I have been working on a requirement where I need to broadcast live audio and video feeds to Flash Media Server from where it gets broadcasted to our customers. We have two types of customers: High bandwidth and Low bandwidth. Now could anyone please tell me what kind of scripting is required at the server end so that the Media server broadcasts to these two level of user groups at same time. How do we control the live feeds received at the Media server ? How do I control the amount of bandwidth that at server side based on the received feed so that I can broadcast to my users based on their capacity ? I tried running two separate flash application pulling the feeds from SAME camera but that didn't work as changing the settings (like Camera.setMode..) on one program affects the settings on other program(as both programs are connected to same camera/mic). I do not want to buy two separate cameras/mic to support both high/low bandwidth users. I would need to do it program

Hello friends, We have developed a good audio/video conferencing application using Flash and Flash Communication Server 1.5. Application works but lots of times, when some one is publishing audio and video to others, they receive the published audio/video after a bad delay (sometimes up to minutes). We are testing it on a fast LAN so the problem can't be related to network speed. This problem if not fixed can break our project completely while it is useless this way. How can we fix this? Thank you so much for any note and help P.S. I haven't tried Flash Media Server 2 yet. may using that help solve this issue?

I would like to download both Macromedia Flash Player and Shockwave Flash Player so I can be able to access internet games requiring one or both of these programs. But my computer isn't allowing me to and the instructions to error check why I cannot download these things is frustrating me. Haha. Some help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi All, I am new to FLV's , can some one know if i can be able to make modifications to a movie i uploaded online.? My requirement is simple i would like to upload a movie and share it so that some one else can edit it may be remove some frames, add some frames etc. Please do let me know , this is somewhat urgent. Anand

Hi,all. I have a Question aboconfut Flash media server. we made a video conference by Flash media server. Can flash audio/video connection go through the firewall?

hello. i work with a firm that provides hosting. one of our clients has asked if it was possible to use a streaming server from flash. now, to try it out, i've downloaded the trial version for the flash media server 2. i've read through the documentation, but i still cannot make it do what i want. as an example, i've downloaded the 'dynamic playlist' example. i've set it up completely as it's said on the site tutorial, yet i cannot connect with the server. before you ask, yes, the server is running and the application is loaded. the only thing i've really changed in the example is the url of the server inside the xml file. when i test the flash in flash pro 8, i get the message NetConnection.Connect.Failed, no matter what address i use, be it localhost, the internal ip address of the firm, or the external ip address for access via the net. admitted, i'm not the most knowledgable person on flash, but i still need to get that server running. obviously, my boss wants that server up and r

I have the responsibility of overhauling the current flash based video player for a major media company, and would love some feedback. We need to own/control the code as much as possible, and the site will have a dynamic play list. http://dsc.discovery.com/beyond/?dcitc=w99-532-ah-0036 – we have something very similar to what the discovery channel has done. QUESTIONS: What role does flex play in streaming video? Is it worth moving to Flash 8? (for video) Have there been any major improvements in flash video? Should we just stick with the technology in our current solution (similar to the link above) How can we make it scalable, easy to maintain. Should we contact Macromedia for a consultant? Or look for somone from the outside? We are integrating this into ASP.NET 2.0

Well, I am a NEWB at Flash Player 8 Professional. I got the trial and for the life of me I couldn't figure out... When I draw anything, the next frame its in the same place, right? If I move it in the second frame, it moves in the first! If I draw in the second, it draws it in the first! AND... If I ERASE in the second, it ERASES in the first!!!!! How the hell do I fix this?!?

I have a playlist that shows thumbnails of each of the .flv's available. I auto-start the first in the list and it plays just fine. If you select any of the other 10+ that also will stop the 1st loaded FLV and start the one you selected. If you go back and click the 1st one which auto-played...that also stops the current flv and loads and starts that one just fine. However......if you select any flv other than those 2...it stops the current playing flv and then does absolutely nothing. So I'm wondering what the issue is. Here's the code: ...After click Class Function...... _root.main.vPlayer.contentPath = _parent.flvFile; _root.main.vPlayer.play(); ...some other things in the class function not related to playing flv I'm wondering if there's some type of issue with the file not being ready to play...or getting confused...not sure. Any help appreciated.

Could someone please explain how I may target a Communication Component that has been embeded in another component? Specificly I have an instance of the Chat Component placed inside an Accordian Component and have tried setting the path with the simpleConnect Component, but it seems that I can only connect to instances at _root level. Anyone care to tell me what I'm missing ? Thanks

How secure is the data stream that comes from FMS? Is it possible to "steal" the FLV video stream? What about SWF?

Does anyone know a work around for the audio bug using streaming video via Flash Com? You know the one where playing the video and hitting the IE 5-6 back button allows you to STILL listen to the audio after leaving page .... I hear this is a IE problem ... I hope there is a solution that you all know about .... PLEASE! For now, we are screwed. At the present moment, this crap bug is a hinderance to your streaming video technology. Brian Wells

hi, I am trying to connect my application with server but it is sowing me error of " NetConnection.Connect.Failed". I wrote following code to do this . . . but can't connect to server. client side script --------------------------------------------------------------- var nc = new NetConnection(); nc.connect("rtmp://localhost/myApp/"); nc.onStatus = function(info) { trace(info.code); }; -------------------------------------------------------- server side script [main.asc] -------------------------------------------------------- application.onConnect = function(newClient) { application.acceptConnection(newClient); } --------------------------------------------------------

It seems every couple of days, our FMS (latest version) goes non responsive. By this I mean, the connections on the RMTP/HTTP ports fail. (verified using http://www.404404.com/flashcomporttest/) We're using nothing more than the sample guestbook application, and find that after a couple of days, we don't get playback.. and have to restart the fms. Once we restart, the sample guestbook app works fine again. We're running the FMS on linux. Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. I am just learning the basics of FMS2 and have some simple questions(I hope). I currently have a php/mysql application that creates mixes of mp3s.The songs are played using progressive downloads and this is causing some concerns among the license holders.I understand that by using FMS2 I can stream the mp3s instead. My question is about keeping current functionality after migrating to FMS2. My mp3 player uses xml playlists.Its is already coded to hook into flashcom streams if needed. To create a playlist, a user searches the DB and adds songs to his account. I then use php to write the added song data to an xml playlist. The playlist is stored in the users folder, with a copy of the mp3 player. The mp3s are all pulled from a specific location on the server. From what I have learned about FMS2 so far(which is very little), I am not sure if streams can be dynamically created in the same fashion. I have seen plenty of info about FMS2 stream

Hi, i have made a chat application using chat component, but the chat component store the data permanentely in the server, How to delete the history data from the chat shared object. anyone please help me how to do this. Thanks in advance regards avanthika.