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January 19, 2013
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Flash Multicast Player : Interface Address

  • January 19, 2013
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I have created my own multicast configurator and player . Now based on documentation here http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flashmediaserver/devguide/WS7812b00092aae0dc-2829dcd012a54a3ed1a-8000.html#WS7812b00092aae0dc-24f6ecf312a54a597b9-7fff I still couldnt find how can I use "Interface address" parameter in action script .

Can any one please point me to right class/direction to add that in player and configurator ?

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If the machine hosting FMS has more than one NIC, it means that machine will have no. of IPs equal to the no. of NIC card. When we install FMS on such machine, it bounds to all the IPs.

When we enter the IP address for one NIC in the Interface Address text box (which is an optional parameter) of the configurator, then FMS determines which NIC to use while publishing using this interface IP address. If you enter Interface Address in the configurator along with other details and click on generate, it appends one more query parameter named "fms.multicast.interface" in the publisher stream name. This stream name is used to publish a multicast stream to FMS. In player side, you don't have to add or modify anything for this parameter.

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January 20, 2013

If the machine hosting FMS has more than one NIC, it means that machine will have no. of IPs equal to the no. of NIC card. When we install FMS on such machine, it bounds to all the IPs.

When we enter the IP address for one NIC in the Interface Address text box (which is an optional parameter) of the configurator, then FMS determines which NIC to use while publishing using this interface IP address. If you enter Interface Address in the configurator along with other details and click on generate, it appends one more query parameter named "fms.multicast.interface" in the publisher stream name. This stream name is used to publish a multicast stream to FMS. In player side, you don't have to add or modify anything for this parameter.