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DrEMGaylord
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April 21, 2006
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FMS Installation/Configuration

  • April 21, 2006
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I apologize in advance if this information is covered elsewhere...I just cannot locate an exact answer, and it is frustrating. Also, I an new to FMS (was just assigned to do this after two other web programmers left the company), so please bear with my questions...

Before yesterday, our 'streaming' server (still in Beta) was configured for Windows Media Services and Darwin in anticipation of streaming Quicktime and WindowsMedia files. However, administration had selected to change courses and go with Flash...

Yesterday, I installed FMS2.0.1 on our 'streaming' server (Win2k3). This server is partitioned into two drives...FMS installed on C, while all the HD space has been set-up for D in anticipation of storing all the Flash media files that users create.

On another server, we have IIS installed, and use Microsoft Content Management Server/SQL Server to create web pages. In the old system, all I had to do was add a URL inside of a web page (example- mms://streaming.institutin.com/media/playme.asf), and someone clicking on the link would automatically have Windows Media Player open and the file would play.

At this point, I am stuck onhow to accomplish this with Flash. Any information or guidance someone can give me, or even asking the correct questions of me, would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!!
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    Anonymous
    April 21, 2006
    With FMS, you need a Flash application (.swf) to connect and play video. There are a few prebuilt video player flash components out there, and there are some that ship with the Flash 8 authoring tool (although I've heard they can be difficult to work with).

    If you really want to gain some good understanding, I recommend "Programming Flash Communication Server" (O'Reilly). Although it covers far more detail than you'll need for a simple streaming application, the book will give you a solid understanding of how the server works. The book assumes you have a basic knwolege of Actionscript, so if Flash is new to you, you might want to spend a bit of time reading up on programming Actionscript.

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