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June 28, 2011
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FMS on AWS - dvrcast_origin

  • June 28, 2011
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I followed the tutorial at http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flashmediaserver/amazonec2/WS6fc2df2b6d2ce24359910e2812c396a83eb-7ff8.html#WS6fc2df2b6d2ce24359910e2812c396a83eb-7ff6 (that hugely long URL points to "Adobe Flash Media Server 4.0 * Tutorials: on-demand and live streaming"), especially the section titled Live streaming with DVR. Basically I've done the following:                            


Started an AWS instance with the FMS AMI and attached an elastic IP

Downloaded the dvrcast_origin application and copied it to /mnt/applications

Edited my /etc/hosts to point "fms1" to the AWS instance IP address
Configured FMLE to stream to rtmp://fms1/dvrcast_origin with a stream name of dan, checked the DVR Auto Record checkbox, and started a stream running
Gone to http://www.osmf.org/configurator/fmp/# and configured a basic player, and verified that I can view the live stream
Clicked on the Advanced tab and select Stream Type of DVR, then clicked Preview
Received an error message stating "We are unable to connect to the network. We apologize for the inconvenience."
Stopped the live stream and verified that no /mnt/applications/dvrcast_origin/streams directory exists

My understanding that with the FMS config described in the tutorial, and with "DVR Auto Record" checked in FMS, I should find an archive file built from my live stream. That doesn't appear to be happening. Since I'm brand new to FMS I assume I'm just overlooking something simple. Suggestions?

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    Nikhil_Kalyan
    Participating Frequently
    June 28, 2011

    Hi,


    Thanks for using the AMI-FMS.

    On the first look, it looks like permission issues on the folder, when you copied the dvrcast_origin, did you make sure that it has write access ? Can you please confirm ?

    I assume FMLE started publishing and has no errors. Also , please check the logs, they should be under /mnt/logs and see if there is anything related to recording that is looking odd.

    June 28, 2011

    Yep, that was it. I corrected the directory ownership and permissions, and I'm now getting archive files. Thanks so much!