FMS - Passing Variables in URL for Start Points

Question

I have installed FMS 4 and have set up a player (longtail) on my website and I am currently streaming videos for my school district using RTMP.

Things are working OK, but I do have an issue I have been unable to resolve. I want to allow the user to jump to certain segments of the long video using a hyperlink that specifies the timecode of the start point. In the hyperlink, I pass a variable called 'VidStart' which is the timestamp in seconds.

This system works flawlessly within my school district's firewall, but outside the firewall the video loads (slower than within the firewall), but the start point links do not work. Instead of going to the specified timestamp, the video just always from the beggining.

Does anyone know if this is a setting within the server or should I be looking at the firewall perhaps not letting me pass variable in the URL?

http://www.lbschools.net/Main_Offices/Superintendent/Public_Information/Video/BOE/index.cfm?vid_ID=32&vidStart=1

Suggestions anyone?

Thanks,

Deron

calmchessplayer · Answer

well if you are loading your variable in via a flashVar you should have no problem if you using URL Loader or maybe XML then you might need a crossdomain xml file. Or if you are using URL Loader then u will want a cachebuster just google cache buster and you will find results.Put a text feild on stage and tell whatever is loading the your target variable to display it in the text field. something like myText.text =myVar.toString(); if its null or an unexpected result then you know the problem. Something else that anybody should do is to install Flash Player Debugger for their target browser/operating system so you can see any runtime errors that are occuring.

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