FMS upload

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April 16, 2008
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Very basic question. I have FMS working okj in my PC locally. Can/should/may I upload FMS to my website to be able to stream videos? can a server be uploaded to a server??

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clemmiAuthor

Participant

Thank you. This answers my question...I guess...
I know there are many other considerations but the issue i want to be sure is that I can upload and install in my web site just as I did on my PC.
I take it that the answer is: yes.
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clemmiAuthor

Participant

Thank you for your response.
When I log to my web site (www.mysite.com) I go to:
/mysite/wwwroot
where I can make new directories, like "stream"
then, I upload "Flashmedia3_Int_Strm_ALP.zip"
to /mysite.wwwroot/stream/
unzip and install FMS on my site,
Then proceed as in my local installation.
so far...
Is this correct?

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walt999

Participating Frequently

The file I used was 'FlashMediaServer3.tar.gz' for Linux. I assume 'Flashmedia3_Int_Strm_ALP.zip' is for Windows?

When I unpacked 'FlashMediaServer3.tar.gz' I got a directory structure like this:

/applications
/conf
/docs
/lizenses
/modules
/samples
/scriptlib
/tools
... and 24 files, e. g. installFMS

Installing fms was easy by just starting installFMS and follow the screen.

Back to your questions:

>When I log to my web site (www.mysite.com) I go to:
>/mysite/wwwroot
>where I can make new directories, like "stream"
>then, I upload "Flashmedia3_Int_Strm_ALP.zip"
>to /mysite.wwwroot/stream/
>unzip and install FMS on my site,

Fine. You can unzip your *.zip to whatever directory you want because when you start the installFMS a default install path and directory is automatically suggested.

>Then proceed as in my local installation.

Yes, if the local and remote server has the same OS.

After a successfull fms install you should see a structure like this

/applications
/conf
/docs
/lizenses
/modules
/samples
/scriptlib
/tools
... and files ...

'Install' ment for me that the whole tree from the 'FlashMediaServer3.tar.gz' was just coppied by the fms installer to another location and some config was done (by the fms installer).

As I stressed in my previous message you should see an
/applications
/conf
/docs
....
directory somewhere.

Please note that I'm refering to the FMS3 = FMIS3. There is also a stripped down version called FMSS3, if I'm not mistaken.

I installed the FMIS3 on Linux. I do not know how installing works for FMSS3 on Windows but I expect it to be similar.

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walt999

Participating Frequently

>Can/should/may I upload FMS to my website to be able to stream videos?

You cannot upload the fms like a directory of images. You likely need root access to your server. The fms is a program that needs to be installed. The fms is not a passive thing like a static html page.

>can a server be uploaded to a server??

Sure. The fms ist called server because it serves media data, but physically it is just a program like many others. Surely you can upload programs to a server.

I do not recommend that you upload your local fms directory to your server in the internet. You better upload the fms package which adobe provides. Untar the package and start the installer in order to install the fms.

Simply put: Do a fresh install.

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clemmiAuthor

Participant

Thank you for your response.
When I log to my web site (www.mysite.com) I go to:
/mysite/wwwroot
where I can make new directories, like "stream"
then, I upload "Flashmedia3_Int_Strm_ALP.zip"
to /mysite.wwwroot/stream/
unzip and install FMS on my site,
Then proceed as in my local installation.
I access the videos using "www.mysite.com/stream/xxx.swf or xxx.html"
Is this correct?

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walt999

Participating Frequently

>I access the videos using "www.mysite.com/stream/xxx.swf or xxx.html"

Well, you do not need the fms to serve a xxx.swf file. The fms won't even notice that. A *.swf file ist just downloaded by a browser like a html file. The Flash player browser plugin then plays that xxx.swf file. This got nothing to do with the fms.

The Fms comes into play if you want e. g. to stream a *.flv or mp4 (h.264) Video. First a browser loads xxx.swf (e. g. avideoplayer.swf) which it gets from the Apache. Then the avideoplayer.swf e. g. requests a rtmp stream. Now the fms starts working when he gets your rtmp request.

My path to the fms3 on a RedHat box is

/opt/adobe/fms/applications/vod/media

media is a directory and contains my *.flv videos. E. g.

/opt/adobe/fms/applications/vod/media/demo.flv

In my homepage I have the jw flash player. Here is the beginning of the flashvars I pass to the player:

flashvars="file=rtmp://www.mysite.com/vod/&id=demo&...other vars are here ...

Please note that the filename is passed in the 'id' param and do not use '.flv'.
In the file param I pass 'rtmp://www.mysite.com/vod/' as you can see.

The Fms just need the name of the application, in my case 'vod' (sort for video on demand). Because it is rtmp which knocks on port 1935 the fms just needs to know 'vod' and knows where to find the demo.flv.

Naming (path and filename) is different than what we are used in the Apache/html world.

Find your fms /application/ directory. This is the default place for your videos.

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