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acca2o
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September 9, 2009
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getting live streaming in flv format

  • September 9, 2009
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Hi, I'm a new in the forum and with Flash Media Server, so...be kind 🙂

In using Flash Live Media Encoder to aquire a webcam video and to send it to a Flash Media Development Server 3.5 for live video streaming to one client by the same local network.

The client device doesn't support flash player but is able to read and play flv video format.

So, if i get a flv video file from apache 2 it works.

But I don't know how to get a live video streaming from the server. The client application needs a flv file to point to.

Does FVS generate a flv file for live video streaming?

Where can I find it?

Can I point it to get the video?

Some suggestion?

I need real time video with low latency.

Thank a lot.

P.

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    Anonymous
    September 9, 2009

    When using FMS for live streaming, the transport is different. Your player needs to be capable of making an RTMP connection to FMS and consuming the video as a NetStream. There is no concept of playing an FLV file over RTMP per se, there is only the concept of playing a stream.

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    acca2oAuthor
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    September 9, 2009

    I supposed the format was flv because the client application works with youtube videos and I know (i read) youtube uses flv format.

    But is it true? and does youtuibe use flash media server tecnoclogy? are the live streaming format and protocol the same of a vod streaming?

    Let's try in another way.... how can I build a simple html page that works exatly in the same way of a youtibe ones, embedding the live video inside?

    Can you help me, please.

    There is no documentation about the client application, I just can try and test.

    Again...thanks.

    Bye

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    Anonymous
    September 9, 2009

    Youtube uses a progressive HTTP transport, not a streaming RTMP transport.

    You can't do progressive HTTP download of a live stream... it just doesn't work that way. To consume a live stream from FMS, you need to use an RTMP client.

    There are some "getting started" guides here:

    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/?view=gettingstarted

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