Questions

Hi, I work for a technology company in the agricultural industry, and we recently bought Adobe FMS 3.0 for live streaming of an online auction application. Initially the tests were ok, but the stream latency is becoming a real issue. It starts at around 1s delay, which is barely acceptable, but an hour into the sale it stretches to 2-3s, and more. This is becoming a real deal breaker for the Flash solution that looked very promising at the beginning. We need to find the absolute lowest latency setting for the live streaming application supplied with FMS3.0. Low latency (1s max) and stable latency has highest priority, more important than picture quality or uninterrupted streaming. How can we achieve this? Are there any settings where I can tweak the stream latency? I am not a Flash expert, but I can find and modify the configuration files on the FMS Windows 2003 server. Any help would be immensely appreciated.

Hello, I'm working on an app that is used by a client of ours that is in state government. Because of their security settings, they only have port 80 open to use for connections to our application. We have a dedicated server running FMIS 3.0, and I've configured the fms.ini file to contain the line ADAPTOR.HOSTPORT = :80 instead of the default of 1935. I've restarted FMS, restarted the server, changed the connection string in my Flash client to be of the form rtmp://<server_name>:80/<app_name> but I just can't get the app to connect. It works fine with 1935 in our dev and test environments, but for our live server we really need to be able to use port 80. If anyone can tell me how to make this work I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any help. Regards, Dave

Is it possible to record video from your webcam locally using Flash Player so that it can be played back at a later time, without using a streaming server such as FMS? Thanks! S

Hi, I have a setup where I have 2 FMS 3.0 servers behind a load balancer. This works fine for VOD files but when I started testing a live stream, it intermittently hangs and no video shows up about 50% of the time. I'm assuming this is because only one of the servers is actually getting the live stream from Flash Media Live Encoder (I have the RTMP string set to flv.domain.com which is load balanced between the two servers). How do I keep the two servers in sync for live streaming? Do I need to setup an edge/origin configuration? Since I didn't change any of the defaults when installing the software, I would assume that both are running as origin servers. Is there a config I need to change? Any help would be appreciated.

We're using FMS3 to stream a 120 minute FLV with about dozen cue points added by AS3. We are using the cue points to stop playback and present a question in order to continue playback. Very infrequently a cue point will fail to be fired and playback continues right through. Different browsers, different OSs, slightly different versions of the Flash Player. Are there situations where a cue point event can fail to fire? What is the mechanism that triggers a cue point to fire? Is it possible that due to streaming or network bandwidth fluctuations the frame containing a cue point could be dropped? Is there a way to ensure that all cue points are delivered to the player? Would embedding an event cue point in the FLV provide any more reliable behavior? Thank you. -Terry

I have FMS installed on a RHE 3 vps. The admin and edge servers runs fine. netstat shows ports 1111 and 1935 are listening. Problem is, in the process list fmscore always comes up [defunct]. When I look at var/logs/messages the only thing that I can see that could be causing problems is : 1228 Failed to create process mutex. Can anyone give me more information about what this means, and how to fix it? Any help would be much appreciated. -Ian

Hi Everyone, I have FMS3 installed on a Linux machine running Red Hat 4. I am able to connect to the admin console and it shows me that the server is running and everything looks fine. But when I try to stream video, it just wont establish a connection. I tried using fmscheck to see if I can connect. When I type: ./fmscheck --host localhost --app vod --logfile output.txt I get this: #Version 1.0.0 r15 #2008-09-25 12:47:05 #Software: Adobe Flash Media Server Check 1.0.0 r15 #2008-09-25 #Fields: date time x-event x-sname 2008-09-25 12:47:05 Connect rtmp://localhost:1935/vod 2008-09-25 12:47:21 Timeout - The admin console shows that no connection has been made and there's nothing displayed in the server log (viewed in the admin console). Also, when I restart the server and check the logs, it appears that the creation of the process mutex has failed: Sep 25 12:49:14 serverName Service[5369]: Server stopped . Sep 25 12:49:14 serverName Service[23886]: Server starting... Sep 25 12:

Hi all, here is my problem: I have 2 servers, both with FMS 2.05, lets call them FMS_A and FMS_B I want an application running on FMS_A to connect on an application on FMS_B If FMS_B has no security restrictions (tag <Allow> in vHost.xml), this works fine. BUT, if I want want to restrict the IP/domain allowed to connect to FMS_B, this won't work, even if I allow IP of FMS_A in vHost.xml: <Allow> ip1, dns1, .... , <ip FMS_A>, <dns FMS_A>, ...., ip, ip</Allow> I can connect from a swf, and the restriction is working well, but not when the NetConnection is started by a FMS application... Here the error message, found in logs/core.xx.log: Rejecting connection from rtmp://_defaultVHost_:1935/myApplyClient/myInstance to rtmp://<IP_FMS_B>/myAppliServer/myInstance. - Connection rejected by server. Reason : [ Server.Reject ] : Rejecting connection from rtmp://_defaultVHost_:1935/myApplyClient/myInstance to <IP_FMS_B>/myAppliServer/myInstance. -

I'm working on a Facebook/Myspace app, we were coding it in Flash, I'm not too experienced myself so I hired a team to help with it. A few weeks ago they said it looked like it would lag due to the fact that it's a multiplayer game where 4 players can play with each other in a single screen and interact with each other, and other people can also join ongoing games to spectate. They said I needed to use UDP rather than TCP because TCP would lag. However, Flash + UDP looks like it could be a problem: quote: Just want to let you know that we did a research on all the possibilities available concerning the Flash Action Scripting Platform. The first one to go with is of course the Flash Media Interactive server itself as for now its the only platform that supports UDP with Flash. Now there are two ways to get along with it, one way is to purchase the Flash Media Interactive server ( that costs US$ 4,500 ) and have it installed on any linux server. The second option is to obtain a dedica

Hello. I have jumped into trying to set up a live streaming cam for our company and have installed Flash Media Server onto a windows 2003 Enterprise Server. I am trying to host live streaming video to no more than 1 viewer at a time. I have followed the guide posted here Beginners Guide to Streaming Live Video and have gotten it all set up. I am having trouble getting the feed to broadcast on the website I have setup on Server 2003. I am able to pull the html page itself and can even see the media player but no feed is there. I do not intend to have this stream used 24/7, nor do I intend it to be put out for public use. It is strictly for "by appointment" video inspections of our product. I also do not need to interact with the viewer other than for them to see and hear the stream. As I mentioned I am new to this so am not sure what information someone would need from me in terms of my setup but will happily supply it if someone could give me a helping hand. Some things I think mi

Hi, I would like to develop a chat with voice. I found several examples of stream live audio-video, but just want audio. What search?

We're having a devil of a time with viewing streaming Flash videos from inside our network (i.e. our users can't view most streaming video hosted by others). It appears that the Flash player is supposed to have some sort of fallback mechanism whereby it will eventually use the browsers configured proxy if a direct connection fails. I have seen this happen on occasion, but I'm not so certain it isn't because the developers have written their own fallback mechanisms. Below are a couple examples where no proxy connection is attempted, can anyone tell me why no attempt to use the browsers proxy setting is made? Are there some dependencies on the developer coding the connect calls correctly? http://www.cspan.org/Watch/watch.aspx?MediaId=HP-A-15001 http://216.40.253.202/~usscanf/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=23&year=2009&month=01&day=14&Itemid=44 (click the "Click here the archived Webcast" link). Flash version: 10,0,12,36

I am working on a project that involves recording video from a kiosk and streaming (or prog. downloading) it to internet site visitors. I am thinking of recording the video to a local FMS (conecting via an AIR client with attached mic and camera) and using a file sync process outside of FMS to get the FLVs onto the internet server (probably via FTP). But I'm curious if there is a better practice or a feature within the FMS product that might offer benefits over this approach. I expect the videos to be very short (<30 seconds) so streaming the final video is less important.

Is there any other reason this error could happen, besides a stream with the same name already beeing published? After having the application running for a period of time, in which many users publish and subscribe streams, my FMS stops letting the clients publish any more streams (returning always NetStream.Publish.Badname), and reseting the vHost is the only solution I found (I think that after a long period of time the problem also disappears, but I'm not completely sure). I've made a test application where I can publish using any name I want, to be sure that I wasn't repeating names. Thanks! Maximo

How do you limit access to FMS app instances from a certain domain? For example, if I only want example.com/file.swf to create an app instance and run - but if I try localhost/file.swf or otherdomain.com/file.swf it will not? Thank you.

I have FMS 3.5 for dev. Can I custom VOD application for Server-side recording ? Because I try to config that it not work. other my idea -> I creat new folder in application for Server-side recording. And I create application for recording. /--------------Exmple Code-------------/ rtmpURL="rtmp://ip-address/vod2/media"; ns.attachAudio (mic); ns.attachCamera (cam); ns.publish (nameRecord,"record"); /---------------------------------------------/ and I uesed flvPlayBack to call stream by (*insert url in the input source at component inspector) rtmp://ip-address/vod2/nameRecord OR rtmp://ip-address/vod2/media/nameRecord It not work !!!!! BUT I used function /------------example code-----------------/ nc.connect("rtmp://ip-address/vod2/media"); vid2.attachNetStream (ns); ns.play (nameRecord); /-----------------------------------------------/ it's work. -*- Please suggest me in this issue. Thanks

I read FME white book already but I'm not sure some information. - FMS 3.5 Can provide 2 service (VOD & Live) ? - FMS 3.5 can not add or edit other application to server ? And FMIS can do it ?. - FMS 3.5 can not use video record function from client to server ? And FMIS can do it? - FMS 3.5 can not use share object funtion? And FMIS can do it? Thank you everybody for response.

I'm using FMS 2.0 to stream videos. It works great on my computer but a lot of people are complaining about the videos being choppy. This is the web page - http://www.ncswlearn.org/components/videos/?id=33 Are the videos choppy for you? If so, how fast is your internet connection and how much RAM do you have? Any other ideas for what might cause this and how I can fix it? Thanks! Any help / responses is greatly appreciated.

Hi All, I am trying to add FMLE to my application, How can I allow FMIS to accept rtmp like following rtmp://localhost/authenticatefolder/username=12345/password=12345 whenever I try above rtmp, I am getting rejected message, I am trying to authenticate username and password using server side scripting and redirectConnection if it is validated Thanks Nurba

Hi, when i create an instance, it just automatically closes after 1 second why ?

I would like to create a channel by an interactive media server. When users login , they will watch the same video content with the same screen, just like they are watching TV. Are there any resource for me to study? Or anyone can leave me advices? Thanks a lot.

Hi, in order to evaluate this software, i'm seeking for some documentation (manuals, guide, ...) but all i found is PDF commercial brochure... do someone now where i can find more info ? I'm seeking also for a "devellopement edition" in order to test it... does it exist ? Thanks for your help

i m new to this. Using the flash media server, Is possible for user to record an audio on the fly, save it in the server and playback at later time. What formal will the audio be saved as.. thx in advance Angel

Hello, can someone explain me please how i can stream working from subfolder? I have FMS 3.0 licensed, the videos in the main media folder work fine, but when i try to stream from subfolder it doesnt. I can see the connection and stream in server logs,but nothing showing in player. Thank You.

When i try to access the admin panel on the default port : 1111 Example: MyServerIP:1111 I get this error This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below. − <result> <level>error</level> <code>NetConnection.Connect.Rejected</code> <description>Admin user requires valid username and password.</description> <timestamp>1/29/2009 6:16:15 AM</timestamp> </result> How do i access the admin panel so i can create instances from home without having to Remote Desktop into the server to do it internally ?