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I'm hoping this is a quick easy question to answer: What is the difference between Flash Media Server and simply using a freeware Flash media player (like Flowplayer http://flowplayer.org/) that uses XML playlists to embed your Flash videos on a website? What are the advantages to Flash Media Server and how does something like Flowplayer not address issues that FMS can? Thanks in advance! Erik

Once or twice a day my FMS Core with it's application restarts. As far as I see it happens when FMS runs on certain part of server side code that sets properties in shared object very fast (in for loop), for instance: for (k = 0; k < sharedObjectNamesArray.length; k++) { application[sharedObjectNamesArray].setProperty(propName, propValue); } Log in my Core is: #Fields: date time x-pid x-status x-ctx x-comment 2009-01-26 01:19:58 31823 (i)2581247 Core (31823) disconnected from edge. - 2009-01-26 01:19:58 31823 (i)2581233 Core (31823) disconnecting from admin. - #Date: 2009-01-26 #Fields: date time x-pid x-status x-ctx x-comment 2009-01-26 01:19:59 29582 (i)2581237 Starting admin app on core (29582). - 2009-01-26 01:19:59 29582 (i)2581238 Core (29582) connecting to admin. - 2009-01-26 01:19:59 29582 (i)2581231 Core (29582) connected to admin. - 2009-01-26 01:19:59 29582 (i)2581234 Core (29582) connection to admin accepted. - 2009-01-26 01:19:59 29582 (i)2581246 Core (29582) se

I am trying to iterate a shared object on the server side and get the slot name. For example I have a shared object with slots names A, B, C, D, etc. How do I iterate the slots and get the slot name? Should be a pretty simple question to answer, but the answer is alluding me.

Hi, We just installed FMS 3.5 to test it. And we use it for rtmps. We get though the following type of errors in the edge logs. 2009-01-27 13:29:49 3448 (e)2711336 SSL accept failed : (err=1, ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) : error:1407609B:SSL routines:SSL23_ Any ideas what this could be related to and what it means? Thank you

I want to restrict the ability for encoders to connect and stream to my FMS [3.0] server by their IP addresses. So basically, 1.1.1.1 can connect and send in a stream named 'livestream' (very original I know). However, if 2.2.2.2 tries - nothing happens. While at the same time, I don't want to restrict playback at all... I know I can use an FMS authentication plug in to add user/pass auth on the encoder side... What I'm trying to do is allow anyone in my building to stream but no one else. If I use a user/pass auth, if that gets out in the open then (baring firewall acls), anyone can stream to my FMS server. Anyone know how to implement this? Much obliged for any and all help..

This question is quite simple to begin with. Can FMS and WMS coexist on the same server? This topic suggests that they can: FMS and WMS But I would like for both of them to be able to use the http protocol and then they might conflict? The solution to this as I understand it is to assign each service a unique IP address on the same server (multiple NICs). Are there other conflicts that might arise? Will performance take a big hit from running them both on the same server? Does anyone here have experience from setting this up? Help would be appreciated. Michael

Thats my question: Where could i find tutorials on making a Flash Media Server?Bye and thanks if you reply [links deleted by host]

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

Hello, I've installed media server 3 and I can't find my components in Flash CS3. Do I need to download these, or should they be there? Thanks in advance, Richard D. Reavis

Is it possible to use version 2 of the FMS components with FMS3?

Hello All, I just got a question, Lets suppose, i want to add a feature in my flash based site to upload live video from my webcam. will i need flash media server? or i can do this thing without using any streaming or special purpose server? Thanks

Hi, is there a way to use loadVars with an rtmp connection so that the page Im using to get the variables into my flash movie are not exposed in a user's temp internet files? thanks!

i have two (2) application running under FMS namely video recorder, video player and a simple flash apps. video player has the feature to broadcast live feed and prerecording clips. when video player is scheduled to play a live feed to will connect to the stream of the video recorder and when it is scheduled to play a prerecording clips the video player will play the video clips. My problem is how can I connect the simple flash apps to broadcast the feed that the video recorder is currently playing?

Hi, I am using Windows operating system, Flash CS3 and FMS 3.5. I am new to Action Script 3.0 But I am good in Action Script 2.0. I am trying to call a function declared in Action Script 3.0 from FMS. here I have declared it as follows. In FMS I am calling a function as application.onConnect(client){ client.call("informServer"); }; In Flash AS 3 I have declared this function as follows. var nc = new NetConnection(); // Now here I declare function nc.addEventListener("informServer", informServerHandler); nc.connect("rtmp://localhost/abc"); private function informServerHandler(evt){ trace(" Till here Done "); } So When I execute Flash file then it connects to FMS and also in NetStatus event of NetConnection I got Connected. But Then I got Error in Flash as Error #2095: flash.net.NetConnection was unable to invoke callback informServer." error=ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property informServer not found on flash.net.NetConnection and there is no default value.] Please tell me H

Hi All, First, apologies about my nickname - I tried everything under the sun and kept getting rejected, so I just mashed the keyboard and it worked. Anyway, I'm a complete noob at Flash Media Server. I installed it on my development PC and it worked out of the box with VOD, but when I install it on our live server (Windows 2003 Standard SP2), it is so slow to buffer anything, even on the local network, it takes 45 minutes just to play the sample video. Can anyone suggest anything I can look at to see why it would be taking so long? The server is a Dual-Quad-Core Xeon with 8gb of RAM, so I don't think it's the hardware at fault (the development server is a Core 2 Duo with 3gb of ram and it was perfect). I've looked at the logs, and it looks like the following: session connect 2009-01-21 16:19:40 1032 127.0.0.1 3073 3073 - - - - 200 - stream play 2009-01-21 16:19:40 1032 127.0.0.1 3160 3451 sample1_1000kbps.f4v 0 14129426 112.384000 200 - stream stop 2009-01-21 16:19:44 1032 127.

When i try to install FMS3.5 i get this error... anyone know how to bypass this of fix the problem? Thanks! /FMS/FMS_3_5_0_r405$ ./installFMS ./fmsini: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory ERROR: You are running the Adobe Flash Media Server installer on the wrong platform. Server info: SuSE Linux 9.3 (x86-64) kernel: 2.6.11.4-21.7-smp

Here is the video code I uploaded into dreamweaver.: AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase',' http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','1000','height','400','src','descarga total1','quality','high','pluginspage',' http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','descarga total1' ); //end AC code </script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase=" http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="1000" height="400"> <param name="movie" value="descarga total1.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <embed src="descarga total1.swf" quality="high" pluginspage=" http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="1000" height="400"></embed> </object>

I have the need to track stream request information via server side ActionScript. What I need is information from the actual stream request, not the calling page, not the calling swf. The URL and URL parameters are obtained at runtime just before the stream request is made. I haven't found any way to access this information. Client.pageUrl and Client.referrer do not provide this info but instead info about the page and swf that the call came from. The closest I have come is Client.uri but that only gives me the application, not the file and not the URL params. Does anyone know how to get this information?

A couple crazy questions: 1) If I have a live h.264 video stream packed into an MPEG4 transport stream, can I get a Flash player to play it? (I can't even find a prompt in the Adobe/AIR Player to type in the URL except for the RSS Feed under favorites) It's currently a UPD multicast live video stream that we create. I don't mind running it thru a Flash Media Server to have it wrapped into additional protocols. 2) Can I transcode this transport stream using a Flash Media Server to a Flash transport stream without decoding the h.264 video stream it contains? How about if I decode it from its transport stream myself and just feed the encoded h.264 stream to the Flash Media Server?

Just upgraded our FMS from 3.0 dev edition to licensed 3.5 Interactive server. We have a few custom applications which were working fine running on the 3.0 server. On the licensed 3.5 server we are able to connect with the admin console, but if we attempt to connect to the application from a client side app, we get no response. If we try and start an application instance with the admin console, it shows up for a moment, but soon disappears and no output is sent from trace commands, and no errors messages are shown, and the log is empty. Any help solving this problem would be greatly appreciated.

I have followed the protection white paper to.. 1.Disable RTMP access by SSAS 2.Use that challenge response to send and recieve a random number by SSAS 3.enable swf verification with hash timeout I still can download the videos using replay media catcher. I am wondering the RTC is being updated to pass throught all checking. What's more can I do? Flash Interactive Media Server 3.0 Microsoft Server enterprise 2008

I have a flash video, that will play when localy stored on my hard drive, and it will play as a progressive download (delivered via HTTP), but it will not play if I set it up to stream (delivered via RTMP). Any thoughts on why this is happening or how I can fix this? The video is not one I personally created, it was created by one of my partners and sent to me via FTP to load to our CDN. 30 of the 50 files they had sent to us DO STREAM, but the 20 that don't have me baffled. Any thoughts? Video Details: Type: Flash Video File Size: 5910KB (6052179 bytes) Media Length: 00:01:54 Video Size: 640x480 Video: FLV4 640x368 [Video] Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 44100Hz stereo 128Kbps [Audio] Thanks! Dave

Im thinking about buying this product for streaming my videos online ive seen a couple websites such as http://www.vimeo.com/ and http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=1okehs&s=4&hid=1&tag=superbad the players for the media on these websites have been customized by the look of it ,, sorry if im wrong im all new too this . how does this work ? Do i need to install flash media streaming server and then a different player as well ? Or do I need media server interactive too do this kinda thing Any help much appreciated Thanks in advance!

Hi I have problem with FMS3 setup for streaming video. I have checked the MIME type in the IIS and VOD_DIR = \\svwfs\MediaData\FLASH\Media in fms.ini file I can see in FMS admin that the streams is connecting but .I only get the spinning wheel in the player What else do I have to check? Running JW player version 3.16 and 4.0.46 and IE7 <EMBED src=http://server/upload/Kanalen/Flash/player.swf width=470 height=290 type="text/html; charset=utf-8" bgcolor="#ffffff" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="file=rtmp://server/vod/Audi_vorsprung256K&stretching=fill&fullscreen=true"></EMBED>

Hey lads, Just playing around with FMS 3.5 at the moment. We are looking at implementing it in our environment and i just have a few questions. I want to restrict access to the VOD content based on the users IP address (i.e, depening on where they are comming from in our internal network). Now i know this is possible, but just not really sure how to go about it server side (using the XML Files). Do i create multiple adaptors with a single virtual host in each, or have just the one adaptor and create multiple virtual hosts? I would like to create 4 different hosts/adaptors as we have four levels of bandwidth in our organisation. So if you are a LAN user with a heap of bandwidth, you will get content from our LAN VOD folder. If you are a user in one of our state offices, which have pipes that connect directly to our network, but have a reduced level of bandwidth, you will get content from our State Office VOD folder ect.I am able to tell if the user is a LAN or State Office user dep