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If I was to stream live fast action sporting event like a basketball game, using dynamic streaming (3 streams) with a dedicated 10MB upstream connection and a strong encoding appliance(viewcast model) what are the best/most common bitrates I should encode at? Which bitrates are most accessible for both PC and mobile, average users?>> 275kbps, 550kbps, 875kbps >> 282kbps, 482kbps, 682kbps>> 300kbps, 500kbps, 800kbpsWould a lot of buffering occur if a viewers connection fluctuates alot between 550 and 875kbps?Thanks.D

     Hey guys,I was trying to see if this scenario is posible. i believe it is but i am trying to see what would it be the best set up right now. I see a lot of docs where both service run on the same box, but i have not seen any if the services are running on diffetnet boxes. Many papers mention the issue with port 80 but since i have 2 boxes i dont have that issue,Any ideas?Thanks,

I use the example FMS installation files, Flash Media Live Encoder is very well, but when I released the source replaced with flash 11.4 a worse problem.Beginning everything is normal and Flash Media Live Encoder does not make any difference, but when I upload bandwidth limit to 2KB / S (This situation often occurs in the actual situation, such as the user suddenly side live side of upload files), video and audio becomes very blocked, this is not the key to the problem is to when I upload bandwidth settings for normal, blocking situation will be no better, and have been very bad, but Flash Media Live Encoder automatically adjusted to normal, flash 11.4 but not. I have to use flash 11.4, nobody will go to install Flash Media Live Encoder.Mike Do you test only test Flash Media Live Encoder, but did not test flash, or flash need another set of code, but I really can not find a reason. Please help me, God。https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3363878

Sorry if I repeat this IIS topic, I couldn't find the answer to my problem any where on the internet. I installed FMS Dev 3.5 on Win 2003 Server with IIS 6.0 enabled. I don't have any issue with port 80 Listening, I used the IP address 192.168.0.21 for my web application (IIS) and 192.168.0.22 for FMS (I only have one network card and port 1935 is open under firewall). I can play the sample videos (RTMP, HTTP, and Dynamic Stream) using the Flash Media Start Screen (or from the location C:\ Program Files\Adobe \Flash Media Server 3.5\webroot\index.html) without any problem.I then modified the IIS Default Website to look at the "webroot" folder (C:\ Program Files\Adobe \Flash Media Server 3.5\webroot). From IE, I can access the default web site by enter http://192.168.0.21/index.html. The website loads up correctly, and the RTMP video is playing perfectly. However, if I click Play Video (HTTP) or Dynamic Stream (tab), I receive "Connection Error. Please press Play to try again." I look a

Hi there,I created a fresh Adobe Media Server 5.0 instance on Amazon EC2 AWS and followed all instructions in this document:http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flashmediaserver/configadmin/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d119f2926bcf-7ff4.html- I added the admin user to ams.ini- created a user password using ./amsadmin -console -user <username>- opened all necesarry ports.- tested port 1111 using telnet successfullyHowever I still can't login.I did the ping test using:<ipaddress>:1111/admin/ping?auser=username&apswd=passwordwhen using an invalid username/password this returns:<result><level>error</level><code>NetConnection.Connect.Rejected</code><description>Admin user requires valid username and password.</description><timestamp>Sun Nov 18 15:02:59 2012</timestamp></result>but with a valid username/password combination it just redirects the page endlessly until the browser stops.Is there anybody out there who can give me a hi

Hello, I am looking to take pre encoded IP H.264 streams and re transmit via FMS as HLS packaged HTTP for apple products. My question ... can FMLE allow me to pull in streams of h.264 rtmp or http source. I do understand I need drivers, but, if I do have drivers, I just need FMLE targeting to FMS and HLS Live packager app. No need to decode and re encode source.Part two ... How many independent streams can FMS(AMS) handle on the input side. I need AMS to act as a conventional broadcast video router. I need 3 in, and in IP stream logic, I would have infinite out?ThanksIvan

General QuestionsWhat it mean by Protected Streaming in AMS?Using Adobe(Flash) Media Server 4.5+ , you can protect your live and on-demand content before delivering client using DRM based technology. Such streams can be be played back on Flash Player ,AIR and over HTTP. When played back on iOS over HTTP, use client built with Adobe Access iOS SDK. When Adobe Media Server packages the content, it generates the license and embeds it into the DRM metadata of the content stream. This feature is called Protected HTTP Dynamic Streaming (PHDS). In addition to encrypting content, PHDS also supports SWF verification for HTTP Dynamic Streaming. Same feature over Apple’s HTTP Live streaming is known as PHLS and over RTMP is known as PRTMP.    How PHDS/PHLS/PRTMP is different than AdobeAccess? PHDS/PRTMP/PHLS provide some additional non-DRM protection features over and above the native protection/encryption schemes without the need of a license server. They are implemented using same pro

What steps are necessary to prevent other websites from embedding my live stream on their website?Thanks!

I'm having what I think is a bizarre problem. I haven't been able to find the answer, so I might just not be asking the eight questions.I am running Flash Media Server 4.5.2. Apache is listening to port 80, FMS is listening to the default ports. I am using the OSMF as a player. I have some clients that are behind a firewall that only allows port 80. My understanding is that a Flash client will attempt to connect to RTMP (port 1935) if it fails it will then try RTMPT, which tunnels (via Apache's proxy engine) to port 1935. I believe the original 4.5 config had it reversed, with FMS listening to 80 and forwarding non RTMPT on to Apache. I have some web apps running anyhow that need Apache to be listening in any event, so I need Apache to be listening and not FMS.To try and simulate my clients problems, I setup my home router to block everything except for port 80 and I have been doing a variety of testing and configuring. I have it almost working but it's still not working correctly.For

I am trying to work out how to install and run AMS on a server which is already running Apache 2.2, which issued for hosting a website.I want to be able to still keep the website and files there for hosting, but I want to integrate AMS so I can stream live video.Please note I am using the trial version of AMS.Any help anyone can give, I would appreciate.ThanksJonny

Hi,can someone give me a hint, how to realize a Livestreaming for iOS Devices with the ability to switch the Content of the Livestream on the fly. E.g. a player is connection to a Livestream. This Livestream should serve either a Videofile (pre phase) or a Livestream(live phase). Currently I`m trying to do it with a ServerSide playlist.application.initStream = function(){//Create a Livestream and play a Fileapplication.getStream("LiveStream").play("Currently playing Item src",-2,-1, false);......//LOOP the playlist item until it gets LIVEapplication.getStream("LiveStream").onPlayStatus = function(obj){if(obj.code == "NetStream.Play.Complete")        {                                //When it is getting LIVE, the activePlaylistitem will be e.g. "live"          

Hello?centos5.5 in FMS is installed, an error occurs.What's the problem?System environment[root@localhost ~]# lsb_release  -aLSB Version:    :core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-ia32:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-ia32:printing-4.0-noarchDistributor ID: CentOSDescription:    CentOS release 5.8 (Final)Release:        5.8Codename:       FinalError informationDo you want to install apache? (y/n)Default : n./installFMS: line 1413: [: -eq: unary operator expected      The Adobe Flash Media Server communicates on the IANA-assignedport of 1935, which is the port most Flash applications expect,and can also communicate on port 80over RTMPT, HTTP webserver proxy, and for HTTP Dynamic Streaming origin services.  Please enter the Adobe Flash Media Server port(s), comma-separatedDefault [1935,80]: ./installFMS

I have an interactive environment (classroom) and I would like to create an HTML 5 client.  For example, I already have Flash Clients which connection via RTMP in order to send/recieve data events, as well as live audio.Can I use the XMLSocket class (or something else) to create a connection to a web server (for example .Net).  The web server would then act as an intermediary between the Flash Media Server and the HTML 5 client.  The web server could communicate with the HTML 5 page via AJAX, and the Web Server and FMS could hopefully communicate via the XMLSocket.When events are dispatched to clients on the server, a message would also be sent via the XMLSocket to the web server.  The web server could then relay these messages via AJAX.Would the XMLSocket functionality in FMS be compatible with a .Net application via a Socket Connection?  Is there a better way to relay messages between Flash Media Server and an HTML 5 page?  The interaction requires two w

When switching from Sorenson codec to H.264 for our live video streams, we noticed that from e.info.code, we are not receiving the "NetStream.Play.Start" message anymore when 2 people connect with eachother (videos are working).Is it something normal with H.264?Thanks

Hi. I am trying to re-stream a VLC stream using ffmpeg to FMS. The VLC-> ffmpeg part is okay. I can then see the ffmpeg stream reach the FMS server.I then tested this stream with the sampel client app which ships with FMS. I opened a live stream and set the stream name. The problem is I only got audio. No video was being displayed.Here's the ffmpeg command: ffmpeg -re -i rtsp://localhost:8554/test.sdp -vcodec libx264 -f flv rtmp://168.187.121.71/livepkgr/mystreamCan anyone please guide me on how to get this to work?Thanks.Sebouh.

We have FMS 4.5 delivering HD videos via HLS-VOD and HDS-VOD.  The VOD-DIR is set to E:\Content and the videos are located in content specific sub-directories, eg: Romans/Meet_Claudius_1000.mp4.  Related manifest files are also stored in the sub-directories.  The player accesses the videos using:http://<site url>/hls-vod/<sub-directory>/<video filename>_5000.mp4.m3u8orhttp://<site url>/hds-vod/<sub-directory>/<video filename>_hds_manifest.f4mWe now want our users to view older Flash videos via the same player.  These videos are in FLV format and are being accessed using:  rtmp://<site url>/vod/<sub-directory>/<video filename>The sub-directory mentioned here has been located at E:\Content\vod\media where e:\Content is the same VOD-DIR setting as above.When the player is pointed at one of the older flv videos, the player does not play the video and simply sits there buffering.  The admin console shows

Hi,I have recorded the web cam video in mp4/h264 avc successfully using FMS but the audio is encoded in nellymoser or speex. as you know that this recorded mp4 can not be playbacked on IOS deveices. I have implemented the trail using this toturail (http://avchathq.com/blog/recording-mp4-filesh-264-and-aac-with-hdfvr-and-wowza/) which records mp4 in h264 avc and aac using wowza. do FMS provide the same functionality? and what are the steps to achieve this functionality using FMS?Thanks,Nauman

Hi, allI found sth strange with the Proxied Shared Object when Garbage Collection in FMS 4.0. I have a FMS application 'ProxiedSOApp', in the Application start, it tries to get proxied SO from another FMS application 'MasterSOApp' every 5 seconds, and GC runs every 20 seconds.application/MasterSOApp/main.ascapplication.allowDebug=true;var so;application.onAppStart = function( ){ so=SharedObject.get('MasterSO',false); so.setProperty('Cabinet','Cabinet');};application.onAppStop = function(){ trace('Application', 'Stopped.');};application/ProxiedSOApp/main.ascapplication.allowDebug=true;var nc;var soRef;application.onAppStart = function( ){ trace('Application', 'Started.'); nc = new NetConnection(); nc.connect('rtmp://localhost/MasterSOApp', "console" ); nc.onStatus = function(info) {  trace(info.code); }; nc.isAlive = function() {  return true; }; setInterval( updateSORef , 5000 ); setInterval( doGC , 20000 );};function doGC(){ trace('GC working'); application.gc();}function

I use an Adobe Media Server 5.0.This runs on a live stream (livepkgr, streams, _definst_, live stream)The quality of the stream is very good.But the stream is unfortunately delayed.This is a problem because the stream is always the time is displayed.What can I adjust to reduce the delay or to syncronize the time?Thanks for your answer

Hi,I have recorded some videofiles and packaged those as well, after packaging, I got 3files sample.f4m,sampleSeg1.f4f and sampleSeg1.f4x. Now I just wanted to playback the packaged videos but I am not able to play even, I copied those files into vod folder and configured protected RTMP setting.  Although I am able to play all samples videos which is given by adobe.ThanksRam

I have set my FMS 4.5  to host hls-vod content in another location on the server F:\media.  This is the change I made: <Location /hls-vod>    HLSHttpStreamingEnabled true    HLSMediaFileDuration 8000    #HttpStreamingContentPath "../webroot/vod"          HttpStreamingContentPath "F:\media"    HLSFmsDirPath ".."# Uncomment the following directives to enable encryption# for this location.#    HLSEncryptionScope server#    HLSEncryptCipherKeyFile "../phls/vodkey.bin"#    HLSEncryptKeyURI        "https://<ServerName>/hls-key/vodkey.bin"    Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks</Location>I can successfully stream a file from hls-vod/file.mp4.m3u8.  But I cannot stream a set level. m3u8 like from hls-vod/file.m3u8. I get a file not found even though the file does exist

Help I've just done a fresh install of AMS5.01 on vanilla Centos 6.3, which seemed to install correctly using the default settings (1935,80 for ams, 1111 for admin). /var/logs/messages states everything is working correctly (machine has two NICs, using 192.168.0.4 and 192.168.0.84). Within Centos putty winow I can restart the server with no error messages.However, I cant seem to get a response other than a ping from AMS itself from another machine. I can't bring up http://192.168.0.4 in another browser on the same subnet. Internally, there are no firewalls blocking connection. I've tried 192.168.0.4:1111 and 192.168.0.4:80 with no response.Nov 13 11:36:33 dl160-2 Service[14225]: Server starting...Nov 13 11:36:34 dl160-2 Server[14225]: /opt/adobe/ams/Apache2.2/bin/httpd -f ./conf/httpd.conf -d "/opt/adobe/ams/Apache2.2" -k start returned 0: [Tue Nov 13 11:36:33 2012] [info] mod_jithttp - AMS installation path: "/opt/adobe/ams/"#012httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully q

Hi all generally I have a question, Is it possible for ams to split my original live stream to a new stream but with lower resolution, so i have two streams one with high resolution and one with low resolution?If not I how does it Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder do? I can steam up to 3 different resolutions from one camera object. Is it possible to do also from flash?I want to built a multi user conference application. But have some cpu usage  issues, so I need a additional lower resolution stream to use for the miniature views. Could You help me with this, any tips how could I do such a thing?I using rtmp protocol to communicat and adobe media server 5.Sorry if a similar thread was already published on this forum.

Hey all,We have an FMS 4.5.2 installation with 1x Origin and 2x Edge setup only for Live streaming. We are using FMLE latest version to stream to the Origin server and Edge servers are connecting to the Origin server. We are running four applications stream1, stream2, stream3 and stream4 all for live streaming (copied live) application. All servers have default configuration except edge/origin setup.All servers have 4Gbit connections in bonding and network traffic is nicely distributed across all bonds and uplink is 10Gbit to the ISP.Server is a 2 CPU / Quad Core HP DL 380 with 64Gbit of memory running Ubuntu 10.04 LTSNow to the problem.We are streaming live stream from FMLE with 700kbit/s to for example stream1 application and when we hit around 1600 concurrent users with 50% on edge1 and 50% on edge2 (800 concurrent users on each edge) in the player buffer drops and all people experience buffering issues at approx 30secs - 2minutes intervals. (network is not congested because if at t

I stream with Adobe flash media live encoder 3.2 on my server with adobe flash media server enterprise 4.0 using p2p multicast bu when i try to watch the video with the multicastplayer it say waiting for video... and not video show how i can do?