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Anonymous
October 25, 2006
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  • October 25, 2006
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Hello,

I'm working on a FMS2 project and would like to know if its possible to seperate the FMS2 server with the FLV files.

What i want i a server with FMS2 installed on it and where users do their requests. When a FLV movie is requested, the FMS2 directs to the FLV on the hosting server (with bigger bandwidth capacity). So the only thing the FMS2 is get the FLV from the other server and sends it to the user.. (VOD). On the FMS2 will only host Flash applications.

I guess this would be possible, because with big traffic one server isn't capable to handle the video's..

Greets,

Paul Merks
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    Okay. Since your FMS doesn't have the bandwidth you need, proxying the flv through your FMS is out.

    What you'll need to do is have the client connect to your FMS, negotiate the bandwidth detection, and have your FMS send the name of the stream and (if required) the connection details for your CDN stream. Then, the client .swf needs to disconnect from your fms, and make the connection to the CDN. Unortunately, FMS has no means of "redirecting" the client to the stream on the CDN.

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    Anonymous
    October 26, 2006
    And if the FLV hosting is already a streaming FLV server (with Flash streaming service?)... ? IS there bandwidth detection possible?
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    Anonymous
    October 27, 2006
    Depends on the CDN you use. Chances are you won't be able to run your own server side AS, but they might have some sort of bandwidth detection service available.

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    Anonymous
    October 26, 2006
    I think I see what you're saying. You want to use your FMS to check connection speed, and then have the client connect to your streaming account (something like limelight or akamai?), to play the video?
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    Anonymous
    October 26, 2006
    Exactemundo!
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    Anonymous
    Correct answer
    October 26, 2006
    Okay. Since your FMS doesn't have the bandwidth you need, proxying the flv through your FMS is out.

    What you'll need to do is have the client connect to your FMS, negotiate the bandwidth detection, and have your FMS send the name of the stream and (if required) the connection details for your CDN stream. Then, the client .swf needs to disconnect from your fms, and make the connection to the CDN. Unortunately, FMS has no means of "redirecting" the client to the stream on the CDN.
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    Anonymous
    October 25, 2006
    Assuming the storageserver is in the same network as the FMS server, you could store the files on the storage server and map the drive in your FMS configuration. The thing to keep in mind is that you're still serving the video through FMS, so the data is moving through the FMS server's internet pipe on the way to the client.

    Can you install FMS on the machine with the larger bandwidth capacity?
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    Anonymous
    October 25, 2006
    Nope i can't. I have one streaming only account, with the large bandwidth and a own server with FMS.
    What i actually want is a tool that determens my bandwidth connection and flashplayer and then automaticly choses the right flv on the streaming server.

    Maybe there is another way to achive this?
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