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April 23, 2009
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new install, now what? Testing vod

  • April 23, 2009
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Sorry to be a noob, but I have installed and am evaluating Adobe Media Server for our organization.

I have installed fms on a linux machine, the URL of the index page is : http://mydomain/fms/

It plays the sample videos.

I'm reading the Dev Guid, it says "To stream files over RTMP only, copy files to RootInstall/applications/vod/media. To stream files over RTMP and allow progressive download over HTTP, copy files to RootInstall/webroot/vod."

Ok, great.  I uploaded my videos.  There's one called:  RootInstall/applications/vod/media/videotest.flv.

Now what?

I can access the videos in /webroot/vod directly through the browser. http://mydomain/fms/vod/vid.flv

How do I stream the video in RootInstall/applications/vod/media/videotest.flv ? 

I want to embed the flash player in a web page on a different server, but I can't figure out how to.

Is there some documentation more like a "User's Guide" other than the install docs and dev guide?

Thanks,

Jeph

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    Hi Jeph,

    The Dev Guide has an example of creating a media player from scratch -- the files are installed with FMS:

    http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashMediaServer/3.5_Deving/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d11a0773d117-7fc8.html#WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d11a0773d117-7fe5

    There are links on the bottom of that page to pre-built media players you can use, including the FLVPlayback component. The link I think you should check out is a DevNet article that walks you through using the FLVPlayback component:

    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/articles/beginner_vod_fm3.html

    After you test locally, upload the SWF file(s) and HTML file to your web server and leave the FLV file in the vod/media folder. To see the video, just open the HTML page in a browser. When you press play, the FLVPlayback component contacts FMS and plays the video.

    Hope that helps,

    Jody

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    Anonymous
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    April 23, 2009

    Hi Jeph,

    The Dev Guide has an example of creating a media player from scratch -- the files are installed with FMS:

    http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashMediaServer/3.5_Deving/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d11a0773d117-7fc8.html#WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d11a0773d117-7fe5

    There are links on the bottom of that page to pre-built media players you can use, including the FLVPlayback component. The link I think you should check out is a DevNet article that walks you through using the FLVPlayback component:

    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/articles/beginner_vod_fm3.html

    After you test locally, upload the SWF file(s) and HTML file to your web server and leave the FLV file in the vod/media folder. To see the video, just open the HTML page in a browser. When you press play, the FLVPlayback component contacts FMS and plays the video.

    Hope that helps,

    Jody

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