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August 16, 2010
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Streaming server 3.5.1 no script works except main.far (VOD)

  • August 16, 2010
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we own multiple FMS servers, interactive and now we installed

a few Streaming servers.

during the install process we provide the license key

for the Stream server's we got from the adobe representatives

in our country, and all seems well until we try to move an already used VOD

script to the /opt/adobe/fms/applications/vod/ folder

the script is named main.asc and replaces the main.far

which comes with the out of the box VOD application.

this script works on all Interactive servers but fails

to work on the Stream servers.

it simply fails silenty, no logs and no errors are written anywhere....

so i thought the problem might be some feature i try to invoke

in the code while streaming server does not support it, so i stripped

the main.asc to be practically empty..

application.onAppStart = function(){
    trace("application start");
}
application.onAppStop = function(){
    trace("application end");

}

application.onConnect = function( client ) {
    trace("accepting connection");
    application.acceptConnection( client );
}

application.onDisconnect = function(client){
    trace("application.onDisconnect");
}

yet the problem persists, perhaps we have wrong license key?

does the streaming server allow scripting at all???

ps: when i change the licence key of the streaming server to

Interactive server's Key, all starts working...

Any ideas ?

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    1 reply

    August 16, 2010

    Hi,

    The behavior you encounter with FMS Streaming Server edition is expected. The streaming edition only offers streaming capabilities as outlined athttp://www.adobe.com/devnet/logged_in/dmotamedi_fms3.html .

    As small gist from there :

    Flash Media Streaming Server (FMSS) is a brand new product offering. This low-cost server is limited to live and video-on-demand (VOD) applications only. It cannot be used for multiway applications such as video chat, server-side playlists, or server-side recording. Flash Media Streaming Server does not support the new plug-in architecture or server-side ActionScript API. Edge or Origin configurations are not available in the streaming server either.

    So if you are looking for server-side scripting support and other features like C++ plug-in framework etc to build interactive/ collaborative applications you need to choose the Flash Media Interactive Server.

    Thanks

    Mamata

    Known Participant
    August 17, 2010

    Thanks for the reply, and i'm glad to have learned the truth.

    i just have to mention its really not clear that the FMS streaming

    server DOES NOT SUPPORT ACTIONSCRIPT!!!

    if you did mention it, it was somwhat left behind, while it should

    have been written black over white with capital bold letters, so

    there would be no mistakes about it!

    we acquired 4 redundant streaming server licenses....