What gives? Can't I stream .mov's without converting?

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October 7, 2009
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Hi, I have installed Adobe FMS and am using the LongTail (jwplayer.swf) Flash Video Player on my site.

I can stream FLV files without any problem. I can stream the sample f4v files like so:

allowfullscreen="true" src="http://mydomain/swfs/jwplayer.swf"

flashvars="&streamer=rtmp:/vod/&file=mp4:sample1_150kbps.f4v" />

</embed>

I have a .mov file in the same directory as the sample file, sample1_150kbps.f4v. Why doesn't this work to stream my mov?

allowfullscreen="true" src="http://mydomain/swfs/jwplayer.swf"

flashvars="&streamer=rtmp:/vod/&file=mp4:savory_salmon.mov" />

</embed>

What gives? When we purchased the license I understood that FMS could stream many file formats without having to convert them.

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Lazlo_Hollyfeld

Inspiring

I didn't get that impression from the documentation. Different formats doesn't include all formats. Is there a part of the documentation that you can quote that led you to believe that?

You can use ffmpeg to convert on the fly.

http://ffmpeg.org

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Anonymous

Hi,

Yes I do see it in the documentation:

Flash Media Server supports playback and recording of H.264-encoded video and HE-AAC-encoded audio within an MPEG-4–based container format. A subset of the MPEG-4 standards are supported. All MP4 files and Adobe F4V files are part of the supported subset.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashMediaServer/3.5_AdminGuide/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d119f29261b7-7ffc.html

I should be able to stream mpg, avi, and mov.

Can someone at least tell me if I have the syntax correct? Should I be using the file parameter like this: &file=mp4:filename.mov?

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