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Steve_Yau_HK
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February 22, 2010
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Windows Server 2008 R2 problem

  • February 22, 2010
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Hi there

I'm a newbie to Flash media server and I would like to explore its usage.

Does any one have experience with Flash Media Server 3.5.3 running on Windows Server 2008 R2? I installed FMS on my Windows Server 2008 R2, but the admin console cannot start.

By the way, I installed FMS on a Windows Server 2003 32-bit machine. And I'm able to use the admin console on Server 2003 to connect to the Server 2008 R2 installation.

Also, I have a separate disk that is used to hold the media content to be streamed via FMS. How can I configure FMS to use that disk as root for media file instead of using "c:\program files (x86)\...\webroot\vod"

Thanks very much in helping me to start the project.

Best Regards

Steve Yau

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    Correct answer SE_0208

    1 - As you said rightly first one does not seem to FMS issue as you can connect to admin server via some other machine. So probably its Win 2008 or IE or some Flash issue - don't have much clue on it .

    2 - You can use VideoPlayer.html present in samples folder C\Program Files(x86)\Flash Media Server 3.5\samples\videoPlayer. Put correct URL example "rtmp://myIPAddress/vod/myfile.flv   (where myfile.flv is placed in D:\myMediaFiles)

    try and let me know.

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    SE_0208
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    February 22, 2010

    Let me answer 1 by 1:

    1. Related to Admin Console: Can you check in your services whether FMSAdmin is started or not. If its not started , please start and then check with Admin Console. If its already started and you are still not able to connect , check if any other service is using port 1111 which Admin Server uses by default.

    2. You can use Virtual Directory Feature, so you just have to do simple thing. I suppose you want to configure your VOD application. So goto VOD application folder located at c:\program files (x86)\Adobe\Flash Media Server\applications. Open Vod folder , you will find application.xml file.

    Open the Application.xml file, you will see following entries:-

    <Application>

    <StreamManager>

    <VirtualDirectory>

          <!-- Specifies application specific virtual directory mapping for recorded streams.   -->

    <Streams>/;${VOD_COMMON_DIR}</Streams>

    <Streams>/;${VOD_DIR}</Streams>

    </VirtualDirectory>

    </StreamManager>

    ......

    You just need to add one more entry here pointing to the folder where you are storing you media files: i.e. (assuming your media files are here: - D:\myMedia  )

    <Streams>/;${VOD_COMMON_DIR}</Streams>

    <Streams>/;${VOD_DIR}</Streams>

    <Streams>/;D:\myMedia</Streams>  

    Hope this helps.

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    Steve_Yau_HKAuthor
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    February 22, 2010

    ForThanks very much for your prompt response.

    For (1), if I start "Flash Media Administration Console" from the Start menu, an IE prompts up and it tries to open "c:\program files(x86)\Adobe\Flash Media Server 3.5\tools\fms_adminConsole.htm" with the following in the information bar:

    "An add-on for this website failed to run. Check the security settings in Internet Options for potential conflicts"

    I thought it was the problem of flash player that cannot be run on 64-bit IE, so i tried 32-bit IE, but still in vain. I also tried to install flash player using 32-bit IE on Windows server 2008 R2 but the installation cannot start.

    The FMSAdmin service is surely running with firewall configured. I've also installed FMS on another Windows Server 2003 32-bit. There I can start the admin console and connect to the Windows Server 2008 R2 FMSAdmin service.

    For (2), I've added the line as per your kind help. But my question will be: How can I test whether my FMS is correctly streaming the video? For Windows Media Service, I can easily open URL in WMP and the streaming can be verified easily. But I don't know how to test FMS setup from web client side. Any clues? For your information, I don't have Adobe Flash or Dreamweaver stuff.

    Thanks again for your kind help

    Regards

    Steve Yau

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    SE_0208Correct answer
    Participating Frequently
    February 22, 2010

    1 - As you said rightly first one does not seem to FMS issue as you can connect to admin server via some other machine. So probably its Win 2008 or IE or some Flash issue - don't have much clue on it .

    2 - You can use VideoPlayer.html present in samples folder C\Program Files(x86)\Flash Media Server 3.5\samples\videoPlayer. Put correct URL example "rtmp://myIPAddress/vod/myfile.flv   (where myfile.flv is placed in D:\myMediaFiles)

    try and let me know.

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