Newbie - Trying to call video from another server

[ksbigfoot1]

I am just starting out.  I installed the Flash Media Development Server 3.5 onto a server.

I am able to call the test page: http://MyServer/index.html

But what I would like to do is create a page on http://AnotherServer/newcall.html

and have the newcall.html page display the video that is on MyServer.

The index.html page has an area that shows: EMBEDDED VIDEO
Copy the HTML Embed code below and paste it within your application, change the parameters to play your video from Flash Media Server.

Here is code snippet:

<object width='640' height='377' id='videoPlayer' name='videoPlayer' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000' ><param name='movie' value='swfs/videoPlayer.swf' /> <param name='quality' value='high' /> <param name='bgcolor' value='#000000' /> <param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /> <param name='flashvars' value= '&videoWidth=0&videoHeight=0&dsControl=manual&dsSensitivity=100&DS_Status=true&streamType=vod&autoStart=true&serverURL=rtmp:/vod/mp4:sample2_1000kbps.f4v'/><embed src='swfs/videoPlayer.swf' width='640' height='377' id='videoPlayer' quality='high' bgcolor='#000000' name='videoPlayer' allowfullscreen='true' pluginspage='http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer'   flashvars='&videoWidth=0&videoHeight=0&dsControl=manual&dsSensitivity=100&DS_Status=true&streamType=vod&autoStart=true&serverURL=rtmp:/vod/mp4:sample2_1000kbps.f4v' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'> </embed></object>

What I tried was to change rtmp:/vod/mp4:sample2_1000kbps.f4v'/ to:

rtmp:MyServer/vod/mp4:sample2_1000kbps.f4v'/

If someone could point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated.

[SE_0208]

Can you correct your URI and try:

Use : rtmp://MyServer/vod/mp4:sample2_1000kbps.f4v instead rtmp:MyServer/vod/mp4:sample2_1000kbps.f4v

If still that does not work , let me know.

[ksbigfoot1]

Sorry, late responding.  I had to go out of town.

I added the // and I get the webpage with a black box with the movie not loaded.

The folder I have my videos is: E:\Flash Media Server 3.5\webroot\vod\

[SE_0208]

For rtmp streaming , videos need to present in "media" folder of vod i.e. E:\Flash Media Server 3.5\applications\vod\media. Put your media file there and try.

[ksbigfoot1]

I put the media in the folder you suggested and I am getting the same black box.

When I right click on the black box, it shows "Movie not loaded..."

Where can I find documentation that explains this?

[ksbigfoot1]

Is there any other documentation that is available besides what is located in the /documentation/ folder where I installed the Flash Media Server.

I can't find any code snippets that show how to play an flash video from an HTML file located on another server.

[ksbigfoot1]

If I put my .html file hosted on the Flash Media Server, it works using: rtmp:/vod/sample.flv

But I move the exact code onto another server and change the code to: rtmp://MyServer/vod/sample.flv, it doesn't work.

Not sure what I am doing wrong?

[SE_0208]

Can you check if you are able to stream using any other client from that server, i just want to be sure if there is no firewall issue which is blocking your request.

[ksbigfoot1]

I figured out that I wasn't instantiating the player.

I changed param name='movie' value='swfs/videoPlayer.swf'

to param name='movie' value='http://MyServer/swfs/videoPlayer.swf' />

And now the video streams.  Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

[karma_koan]

I  am having problems using Adobe's embed code and I just read your post

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/612820?tstart=0

I changed  param name='movie' value='swfs/videoPlayer.swf'
to param  name='movie' value='http://www.librarymedia.net/html/swfs/videoPlayer.swf'  /> as suggested by the comment in Adobe's code and in your post, but  I am still not able to play the videos from an html page hosted on  another server. Any suggestions? I'm thinking that maybe I do not have  the correct absolute address to the swfs folder containing the flash  player, but other than that, I'm clueless.

The  absolute path: http://www.librarymedia.net/html/swfs/videoPlayer.swf

Relative: http://www.librarymedia.net/swfs/videoPlayer.swf

Here's  the testing page: http://www.librarymedia.net/Flash3/pagetest2.html

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[ksbigfoot1]

Did you try value='http://www.librarymedia.net/swfs/videoPlayer.swf'

Remember there are two places to make the change.

[pajuancho]

Any updates on this? I follow all the troubleshooting steps. It works fine with chrome using adobe flash 11 but having issues on IE 6 using adobe flash player ver 9 player

[SE_0208]

IE 6 is pretty old browser - i think you should update it. Also FP 9 is also very old. I would recommend you update both IE and FP and then see if you still see the issue.

[pajuancho]

SE_0208 thanks for your reply. Its not my choice to use adobe 9 and ie 6. it my company... But the good news is that i got it to work now. Active X was also disable my the admin, I created a swf file with flash pro and flv player action script 3 and upgrade to adobe flash player 10 with adobe flash player 10 support on the SWF and it is now working like a charm. I hope this helps people too..!

[SE_0208]

Happy to hear that your issue is resolved. But if your company is stuck to such older versions i think you should seriously make a case who can make those calls to change it - using such old versions is high security risk.

[pajuancho]

Altought I got .swf to play just fine with rtmp and rtmpe , I currently have issues with rtmpte embedded into swf files. I need to refresh on the link 2 to 4 time until it loads in IE and Chrome.

I tried to change the HTTPIndent2 variable on the adaptor.xml file as i found on an adobe post. I also tried to specify the port number 80 after the ip-addtress:80 on the rtmpte source

Thanks,