i am converting litterally "everything" to "everything" and last night i found something call SUPER (simplified universal player encoder renderer.... only the french can come up with such a name!!!!) ...it is built on top of ffmpeg ..... http://fever.link.free.fr/SUPER.html ...more >>

Does anyone know how to remove unused streams from FCS? I have a training application that is very video heavy and i have about 80 - 100 students using it, the problem is with terminating finished streams. It seems that FCS is holding onto the streams that have ended using up connections, and ...more >>

Hi there, please bare with me if the following question sounds dumb to you ...but i'm new to all these streaming media possibilities and stuff ....but a decision has to be made ;-) here's the situation i'm in: we've a website running that contains a big catalogue of music products ...more >>

I just installed Flash Communication Server on a windows server 2003. The services "Flash Communication Server "and Flash "Communication Admin Service" are running. Upon login in the Administration Console from localhost I get the following error: "Failed to connect to server" The s...more >>

I have a machine with two network cards. The one is assigned a WAN address and the other is assigned a LAN address. I need to connect to server on a WAN network, and I remember reading that by default the server listens on all addresses. However I can't seem to connect by using a WAN name (I...more >>

Hi Whats the best way to convert a 3gpp file into a flv file? I assume that flv is a common file type which would work on most browsers? Is there a type of software or shareware that people would recommend here, thanks a lot, h ...more >>

Hi, I have a Pixelwiew card and Mini camera 12 Volts Multitoc Security. In the client ( using play metod ) the image is not displayed ( the background still blue). Using Server Communication Administration, the stream is send normally. If I use any webcam (like this logitech) the images is o...more >>

I have read on macromedia's site (http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/proom/pr/2005/announcing_flashmediaserver2.html) that the new FlashCom server will use the new video codec. But from what I hear the new flash 8 player does not come with the compressing part of the codec (meaning that t...more >>

hmmm do you recommend any cheap dedicated server Also i prefer buying a tower do you have any recommendation about the minimum configuration/requirement. The more the details the better it would be for me, sorry for my ignorance Thanks a lot FCS_HELP ...more >>

I want to change the 'Application Directory' parameter of the SimpleConnect control using Actionscript. Maybe a dumb question... but how? This is what i want to do: thingidontknow = "rtmp:/chat/" + _root.roomid; So the chat can have different rooms. Cya, Comgenie ...more >>

Hi, I am hiring a flash expert for a multiplayer game development using FCS, he is telling me that the webserver needs to support FCS. My hosting is a managed server and they do not support FCS. so can i not have FCS running on my laptop and let client applications (swf) connect to FCS on...more >>

I had installed the Flash Communication Server, developer edition, with Flash Mx2004 Then I build a simpleconnect and Avpresence, but it is not working and the avpresence keep flashing, [just like a movie clip without stop and looping throught the 4 frames]. <b>Now I go to open Inetpu...more >>

Hello, I have a script setup that records an FLV to my FCS application's directory. But in the event the recorded FLV is not used, i want to remove the file via PHP. However, it appears FCS locks up the file to prevent deletion. Is there a way I can free up the file for deletion? ...more >>

Hi all,, I had create a AVpresence and a simpleconnect with rmtp:/mytest and linked the AVPresence on it. but when i load the SWF, the AVPresence keep flashing abnormally, and the login button goes red.. what's the problem? any idea? Thanks a lot. ...more >>