Hallo to you all, I'm experiencing problems with playing a movie I made with flash in Internet Explorer. I made a movie with flash 8 with moving texts and buttons and everything works fine till the moment I place them in a html page and play it in I.E. than the text does not appear in th...more >>

Hi all, Pls help/advise me how to make horizontal marquee with xml files or text file in flash mx 2004 ...more >>

Hi all, i'm having some issues with FMS 2, it doesn't work I use windows xp home editon 512 ram 40 gig space I have a wireless router. Modem connected to Wirelessrouter __ >> Wired to 1 pc (my bro's pc) |__________ >> Wireless to another pc (mines) FMS does work on the wire...more >>

Hello all! I want to create a web application were i can offer a multiple videoconference system, for at least 10 ppl all together. I have read and researched a lot about vioconference and came up with flash media center. My question is What do i need to have and do in order to develop my web ...more >>

Looking at the fantasic capibilites of the Flash Media Server but notice that it is way out the the price range for most developers. I think 100 connections for $4500! Ouch. So wanted to look at alternitives and found somthing very interesting. "RED5 Server" It is an open flash project c...more >>

I am hoping this thread will generate a little discussion on best practices for getting video from Premiere Pro to AfterEffects and finally broken up into .flv files for progressive download in Flash. Ideally the workflow should be streamlined so it can be used for multiple purposes (i.e. web...more >>

On my local network I can access the server just fine and eveything is peachy king. (the server is on a RH Lynix with ports 80, 1111, 1935, and 8500 open). However, when I have my router forward these same ports (from the internet), I can not connect to the FCS/FMS from the outside world. ...more >>

hi i was wondering if anyone knows an easy way to use emoticons in the text/html message window ? or do i need to do some code and make my own component that facilitates this function, i have seen a few usages of this with FCS on a few sites but im not sure how they did it. if anyon...more >>

Hi I was trying to intstall FMS2 on a Linux server by following the livedocs installation insyructions. However, after I run the ./installFMS command I get this error : ERROR: Your distribution, unknown, is not supported by this Macromedia Flash Media Server installer. Ca...more >>

I`ve just installed free flash server 2 locally - on XP. I need it for streaming video from a linux server. Tried searching this forum for streaming video and found nothing simple enough for a newbie to start from. What I need is a tutorial for: 1. Creating a mechanism for streaming FLV ...more >>

Hi I want online TV stream program. Example; - Server for flv list program and play videos... - Guest for player. Connect a server and watch video namely TV :) Please example send me source... kaan@girti.com PLEASE! ...more >>

I just opened a lousy FLASH©Site named Jumping Pixels http://www.jumpingpixels.com/ check it out, I'm an idiot and incompetent. "Hansi" N....more >>

I am trying to utilize the Libe Broadcast demo that was on here with FCS 1.5. Every time I try to connect the broadcaster to the server I get this in the debug: NC> NetConnection.Connect.Success setting Mike Level SO> Initializing SharedObjects NC> NetConnection.Call.Failed On the ...more >>

everytime i run myApp.swf, it runs the same instance of the program... this "myApp.swf" is a chat program, which has to allow only two way convesation between user 1 and 2 .... i can successfully send this swf file, the usernames so that i know which two users are talking to eachother at any g...more >>

We are streaming FLV video using Akamia's streaming service. The video is encoded at very high quality with Squeeze using the On2 VP6 plugin. We are using the FLV Playback component in the client. Whenever the user pauses the video and then tryes to play it again, the video remains frozen f...more >>

i am looking to stay current with the times and want to begin to offer my videos for the ipod. any idea on how i can do this would be greatly accepted. i am using flash 8...more >>

Hello everybody, I'm newby in Flash Media Server, so understand mi ignorance, please. I need to do an aplication with two parts: 1. Live video emision from a webcam 2. Receiver of the live video. I've been looking FMS documentation, and i don't understand very well how to do it. My...more >>

I've made an application that uses songs in mp3 from a database. Then mixes the mp3's in flash. Now I want to make one .mp3 file from the generated mix. Anybody?...more >>

Hi, I installed FCS 1.5 r138 on CentOS 3.6. App Inspector and server admin are running and apps register when launched. The only samples that I can successfully run are shared text and shared ball. None of the chat or video apps work. They work fine with an FCS windows installation tha...more >>

Hi, i'm building a chat application for my site... i can't figure out the following two things after I run this application i built and connect, i see the history of chat between the users... how do i make it so that everytime you connect you get new chat window with no history pr...more >>

CentOS 4 is an increasingly popular distribution of Linux based exactly on RHE in all but name - they legally can do this because, of course, Linux is Open Source. CentOS is free, with Red Hat you're essentially paying for support, many Webhosts with hundreds of boxes don't need the support a...more >>

Originally posted by: jonnybennett thanks for the response, Could I not set up this 'watch' folder as a folder on my web server, and when a video is uploaded to that folder it is converted? thanks again.J You certainly could (you would need to install squeeze on the server). The only dra...more >>

I am trying to allow my users to upload any video file format to my server, where i want to convert it and save it as an flv. I have found a couple of companies that are willing to do this, but they want huge money to do it. Does anyone know what software they use to automatically convert...more >>

I have windows server 2003 iis WEB edition. Does flash server install on the "web" edition of Windows server 2003?...more >>

We have dozens of video clips created through Flash 8 Pro as SWF files. In nearly every PC system these show up just fine. However, on a MAC with OS X 10.1.5 and using IE 5.2 and Installing Flash Player 8 - the video still does not play. The Video window is visible BUT the display area remains...more >>

Hello everyone, I have assigned the SMIL XML file for the contentPath property of the FLVPlayback like this, Flv_pk.contentPath="mySmil.xml"; and Flv_pk.contentPath="rmtp://192.168.1.18/myApp/mySmil.xml"; Can anyone help me know ...how to use SMIL XML with FLVPlay...more >>

is it possible to populate the list automatically after finish recording the video? in another word, is there anyway i can call the flv files saved under streams directory and put into the listbox component? i know how to do it on mysql but with fcs, i'm clueless. ...more >>

Hello All, I need some help :) pls I'm using Flash Comm Server for a streaming video recorder/player application. My problem is that when I'm trying to thake the NetStream bytesTotal and bytesLoaded in order to calculate the loaded data I'm receiving just zero for both ??? I could take t...more >>

does any one know how to make contact form on website....more >>

Hello, eith media server the camera (not web cam) do not display the images. why. Every check i done and all seems work...but the images do not shows. I check if the drive is present to the properitis and is Ok. I try also a application to streaming live: here: http://www.macromedia.co...more >>

The Whale Museum (Puget Sound, Washington area) wishes to stream underwater sounds of ships and orcas to the world wide web and we wonder if Flash would be a good tool to accomplish this task? If yes, what do we need to give it a try? We currently have the hydrophone in the water and dsl ser...more >>

hi all, i'm new to flash com server ... made the following example to explain what i'm trying to do... the bottom line is that i want to forexample be able to connect to a remote server and after i connected write something to a textbox on the page (which is in fla) // here is the code i...more >>

Hi I am using FCS to record my voice.When I try to record my voice as a separate file it's not happening; It also adds the background noise and if any other program is playing any songs (say windows media player), that song is also getting recorded. Its a standard windows property I belie...more >>

I hope someone can help. I installed Flash Media Server 2 Upgrade over Flashcom 1.5, and went to the serial number section. I entered my serial number. The admin console attempted to contact Macromedia and validate the number for three seconds or so, then came back and marked it as inva...more >>

We are building an application where the user can grab stills from a streaming video over FMS. We are using the Bitmapdata Class Draw() method in Flash 8 to do this and it works great when testing in the authoring environment. When we test it from anywhere else- the Draw() method just won't ...more >>

When you have an out of the box copy of Flash Communications Server what is the limit of how many people can use it? Meaning that if I use if for a website that is one one dedicated server can an unlimited # of people use my website and the features created by FCS? ...more >>

Hi, I need to convert a ppt file in a swf file without Macromedia Breeze, so anybody can help me?? Thanks ...more >>

I'd like to be able to stream audio to end users, but do not want those users to be able to play back songs outside of the streaming. If I'm using Flash Media Server (or Flash with audio without the Media Server for that matter), will the end user be able to save the streaming audio to the har...more >>

Hi all. Is Flash Communication server the same as media server? If so I could use some help. I have a website in which i need to create a public chat and a private chat (so a user can IM another user internally). Can Flash Communication server accomplish this? And if so I would be willing ...more >>

Hi, Server: Flash Comm server 1.5. Application: Audio/ Video Conferencing on flash player 8. In my application I listen back my audio after some time along with the second person's audio. It happens on certain computers only.On some computers it never occurs. ...more >>

Hi dude, Any idea on this? I'm developing a video sharing website. User will upload a MPEG/AVI file and then they will view the video in Flash player. I understand, once user upload the AVI/MPEG file I need to encode the Video in FLV format at serverside. Is there any API or Engine avi...more >>

Has anyone been able to install FMS2 on Fedora Core 4? Installations with -plaformWarnOnly goes fine. But the server won't start. I can see the process start, but it just stops again. I've also installed mozilla-nspr as suggested in another thread. there's also no messages in /var/log/mess...more >>

Hello -- I have a FMS 2.0 running on a Windows 2003 Standard Server with a single applciation setup. I have changed the default applications directory to a larger partition so the AppsDir tag looks something like "e:\root\flashapps" I have created a directory in flashapps called "test" a...more >>

Hello! First of all I wanna say thanks for all who will answer my dumm question! PS: Sorry about my English :) Im a begginer in Flash Media Server, and I have a problem. I can?t connect to the server (localhost). I have entered on Manage Console, and made the loggin, in server address i'...more >>

When I use the SetBandwidth Component, I get this error: **Error** Symbol=FCFBoundingBox_Combo, layer=Layer 5, frame=2:Line 2: ')' or ',' expected trace(" i am " add this); **Error** Symbol=FCFBoundingBox_Combo, layer=Layer 5, frame=2:Line 3: Unexpected '}' encountered } ...more >>

Has anyone been able to get a basic example of streaming FLVs using the FMS2 dev edition? I am just trying to get a simple test working (it worked no problem with FCS 1.5) but I have spent hours going through the documentation and trying different tests, with no luck... The admin console s...more >>

I've been trying to work out the fms2 and sample applications but the appliactions can't connect to the server (i.e when i click on Login button nothing happens) I've tried to start the sample applications from the local file system as well as from the local web server but neither work (admi...more >>

I spent 2 years developing apps for flashcom now I have a problem. Previous versions allowed me to use my custom components for each indivdual applications directory. FMS2.0 (trial) is not letting me do this, although it did work for a short amount of time. (main.asc) - load( "audiocon...more >>