:confused; Hi, i'm Shalom from israel, i have some problem that i can't find the answer on the web.. my question is: how can i send some variable from flash to an asp page... i want to use a falsh form (becuase all the effects i can do there) but to do the actual search from an asp page an...more >>

I have my server for my website and I wanted to make a flash drawing board for everyone, I have the whole application setup and I tested it out with the communication server i installed on my computer and it works. But I have no clue how to install the communication server onto my websites ser...more >>

How can I set communication server configuration so it balances users among 2 servers? It can be done? To do this the applications must be aware of this and use shared objects? Can i use network load balancing that comes with windows 2003? Can anybody tell me about sites where i can find dis...more >>

Flash Com is dosconnecting/bumping off users in my chat. The server is running fine and has pleanty of resources yet people get disconnected all day long. Not that the chat goes down but people loose connection and have to reload the screeen. It seems Flash Com has a certian time limit like...more >>

Hi, This vijay. I want to capture the video of a webcam connected in my network, but not connected to a system. Is that possible. I am developing an application which will be there in a webserver, when i open the html page the application swf in it, it communicates to the Flash Communi...more >>

Had installed FCS on a Suse 9.2 running Darwin streaming server. After some struggle installing (not using recommended /warnblabla... and lib) it starts and runs but creates a lot of space separated text in log file. Admin.swf will not show up and i dont know if it is running properly or not. ...more >>

I have a problem with an Flash comunicator server instalation. Samples applications work. But If I create a chat, i can connect and sent messages but buttons do not apper well and labels for buttons do not show. Please help. I urgent ...more >>

I have a question regarding incoming connections to a Flash Comm Server from a Java based application. The basic model will include two middleware layers: 1) FCS Middleware layer which all Flash clients will be connected to 2) Proprietary Java Middleware layer which will need to get informati...more >>

Is it possible to push to a client which has subscibed to a feed infomation which changed frequently using flash communication server - like xml sockes...more >>

Hi, I'm developing a video conference application. Currently I have 200 users aprox. When the application runs a few hours the usage of memory grows significantly (70% of 2GB) and I have to restart the FlashCom service to solve the problem. It's possible that the app not release memory we...more >>

Hello, I would like to get the information from comm server, which instances are opened and read that from my web (html/php) page. It is possible? Thankx...more >>

Hi, How can I clean the old messages in the chat window. When I start an application (e.g. flash presentation with simple chat there are the messages from the older sessions in the chat window . I need them to be deleted when the application stops. Thanks. ...more >>

Hello, I'm working on a chat app and would like to add private messaging. I'm trying to find a way that a user sends the message to the server and in turn the server forwards in to just the targeted user. I'm trying to remain secure so I would like to avoid broadcasting the message to ever...more >>

All streams are buffered somewhat, even 'live' streams. The user's computer needs to have at least SOME of the file downloaded to be able to smoothly play the file. This small amount of file that must download first is the amount that is buffered. This helps prevent playback problems if the...more >>

I have developed several applications with flashcom, and so I have some knowledge about it, but I cannot imagine any possibility to share desktop by using flashcom (I don't mean sharing desktop such as microsoft terminal service does, but at least to show to someone connected with me what I am...more >>

I have test that in internal network, Fist computer work as client and connect to second computer as server. When I unplug the network cable of first computer, the server need 20 minute to know the client has disconnected and fire the application.onDisconnect event. Can any body tell me,...more >>

Hello: I am trying to establish a new NetConnection inside of a method of a mx.screens.Form subclass. Unfortunately it seems that my status method never gets called. Has anyone had any experience creating a NetConnection in a method call of a class? Here is my code: import mx.screen...more >>

..Net programmer trying my hand at flash com. I am coding up a HelpDesk app and am having trouble getting shared objects set up correctly. The code snippet will create the shared object but its onSync function is not being called. Any ideas? csrep_so = SharedObject.getRemote("csrep", ch...more >>

I work with a distant LinuxRedHat server. I upload all FCS files in the server root level. I lauch the console and type 'installFCS' and respond 'invalid comand' Do you know what can I do to install FCS ? Thank you ...more >>

Here we go again. I am trying to populate an array of objects and assign it to a data slot in application.onAppStart. This is my code: //----- CLASS DECLARATION Team = function(teamNumber, teamName) { // Instance properties this.teamNumber = teamNumber; // Team number this.teamName = ...more >>

Hi there, I?m having a few installation problems I?m hoping someone can help me with. I?m new to FCS and I?m a sysadmin. The developers need the FCS to serve a flv file only. I have a web server hosting the swfs & fla?s on a separate iis box and I?ve built a W2K3 Server with FCS. I don?t k...more >>

Changing SO properties is working fine. But when I try to call an SO method, other clients aren't receiving it. Code: [BROADCASTER] askQuestion = function() { trace ('so = ' + so); so.send('studentRequest', Session.username); } [CLIENT] so.studentRequest = function (studentName) { trace...more >>

Hello! I have FCS Professional (2500 users, 10Mbit). But the problem with that is that when the bandwith exceeds 10Mbit my application just stop working (at least it did so while trying the developer edition). And if I dont have a tool to see if i'm close to reach the 2500 or 10Mbit then I...more >>

In Flash MX 2004 Pro, where is the communication app inspector? Thanks...more >>

I have no problems using actionscript to define my own classes on the client but I can't get the syntax right for doing it on the server. So, I'm doing this hokie trick where I make new applications for each object I need and then manging their instances. It works but there has to be a bette...more >>

I'd like to try and get a discussion rolling regarding live video streaming. I've done live Windows Media events and also live Flash Video events. Currently, we are streaming the events via VitalStream. We stream around 300Kbps per second (240x180, 12fps). The quality is ok, but for 300k/s...more >>

I'm building a 3D chat application in c++ and I need to use Flash communication server for server-side. I 'd like to know if there is a method or a library I can use to send and receive messagges on RTMP protocol of FlashCom.Thanx For replies please write here or to fra.depaolis79@libero.it ...more >>

Does Updater 2 include Updater 1? Or do I need to apply 1 followed by 2? Thanks in advance -brian ...more >>

Hi, Ive built a very simple flash app to publish a live webcam stream onto FCS. I then have a viewer program to show the feed on a website. Im trying to give the viewer the option of chosing the quality of the stream (for high and low speed connections). I am trying to do this by pub...more >>

It seems pretty simple, but I've just spent 4 hours trying to make it work, and it won't! I'm creating a SharedObject in application.onAppStart(), and setting a property. I want this to be an initial state that the first client finds when accessing the SharedObject. So I create client code th...more >>

Hello, I use flashcom and director to develope an application. the server side and the client side code are: application.onConnect = function(clientObject, username){ application.acceptConnection(clientObject); clientObject.sayHelloServer = function(){ trace('the client say hi'); return ('...more >>

Hi Does anyone have any information on how to do a live webcast with synced slides not timed synced slides but slide changes that can be done while the live webcast is in progress. As the presenter hits enter to change aslide I vould also change it for the live webcast Thanks ...more >>

How should i set up fcs on a dual processer sever running windows 2000 server. i have a 30 gig boot hardrive (C:) at 7200 rpm and three raid drives (E:) at 10000 rpm .. my question is should i and can I put my apps folder on the E drive since they are faster:o ...more >>

I currently have a copy of flash com and would like to install it. I notice that I have to have root access to a server in order to use flashcom. This rules out me using it on my standard web hosting service, as they won't allow root access. Is it possible to use a server, such as apache, an...more >>

I currently have FCS listening on port 1935 and Apache listening on port 80 on my server which is connected via a single static IP. My DNS table resembles: foo.com Address 999.888.777.666 test.foo.com Address 999.888.777.666 Apache then serves each website using name based virtual ...more >>

Hi All ! Is it good idea to have my logical chat application to be split into three physical application directories, a lobby, a room (with instantiating several rooms of course) and a one-to-one chat application. Is this better than having a unified script for it all ? I am planning to rou...more >>

After doing the following tutorial (http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/video_player.html) which shows you how to manually update a List component, I now wanted to have the List component get automatically updated. When I received my O?Reilly Flash Communication Server book b...more >>

How to make an object on the clients side invisible through a shared object? My shared object works perfectly when with the coordinates like so.data.x or so.data.y However, a property for visibility I cannot find it if there is any? Thanks for your help ...more >>

I would like the ability to upload multiple camera views the the ComServer and let the user or multiple users decide which camera to view. In short, uploading multiple cameras and streaming any of the cameras to multiple clients. Has anybody done anything like this or know of any information...more >>

I've been working on this one for a while. I've created many custom media players for streaming flash videos (from the FCS, the real deal). I have all the fancy features any media player has except for a seek bar for the streaming video itself. Anyone have any ideas, resources, or samples o...more >>

Hello, I've searched the board and didn't find a direct answer to this question. I'm looking to find out if there is a way to have an mp3 player built in flash, where the source of the stream is a playlist for an existing broadcast server. The idea is to have an embedded player withi...more >>

:cool; hello everyone,i 'am a begginer in using flash communication server.and i would like to get general information about CLIENT SITE COMMUNICATION ACTIONSCRIPT DICTIONARY such as what we should have at client site,what is the script for client?, and what client should use to run the ap...more >>

Ok,I just bought the lic to the flashcom server personal ed. correct me if im wrong, but 1MB is that per connection? or is that 1MB shared between 50 connections? Maximum Megabits per second Maximum Connections Price Expiration I know from the sample_videoconferance I can not operate on...more >>

As a newbie to FCS after reading many things about it, I still need it explained from the begginning; What is the best way to use/ install it for my purposes? I want to stream MP3's and some video (not live) that's all. I'm happy to purchase a copy to have complete control and be prepared for...more >>

I have received conflicting info on the topic so I decided it was best to come to the source. I am creating training videos in the swf format and I have been told that swf A/V files do not require Flash Communication Server MX or additional hardware on our web server. Is this a true statemen...more >>

Hi, I want to make available a few music tracks on the website I am building but I don?t want the user to be able to copy the files. What is the most effective and economical way to achieve this, bearing in mind I am only talking about 4-6 songs? Having read a little about Flash Communic...more >>

hello; on my Windows XP I have: C:/ ... /applications/qqq C:/ ... /qqq.swf which has in it a hookup_nc.connect('rtmp:/qqq/'); the FCS (running on localhost) acknowledges the application name 'qqq' ; however I can delete the directory 'qqq' ( located at C:/ ... /applications/qqq ) a...more >>

hello; I have installed the free developer's FCS from this MM site; the Administration Console requires a username and password; according to the section 'understanding basic server settings' .. 'The default server administrator has the user name and password you chose during the Flash Com...more >>

Greetings all, I am totally new to the FCS environment. I'd like to know is there a fast, simple way to get my camcorder live video output onto my home page? In otherwords cna someone tell me the simplified version of how to get FCS to deliver my video feed to my web page. Also, can this ...more >>

Hello I have managed to make a small web chat application with video and audio. Now i want to make a web page only for view the broadcasting that i am doing with flash com server and the webcam. Can any one please tell me how can a play a live video broadcasting on client browser. I know with ...more >>