The situation is like that:: I have a video source (like a security cam connected to a TV card). I want its video to be broadcasted via a page or a adress. But this should be always and for the clients viewing this broadcast I should not open this adress and share it. Is it possible? Or ...more >>

We have multiple flv files which play from swf files embedded in an html page. The strangest thing occured - when our client downloaded Plugin 8, the flv files won't stream. The swf file opens, but then nothing happens when the flv file should be streaming. We have had them check their global ...more >>

Do anyone have an idea of the optimum number of live streams Flash Media Server can handle comfortably? The server we are using 3Ghz pentium, 1 gig of Ram and uses windows 2003 server. I know it says maximum 5000 users, I guess its all down to bandwidth but how realistic is that? Sorr...more >>

Hello, I want to check if a user can connect with the flash server depends on his password. I use: application.connect = function(newClient,user, password){ fh = fopen("data.txt,0); //then I want to read the file to check if the user and password where in this file //to a...more >>

Hi guys, I'm new to FCS, I need to realize a flash interface that dynamically load videos in avi, qt or mpeg in the flash interface. I would know if FCS is the right app to do this stuffs. If so, anyone can link me to some tutorials? Thanx in advance MayaM ...more >>

Hi, I've recently upgraded from the developer edition to the personal edition. I've used the macromedia example to broadcast and receive from a web cam and also trying to get the SimpleConnect example going from the Connection Components. These are working on 3 machines but if I try it on ...more >>

In this site, it was mentioned that the server specs to use is a dual intel xeon with at least 2.0 GHz and 1GB of RAM and 0GB of HDD. Does anyone have any idea on how much disk space or memory a 1-to-1 multimedia (a/v) chat has? Is there a way to measure say, given the number of bandwidth, t...more >>

For Streaming Video-Flash 8 Pro: Please provide a link or resource that will explain in detail how to "update URL in the Component Inspector to refer to the ..flv file's final location on your web or FLash Communication Server." I have not found this step explained in Macromedia's LiveDocs, ...more >>

Hi, How can i insert ur like mms: into flash video player. Please help my...more >>

I'm trying to find a way to do something very simple... I want the client swf to trigger a function on the FCS and return a value. Now, I'm not a stupid guy, but everywhere I've looked I get examples that make no sense... I think I've found 2 key ingredients... netConnection.call and client....more >>

Hi Have just bought flash comm server mx & am not sure what to do next. I have managed to install the CD & have not touched it, any adivce will be great korina...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to programatically get a lists of the instances for a particular application? Ok, lets say I've setup an application "app1" on the server "rtmp://fcs.server.com" the applicastion resides at rtmp://fsc.server.com/app1 Let's say there are connections made to mult...more >>

hi friends. I m using Flash 8 for my video streaming and as per Macromedia live doc. i try both way of Streaming prograsive and rtmp. prograsive player is working fine but when i try to give contentpath rmtp then flash8 give me error faild to load flv. rtmp or 1004 path not found. ...more >>

Hi, What are the ways to protect our own developed *.asc, flv, majorly, plus even swf? If on-Air FCS must be located at client site....more >>

Hello, Im trying to make a flash video capture to work with comm. Server. What I want to do is record the video and upload in to the comm server folder as a flv file so later on I can download that and view it. Well. I didn?t that part and it work fine. Here is the link: Recorder : ht...more >>

I have a Flash 8 and I try to install a Flash Communication Server Authoring Components of macromedia.com but this components only work in FlashMX 2004. What can I do??? Can you help me?? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi all, I've got a question. Is there anyway to make two video streamings go into one flash screen with audio. For example, I have two people who are doing interview and need to broadcast out. We use two web cams to caputre each of them. Thanks. Oliver ...more >>

A company I do business with recently purchased space on Media Temple, which supports Flash streaming video ... problem is that they do not offer much help on how to actually stream FLV, & instead referred me to Flash 8 help. And Flash 8 help is exraordinarily convoluted, especially for someon...more >>

we have 2 questions: We want to buy flash communication server professionel but we need some technical answers : 1) is it possible to convert FLV files from Flash communication server into wav or mp3 format ? 2)actually, when we use the microphone to record sound via FCS the FLV fil...more >>

hey there I am completely new to flashcom server. I have been talking to the flashcom customer service over the phone, who by the way were very friendly, but they said they couldn't answer my questions and forwarded me here. How does flashcom work? I have shared hosting. Can I ...more >>

when ever i compile my first flash comm application it give me an error ... it says NetDebug.as not found..... i cant even find this fil ein my pc... i was asked to include NetDebug.as at the first line of my code any soultions ...more >>

I need to make a .flv file available to mobile device. We are creating our file with Flash Communication server. So im trying to convert the .flv file to a .3gp file. I was able to do so by using the Total Video Converter software, but i have to remove the audio track to have the file ...more >>

Need to know these things: What kind of server load will the new FMS2 create... could it run concurrently with web serving on the same machine or is it majorly "heavy" needing it's own box? Will there be a "personal" version available, or is the price of admission really going to *...more >>

Hi everybody. Sorry for my bad english, I'm French. My problem : I have a SWF make with Flah MX 2004 Professional which is hosted in a HTTPS Server (Apache). In this SWF, I have some actions which need to send data (login and password) to a PHP script, in the same HTTPS Server. With ...more >>

I am using CentOS 4.2. I downloaded the free trial for flash communication server 1.5 but it had error messages and stop. anyone knows where i should download for centos 4.2 or what should i should change for? please give me a link or where should i can download. Please help!!! Thanks ad...more >>

I have a class like this: import mx.utils.Delegate; class showFCS extends MovieClip { private var nc:NetConnection; private var menuItem:Array; private var videoToLoad:String; private var myInputStream:NetStream; function showFCS() { nc = new NetConnection(); ...more >>

Hi, I was already talking with a sales rep about this, and they weren't much help other then pointing me to these forums. My question is: I want to create a web-based media player using Flash. Users of the web site have the ability to upload video, in quicktime or wmv format, and other u...more >>

Hello there, I build a pseudo Operating System in flash with a lot of pseudo Popup?s. The problem is that when a pop-up comes over another or over the background the buttons inside the down levels are still active. Now I try to do this: 1. to put a selectable textBox on the last layer of...more >>

Hi All, We have been using FCS for a while for our Audio Conferencing Needs. After Macromedia released Flash 8, we start having problem on Mac OS 10.4 Tiger while streaming Audio. The Audio is all wobbled out, although on PC its better than Audio on Flash 7. Is there some setti...more >>

I have Flash 8 and installed the Communcation Server latest and greatest, update 2, on Windows. The samples the come with the server do not work, first becase some *.as files (netdebug.as) is missing from te entire macromedia directory. The worst is that the doc_connect.fla does not work even ...more >>

I'm running Flashcomm v1.5 updater2 on RHEL 3.0. Using flash 7 mx, I was able to connect and stream from my flashcomm server using these commands: conn = new NetConnection(); conn.connect("rtmp://streams.developershed.com/testing/test1"); video_ns = new NetStream(conn); my_video...more >>

I was wondering if we can stream online live video in flash. I have TV tuner card attached with my pc and i want to play live channels in flash. please help me if it is possible , how we can do that. Thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi I have made Chess Game using AS 2.0 ... it have been comleted ... its 2 player game ...... now i want to Connect with Flash Communication Server .... i startred to work on Flash Communcation Server ..... and try to connect it with that ... but could not be do it kindly guide me ... ...more >>

Hi All, I'm Ankur Arora and having some problem regarding shared objects in flash 8. I've this code in flash 8 var so:SharedObject; so = SharedObject.getRemote("ankur", "rtmp:/./..", "/"); so.data.username = "ankur"; so.flush(); how it works & where it wil...more >>

Hello, I have vdo files (SWF and FLV) from the developer and I wanted to do the streaming using the Flash Communication Server 1.5. I downloaded the FlashCom and installed. it seems to run the sample application just fine. I tried creating a new application folder C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\...more >>

When and where can I download the Flash Comm components for Flash 8?...more >>

I cannot figure this out so I hope someone has had this problem and a solution. When I start the flashcom server and try a standard videoconference application (or sample) there is a huge latency problem for the application. It seems that the server needs to "warm up". After appx 5 minut...more >>

http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/proom/pr/2005/announcing_flashmediaserver2.html Flash Media Server 2 (flashcom) is coming....more >>

Hi all! I am using the following remoting code: var nc = new NetConnection; nc.connect("http://localhost/flashservices/gateway.aspx"); var responder = {}; responder.onResult = function(r) { trace(r); }; nc.call("MyService.SomeFunction", responder, "someParameter");...more >>

i`m triying install FCS in my Linux Server and the install script show this error: fcsconfig -help -> Permission denied line 178: RETVAL=`$cwd/fcsconfig -help` i also tried run this file # ./fcsconfig -bash: ./fcsconfig: Permission denied # chown root.root . # chmod ugo+x fcsc...more >>

Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to save the live stream to a .flv file. If so... can anyone help me with this? I would really apreciate it. Thanks in advance, Levy......more >>

This is weard. I had an app for elearning that uses all the components runing on a server. I found a doc that suggests to have the FCS using port 80 so firewalls won?t stop the connections and have the SWFs on another server. My app also uses sharedobjects. The thing is that the app connects f...more >>

is it possable to remove the privacy message when a person clicks on webcam or talk button on my flash app?...more >>

Hello, I'm new to the Flash Communication Server. I have installed it on my machine but I don't know to place the FlashCom Components because I can't see them in the Components Tab. I'm using Flash MX 2004 and Flash Com Server 1.5. Please help, I'm stuck With best regards, RedDragon2...more >>

Does anyone know a good and cheap flashcom hosting service?...more >>

hey everybody! :) we've got a little fcs app here that utilises Microphone.get(); for some of us, that command gets the mike. for others it doesn't. the basic Microsoft Sound Recorder app in programs > accesssories > entertainment works for everyone here. huh? how so? ...more >>

I m using Macromedia flash 7 and communication server 1.5 with sp1 and sp2 installed.Sometimes the user starts getting his audio back after 2-3 seconds.In this case audio communication is both way between(Speaker1 and Speaker2).When i tried to troubleshoot, I found that the audio stream coming...more >>

We are currently looking for a talented fcs developer that can create a chatroom AV, the chatroom will he integrated to php/mysql website (already developed), user can login and user the chatroom. User clicks on chatroom, can see the different rooms, see the different users online with, if ...more >>