I am having real trouble using a streaming server to play Flash movies, using
Dreamweaver 8.

(1) When you insert flash video using Dreamweaver 8, and select "streaming
video", you are asked for an rtmp address which goes like this.
rtmp://www.server.com/myapplication/myinstance
But there is no explanation of what application and instance mean or how you
determine their values.

(2) None of the material avalable on Dreamweaver 8 on the web demonstrates
inserting streaming video:
- Macromedia's own article "Presenting Video with the Flash Video Component in
Dreamweaver 8" only demonstrates progressive download (not streaming):
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/flv_tutorial.html
- Lynda.com's video tutorial on "Dreamweaver 8 Advanced Features" demonstrates
only progressive download (not streaming)
- The CommunityMX tutorial briefly mentions streaming, but does not explain
what application and instance mean:
http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=A98BB&print=true

I cannot find streaming video or rtmp addresses explained anywhere. I have a
shared hosting account with Flash Communication Server, but what is my
'application' and 'instance'?

Many thanks,

JAY.

Man, I just wasted another 2 hours on the same thing

1st object = embed SWF inside HTML page. SWF was created using flash 8 to
connect to FMS, and does play the video

2nd object = created by DW8, which will just NOT work. There is a "ghost"
flash player box there (you see flash options when you right click), but no
video comes out. I hated it, cannot find any resources either
This is not EASY integration between Macromedia products


<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
rsion=7,0,19,0" width="255" height="190">
<param name="movie" value="stream_video_2.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<embed src="stream_video_2.swf" quality="high"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="255" height="190"></embed>
</object>


<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
rsion=6,0,79,0" width="240" height="180" id="FLVPlayer">

<embed src="FLVPlayer_Streaming.swf"
flashvars="&serverName=webtrends01&skinName=skins/Halo_Skin_3&appName=jerry/inst
ance&streamName=antoni&isLive=false&bufferTime=0&autoPlay=true&autoRewind=true"
quality="high" scale="noscale" width="240" height="180" name="FLVPlayer"
salign="LT" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

:D
I have now managed to resolve this problem. Here's how you integrate
streaming flash video using Dreamweaver 8:


DREAMWEAVER 8
- Open / create desired page on your webserver
- Select insertion point. Insert --> Flash video -->
- Select "Streaming Video"
- Server URI for Uvault hosting is rtmp://v4002.uvault.com/sitename/_definst_
where sitename is the name of your site (no spaces of capitals)
- Stream name is the name of the file (yourvideo.flv)
- Upload your page.
- Dreamweaver should also upload the skin swf and the streaming player swf to
your webserver

UVAULT FLASH VIDEO HOSTING
- Connect to your flash streaming server (in my case
ftp://myaccount.uvault.com/ )
- Place flv files into ftp://myaccount.uvault.com/sitename/streams/_definst_/
where sitename is the name of your site (no spaces or capitals)
- Ensure that main.asc file is in /sitename, at the same level as the streams
folder