I'm deciding about an application structure, but I've a doubt about clients/thread. I have an application with 10 istances and every instance has one client connected that is recording live video/audio. From before posts I known that the performance for the clients are best with the impl...more >>

hi to all of you: "it's possible set an audio codec during the recording of a stream from a webcam?" client side I can't do this. server side I can't find a tag in conf xml files to do this. flash plugin do this? if yes, how set the codec audio in version 8? what I know is that in fl...more >>

Hey Folks: I'm attempting to install FMS on a RHEL server. Upon installation, here's what I see: ----- Installing Macromedia Flash Media Server files... Configuring Macromedia Flash Media Server... Adding "fms" service. Setting default admin to "fms". Setting autostart for "fms". S...more >>

I am currently doing project that requires real-time data for a large amount of clients. The interfacing currently is being done with FMS > ASP.NET > SQL however, this is not effcient enough. Is it possible to have FMS interact directly with a serverside application built in VB? ...more >>

After transferring an FLV (originally recorded on FMS2) to an http server for progressive download, I experience this problem. If the FLV is audio only, the player receives the duration via metadata.. However if there is any video content, the meta data does seem to be there. Including the...more >>

Hi - I am using the videoPlayback component to progressively download FLVs. It worked great in Flash 8, and not at all with my new Flash 9 player. To make matters worse, it works on Flash 9 in Firefox but not in IE. I haven't seen other complaints like this. Anyone have a suggest...more >>

If possible to Broadcast video.flv in realtime from one client to other clients ? the video.flv files are not on the server but on the client computer. ...more >>

Hi , i want web_based audio recording system which can record the audio files ,compress and can uploaded to the server. it should be in Flash. ...more >>

hi to all you! a quickly question: "I have an application to record a live video by webcam on a FMS. It's better use an instance with i.e. 10 clients or use 10 instances with 1 clients each one?" thanks for your time :smile; ...more >>

is there a way for me to limit the number of concurrent connections to the media server. my upload bandwitdh is about a meg so having too many connections just kills the whole thing. i would like to put a limit at 5 connections. is there a way to do this? ...more >>

I have a module that is about halfway finished. I have been importing avi files with "Progressive download from a web server" selected. I was just informed we will be installing Flash Media Server in the next few weeks. Am I going to have to re-import all of the avi files with "Stream from Fla...more >>

We have a site that uses flashcom streaming and it worked great with the flash 8 player and 7 player but now that they upgraded to the flash player 9 it causes browsers to crash. I think it may be related to some older as2 syntax and was wondering if anyone has run into this issue. Im just sta...more >>

I recently purchased a Dell XPS 400. I previously had an Inspiron 600m, which I was able to view you tube content. But, with my new system, I get an error on their site telling me that I either need to enable JavaScript or get the latest version of flashplayer. I have both JavaScript enabled, ...more >>

:confused; I subscribe to Bluemountain.com. In the past when I tried to download screensavers/wallpapers I have never had a problem. Now I am trying to download a new screensaver. I am told that I need the Flash Player 9 to do this. I go through the download process and when I am told to ...more >>

Hello Experts! {b}We have created an SWF file in a program other than Flash. [/b] It pulls in some external videos that have been encoded as SWF files. What do we need to do to get the files ready for the Media Server? Do these external videos need to be encoded as FLV files? What about the...more >>

I know there's been a lot of talk about the NellyMonster codec. I've spent a week coding my own linux based equivalent of Flash Media Server/Red 5, which I'm happy to say already it works better than both the aforementioned servers (although in the spirit of being a tight-fisted developer I wo...more >>

Hi I am new to Flash Media Server and I can't get my head around this software. :confused; How do you deploy the applications you build on your development pc, onto an external server? Do you have to have FMS running on the external server? Or does FMS supply you with files that can be...more >>

Hi all, I'm a website programmer in the UK. I have a requirement from a customer to set up a website with a 2-way video chat facility, similar to the one on this website: http://www.bowelweb.com/chat/flashchat.php. I understand how this can be done with Flash Media Server, and am currently...more >>

We have FCS based flash application that has whiteboard, Video , Audio , public chat. We were wondering what all options we have for recording? Is there any way we can capture the entire swf frame by frame with video audio? Or we have to record streams for audio , video separately, whiteboard ...more >>

I will aplogize in advance. I hate to ask someone to hold my hand in the process but I really need the help. I am currently using Windows Media Server to stream my audio and video files. I like the idea of using Flash since it has no problems streaming to Windows or Mac. I have a fres...more >>

Hello, I am suggested a project to broadcast high quality live video/audio to one or more clients. The two key features of this system is: 1. Video is captured thru advanced high-quality cameras connected to capture card (not USB) 2. Video/Audio should be delivered in very low latency (und...more >>

Hello, I am trying to create an online tv station. What I need is some info on how to create a video broadcaster on my server that will stream flv files in a loop. any help would cool....more >>

Hello. Im new to flash comm server, so maybe its dumb question, but.. did as the manual says, couldnt find troubleshooting answer, so im looking for help. Logged in the management console as ADMIN, i have created a user named client1, under the virtualhost also named client1. When I clic...more >>

this is driving me crazy... just install the FMS, when i test my movies from flash everything works fine, but when I try to test them on the browser or it never connect or doesnt?find the files... i?m sure that the server is up and running, and i?m trying to reach the files locally thru: r...more >>

Hello, I installed FMS 2.0 develper version on a RedHat 3.0 and cannot initialize the server corerctly, when starting it using 'fmsmgr server fms start' or '/etc/init.d/fms start' the only process created is 'fmsadmin -console -conf ../conf/Server.xml' there is no sign of fmsedge, fmscore ...more >>

Hi I have new project that show movie from server this move is not flv can i play .mov move through Flash Media Server or i must changed its type to flv before playing it ...more >>

I have this problem in flash. I have a flash communication server installed and i want to stream a video using the webcam. This is my code which i saw in the flash communication server tutorial. function playCam1() { gotoAndStop(1); // Attach the video device output from 'client_cam'...more >>

How do i kill the sound on an FLV file with action script? I just want a simple on and off switch. ...more >>

I am trying to find the actual flv file for conversion (a whole different issue I know), but it is not where I would have thought it would be. I am looking under this path and am not finding it: C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash Communication Server MX\flashcom\applications\MY_APPLICATION...more >>

I'm interested in setting up a Flash Media Server but notice no version avaiable for a Macintosh Server. Does anyone know if there will ever be a Mac version or if there is a way to run the Linux version on a Mac? Thanks. ...more >>

Hello, Does anyone know of an application for Linux that can batch process video files, or better yet 'watch' a folder for video files to process, and convert to FLV files? I know that Sorenson's product has this capability but it doesn't run on the Linux platform. I am hoping to uplo...more >>

Hi All, I created a video player with FLEX 2.0 and with it I can view streaming video from localhost. However, when I open the video player web page from a remote browser my swf loads, but the video's don't play. That is, I see my video player, but there's no video. So, "rtmp://loc...more >>

I recently installed Flash Media Server on a Linux machine to test it before buying. The install went smoothly and I was able to connect to the Management Console fine, but when I click on the New Instance button to add an application it does not do anything. Does anyone have any advice on w...more >>

I am under the impression that by default, FMS2 will use the Sorenson codec for captured/recorded video in its .flv files. I am trying to instead capture video through FMS2 using the On2 codec. How/where can I change this configuration setting? I went through all of the .xml configuration file...more >>

Hey All, I am using the Video Conference sample application that comes with FCS. I am wondering if there is a way to change the default video size. When I say video, I am referring to the Users Camera Window in the actual Flash application. Also I am assuming that I can post questions abou...more >>

Hello, I have a simple Webcam movie, publishing a live-video to an FMS 2.0.2 r51 dev. edition running on Debian 3.1r2 and then playing it back in another video-window. It works fine with rtmp and rtmpt, but with rtmps I get the "NetConnection.Connect.Failed" error. I've prepared a ...more >>

Flash Media Server 2 provides an XMLSocket class. The XMLSocket.send() method does not immediately send the data passed to it. Is there any way to flush an XMLSocket and force it to send the data that it has? I have an application that needs to send very small XML objects to another proc...more >>

Hi, I have following queries related to Flash/Flash Media Server: a) The ITU (International Telecommunications Union) has come up with different standards and protocols for videoconferencing e.g. H.323, H.320 etc. Of these, H.323 is the standard for videoconferencing over TCP/IP networks...more >>

Hi, I am trying to use FLASH Comm Server 1.5 on 2 servers in a cluster. The two servers ar not synchornized, and depending on which one you get assigned to, the shared object states are different. Is there a solution ? Mario F. Alvarez ...more >>

The problem that we encountered is that when we play live streams from flash media server , the flash player process in task manager start getting bigger .. so after 1/2 h .. it already reaches 2GB memory ... thats kind of frustrating. The live stream that comes to the client is composed on th...more >>

I encountered this dimishing bandwidth problem in my Flash Media Server 2.02. I am using the Bandwidth Checker at http://www.flashcomguru.com/apps/bwcheck/ to measure the bandwidth to my FMS. When the system is rebooted, the bandwidth is: Upstream: 3164 Kbits/sec Downstream: 2969 Kb...more >>

Hi everyone, I've acquired a security cam to test a video-chat with FMS2 and encounter a problem with the resolution of my cam. It's a CPcam CPC371P and It is said to have a resolution of 510*492 (certain sites speak of standard resolution?). I wrote two simple applications, one to se...more >>

Hi everyone, i have a very simple problem: in the main.asc file on the server i am just rejecting connections to every client with rejectConnection. Now, if a connection is rejected from a client, the NetConnection connection is closed and also in the management console noone is connecte...more >>

Hello, I just install FCS in Fedora Core 4 and have 2 problems: - cannot restart the server from admin console, I receive this message: Restart of server: Unsuccessful error description:Failed to start server. - some user remain in user list after they leave from room, so onDisconnect ...more >>

:confused; We have just installed Flash Media Server 2 on a server here at ISU. I have access to the Macromedia/Flash directory and can place .asc files with in the applications folder with in this directory. I can access the management console as well. I tried to create a sample applicati...more >>

Hello, Do I need to install IIS for FMS2 to work ? I installed FMS2 Developer edition on my WinXP but I couldn't get the sample app. to work. Please help. thanks, Dan C. ...more >>

hi all, i create an FMS2 application that work as a proxy between my Flash client and a java webapp that export a service via Remoting. When the client connect to FMS i create a new connection to the Remoting service with the following code: I create this method on my Client object: ...more >>

Hi, I hope you excuse my complete lack of knowledge :embarrassment; Currently we have 2 servers running Solaris 10 with PhP,Mysql and apache. We have just found out that to do a lot of stuff we planned to do we need FMS, obviously seeing that there is no support for Solaris has caus...more >>