I get multiple rows with the following error message in the FMS log: Thu 08:56:04 PM: Server detected a backward timestamp from 3281064 to 3281063 in file: D:\mypath\_definst_\myappname I also experience FMS disconnects quite often on the client side. Connect is just closed by the server...more >>

Hi there, I have two FMS 2 server that I need to use as a failover and load balance to maintain 100% uptime. Does anybody know what would be the best practise doing that or do you know of material to read about this. Best regards, Boris ...more >>

Hi -- I am recording an audio stream from the microphone and wanted to know if there is a way to show the sound levels of the audio from the mic in a graphical display?...more >>

I'm using the Adobe Flash Video Encoder to send a live flash video stream to my FMS 2 (Developer Edition) on a Windows 2003 R2 Standard Edition Server I'm connected to FMS and the encoder IS sending the video. When I look at the FMS Console its confirmed that I'm connected and publishing a L...more >>

Hi, This has been a frustrating week, so i REALLY appreciate any help in advance We have installed FMS 2.0.4 on linux (tried both ubunto and fedora 6 but the problem is consistent in both) the server runs perfectly and accept connections but it fails to record the flv file on the filesys...more >>

We've just installed a digital rapids 500. FME is still complaining about the card. ...more >>

Hi guys, i am having a bit of bother with FMS 2 on the new server. Everything i am working on works fine on the developer server. I am unable to connect to fms admin panel via my desktop or via the web browser. It is the same for all my apps. Connection failed. I am able to login int...more >>

Hi All, Can some one help me in getting a sample code for video streaming via media server and flash. I am totally new to media server. Thanks in advance. John...more >>

Sample Applications http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/sample_apps.html Version - SimpleConnect (Version d24 02.20.2003) Flash Media Server 2 Components http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/articles/components.html Version - SimpleConnect (Version d18 10.02.2002) h...more >>

Hi, I've just downloaded the developer version of Flash Media Server for testing but am having problems even setting up a stream. I'm totally new to Flash streaming! When I log in to the server using the Management Control Panel under 'View Applications' I get a greyed out screen say...more >>

I am currently using the new FME to encode live to a FMS. Both applicatioins are running on the same machine. Is there a way to embed live cue and metadata into the live stream? Once embedded we want to record the stream AND send it on to viewers. Is there a way to process this on the serv...more >>

Hi, I've created a streaming flv that plays ok using a standalone player (Riva) and on my local server and web site. However there's a bit of sound distortion at the very beginning of the stream when played on my local server (this distortion is not in the flv). I''ve been assuming that...more >>

I am working on an application that uses a main.asc plus two apps that connect with it. How can I tell when main has unloaded so I can be sure my edited copy is the one that's running? :confused; ...more >>

So I just purchased the flash media server yesterday and migrated the files and applications to the live site. And things just wont work. I have encoded videos in the definst folder, but nothing shows up. The site takes a really long time to load and often crashes my firefox. I have verifi...more >>

Is there any other reason this error could happen, besides a stream with the same name already beeing published? After having the application running for a period of time, in which many users publish and subscribe streams, my FMS stops letting the clients publish any more streams (returnin...more >>

Hi, My idea is to make an application to record songs on the fly. That is a user can play a song from my library and with his mic to sing along with the song. Now i want to capture those two signals (the sound from the player and the sound from the mic and record it with FMS to one .flv file...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to create file with an .avi in a flash file. I did (in Flash Prof. 8) File, Import, Import video. Selected .avi file on my hard drive and Progressive download from a web server, endoded with Flash 8 - Medium Quality (400kbps), choose skin, then finish video import. I publ...more >>

Hi all, Does anybody have any experiance with On2 Flix Live SDK? We are evaluating it now and got stack. Their sample application crashes most of the times and if not there no streaming, just a static image. Any ideas? Thanks ...more >>

Hi all, Maybe this topic has been asked and answered before. But I have not found relevant information on this issue. So there it is: I found out that when the FMS service is running, it creates a lot of temporily files in the [b]c:\windows\temp[/b]directory (the files are created in t...more >>

We are trying to record longer live streams on FMS 2.0 real-time by duplicating the stream on the FMS and recording plus broadcasting at the same time. The recording seems to work but for some strange reason FMS stops recording after the first 4-5 minutes without throwing any error. Any idea w...more >>

Hi guys, I just cant figure out why this wont mute. [q] var connection_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection(); connection_nc.connect(null); var stream_ns:NetStream = new NetStream(connection_nc); viewer.attachVideo(stream_ns); streameMuted = false; stream_ns.play("media/mentorMedi...more >>

How to send messages via shareobject in FMS I need some codes. I want to send some string messages via shareobject, the string messages can be retrieve in client. Can you give me some codes? Thank you for your help.. / ...more >>

Hi, We are setting up FMS and currently streaming works fine when running the applet from Flash itself or .exe locally. When we publish the applet to an html file and run it locally, it doesn't work. When opening the html from a web server it doesn't work. It doesn't matter if the html i...more >>

I are trying to archive our live chats. Recording them has not been a problem, but I don't like where they are saved. I want to save them in a virtual directory, but cannot get that to work. It seems to only work in the default Program File directory. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. ...more >>

We have been using Windows Media Services to multicast to our 1500 user campus with great success. We've been asked to move to the web and make our material available via streaming to a much wider audience. Flash streaming seems to have everything we need but we honestly have no idea how to ...more >>

Hi to all, i'd need to convert a video to screen video v2 or v1 format, how can i dot it??? thanks to all...more >>

I'de be grateful to anyone who is able to offer Action script advice regarding how to capture and then email user input. Cheers...more >>

Hey Guys, I am developing a p2p video streaming project in my school. I have reached a point where the peer in the net gets the RAW BYTE STREAM. This raw byte stream is to be converted to Flash file format (.flv / SWF) for playing. Also the project demands that even if the file is not biffer...more >>

I've been trying to get help from the Adobe support #'s, but no one seems to have the answer for me. Currently we're running 3 Flash Communication Servers on W2003. Each has it's own dedicated machine. The way they're configured at present, when you call our flv script, it sends an rtmp c...more >>

Hi all, wondering if someone would be kind enough to help me, PLEASE lol Flash player asks to be installed everytime I go onto any site that requires it, I have installed it, it advises it has been sucessfully installed but when I go back to the page it asks again! Have had this problem for ag...more >>

Hello, I am interested in purchasing Flash Media Server from Adobe. The company I work for runs a two-hundred seat auditorium, and we would like to be able to broadcast events on the internet as an option for clients. This would involve live streaming, as well as recording the stream suc...more >>

Im having trouble understanding where I put code exactly. Can I have global variables with serverside script? When I create a variable outside of any functions it doesnt seem to be able to be read from within application functions (like application.connect). Can anybody point me in the rig...more >>

hi,all I have a question. It is too hard. Who can help me,? Your advise is really helpful. My question is .. I create a video chat application and main.asc file in FMS2 It will be catched in (application.onDisconnect = function (clientObj) ) function when a cl...more >>

I'm new to FCS, so pardon my ignorance, or lack of correct terminology. We're running Flash Communication Server v1.5. We have a hard limit of 2500 peak users, and 10Mbps. It's been a relatively maintenance free system for the last couple of years, but as of late we're hitting the 10Mbps t...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to have it so that I don't have my flvs just on the computer with FMS. I'd like to set up a shortcut from the applications folder to a shared network drive. But, I'm not sure what's the problem, but I think it has to do with setting permissions for the folder. FMS might ...more >>

Hi all, I have a single source of input for video that needs to be published to a large number of viewers via the FMS. I am aware that Adobe proposes the use of the Edge and Origin servers for this kind of solutioning, however, I am unable to find much tutorial nor walkthrough to set up th...more >>

We have been working at testing a virtual meeting room based on the AVPresence component that came with FMS developer edition and have had some good results. We had some very promising tests with participants across the country and even from Africa and Europe having very useable experiences....more >>

Anyone have any suggestions on how to accomplish this? We want to trigger a 30second FLV video stored on FMS to play during a live web stream. We want to cue the via some command at the web cam encoder. Suggestions please ...more >>

I'm installing fms2 for the first time on a Redhat EL4 server (update 4). The install went pretty smoothly and I've started the admin port up, but when I connect to the admin port (via IE or Firefox) I get the following message: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> - <result> <lev...more >>

We have a 23 min FLV file 320x240 30fps that is stopping in the exact same spot after about 2 minutes of play. We're not too up on programming varibles with action scripting. This is the longest file we've ever posted. We have 10 min. FLVs playing fine. Any ideas on how we can force the file t...more >>

Hello, all! I have a question on FMS2. I have a web cam with MPEG4 or MJPEG streaming output format. Does can FMS2 on-the-fly convert these formats in VP6/7? Thanks. PS: Sorry for my bad English. ...more >>

When I try to upgrade to the latest version of FMS there is a warning that the current version will be uninstalled in order to complete the upgrade installation. So, I have not proceeded with the install, till I checked that uninstalling will NOT erase configuration, log and custom applica...more >>

I have a flash media server that I'm sucessfully using to stream .flv videos. Now I'm wondering how to set up an application on my FMS to stream live video using the new encoder. I have the new encoder and the server - I just need some basic instructions on how to make the two work togethe...more >>

At our company we have built a video/chat application with multiple rooms and a lobby using FMS2. The application runs fine in most browsers but when I open another window in ie6 (apart from the window where the flash application plays), visit a different website and close the window where ou...more >>

Hi people, I am getting a status code of "NetStream.Buffer.Flush" This isn't documented anywhere. Can you explain the meaning of this status code? Is related to an empty buffer condition? Tks, ...more >>

Hello all, I'm new to the forum, and very new to SWF. We are wanting to use FMS to stream live audio, nothing fancy or complicated at this point, just basic encoding --> FMS --> client. I"m totally green to this product, I do have a programming/network/hardware background so I'm quite f...more >>

Dear media server gurus We need to create a video player with cuepoints and streaming capabilities. We'd like to be able to jump to different chapters within one flv file without having to preload the entire video file. l know that we do need to use a media server service. - Any r...more >>

Hello! I'm having a hard time getting the virtual directory to work. Here's the setup: On my FMS computer, I have flvs located in the folder: X:\flash So, in the Macromedia/FMS/conf/_defaultroot_/defaultVHost_/vhost.xml, I made a virtual directory like this: <Streams>lrc;X:\flash</Stream...more >>

I borrow the old Flash Communication Server book for reference and follow its example. I create the folder named "simple" as "C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash Media Server 2\applications\simple". And then create a file "main.asc", inside is "load("component.asc"); ". Then i create the Fla...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to upload a video stream from a flash client and convert the video stream on the fly (from an external converter like ffmpeg or vlc). Since I don't manage to send the stream directly to the converter, a solution I have found is to publish the sream as "record", and have a c...more >>