Hi there, I've been testing FMS2 on Linux (CentOS). I figured that since CentOS is in essence RedHat that I shouldn't have any trouble. The good news is that it all seems to have installed nicely. When I attempt a ./fmsmgr list it gives me a couple processes that are running and everything...more >>

I am on a 1.5mb connection with a 7mb flv file on the fms server and the stream is awful. stop start stutter stutter. It really is un-watchable. If i set flvPlayBack isLive to "true" then the flv want load. It will only load if isLive is set to false witch contradicts what the doc's say. ...more >>

Hello. I successfully setup FMS and have a virtual IIS directory pointing to the web pages that will display the streaming videos. Internally on our network, I can stream all videos no problem. But from the outside world (Internet) I can access the web page and select a video, but no video...more >>

I have some trouble with overwriteing previous streams i recorded. My app is simple i want to record a stream and then let the user view it. He can then record the stream again and view the new recording. My problem is that when a recording is done i copy it to another location (using virtual ...more >>

I have a website that accepts video uploads. I then of a content management tool that always me to browse and uploaded videos and approve or deny them. For any I approve, I then convert the video to FLV, i then want the automated process on my site to append a cookie cutter trailer video to ...more >>

Hi While testing on our dev enviroment we came accross the following error message in the admin.00.log Assert failed in /server/admin/FCSAdminServer.cpp line 361 When i checked the dev server i found that the fms console showed no application running, even though we still had users ...more >>

I installed Flash Media Server on Windows 2003 server. I can open management console from the startup menu. It works fine. When I try use RTMP from my browser it just hangs there. Is there a way to troubleshoot it. I tried to install FMS on different machines (Windows 2000, Windows 2003) ...more >>

I am developing a virtual classroom application. In two way live communication the delay with video/audio between participants is about 5 seconds, which is totally unaccaptable. Can it be improved with the clients / server side coding or with improving / fine tuning the FMS or Windows serv...more >>

I cannot run the trial version of FMS/2 on 64-bit Linux OS. Can someone please cofirm me whether does FMS/2 support 64-bit operating systems. Thanks!...more >>

ok I'm pretty new to the streaming thing. I've asked on other forums and have been told flash is the way to go. What I want to do is upload videos to a linux server and have them playing live/in real time as oposed to from the begining each time the page is refreshed. I think the outcome I'...more >>

Hi I've just read the release notes for 2.0.4 and it says this: [i]In the Flash Media Server 2 Server-Side ActionScript Language Reference manual, on page 115-116, one of the methods used to invoke setInterval() is no longer valid. The first method, setInterval(function, interval[, p1,...more >>

Hi, I put the main.asc file in the application Dir/.. and I done all the formalities as per the instructions.The Tutorial_textchat file run successfully. Then I have one doubt is it possible to run my textchat.swf in another machine's web browser. I Embed the Textchat.swf file in a ASP.NET'...more >>

Hi We are getting an fms core crash with version 2.0.4, whenever it happens the core locks out and the only way we can get it back up is to kill the fms instances. here is the error message frrom the admin.00.log 2007-04-24 14:11:14 13750 (e)2671287 Admin Command Timeout: (Command ...more >>

Hi all, I am creating a application on FMS, I want to access or get the list of logged in users on my application. Can any buddy tell me it is possible to get the list of all users/client logged on FMS in a application. If yes then tell me the why how I can get the list of all logged in ...more >>

Does anyone out there have, or know of a shared object viewer that would let me see the contents of my shared objects? :gift;...more >>

I encountered a small problem with shared objects. I'm working on a program that creates chat rooms of a fixed size of 30 users. When the 31th user comes, a new room is created. The idea is that the client first connects to the first room and checks if it's full by connecting to shared objec...more >>

I'm having a problem setting up Vhosts with FMS 2.0.4. What I would like to do is set a distinct applications folder for each vhost. So far I have been able to only get applications to appear in the default applications folder. I have also been able to get 2 different folders accessed ...more >>

Hello, all. I'm having some problems with odd pauses creeping into our video streams. What happens is that the server streams out data to the clients (which are on various websites and other physical servers than our FMS box), but then stops streaming for some reason. The clients then re...more >>

Hi, I am evaluating flash media server for usage of our camera application. Reason that I wanna use this is that mediaserver has ability for dynamic buffering. My question: is it possible to set up dynamic buffer if it not a pre recorded file. For example I am making a video of 60 minu...more >>

I have used REAL Server, and know a little about MS Media server, but I admit I am lost here! OK, I use Camtasia studio to generate FLVs files. Camtasia also generate a javascript file, XML file, 2 swf, and an HTML page. I was thinking that all those files would be on the web site, and only th...more >>

I want to look at some shared objects in the Media Server administration page, but when I click on them I get the error "Failed to make a debug connection." Does the main.asc have to be running in the development environment in order to view the contents of the shared objects? ...more >>

// Server side application.onAppStart = function() { // ... code here application.users_so = SharedObject.get("users_so", false); // ... more code here } application.onConnect = function(newClient, userID) { // client object properties being setup, etc application.u...more >>

Hi, im developing a RIA application (a virtual flash character), and I want that these character talk to end users. The voice sintetyzer (TTS), give me an amount of audio buffers in PCM format, and I want to send it to flash clients. My question is if it was a posibly to create a custom St...more >>

Hello, My FMS don't want to start and I got this error in my master.00.log.. I know the reason, but can't find the solution! I read on the net that it's because I changed the date of my system (little mistake, I made). I put a futur date, but when I correct the date my FMS refuse to start...more >>

We are streaming long FLVs (about 1.5-2 hour-long) and they start loosing audio/video sync after about 10 minutes. The audio falls progressively behind the video the longer it plays. Skipping to different points in the stream does not reduce the sync problem. Jump to the beginning: no sync pro...more >>

I'm developing Chat application Using Flash. I designed the client side application, but dont know how to host the server in Flash media Server 2.Tell me how to run the chat Using Flash Media Server 2. Thanks In advance ...more >>

I wanna write a little flash, that downloads an mp3 file from the server; then the user can download the file on his coputer. Can flash do this ? thanx...more >>

Hello, I am working on a project that involves some serious video processing to get meta-data about the video. The end result is to stream live video with meta-data to multiple clients using FMS2. But the video has to be processed first, and it cannot be done in Flash. I have an idea abo...more >>

I work at an online university in the IT department and I'm currently building requirements for a flash based media server. We currently use some Adobe Captivate and Adobe Breeze projects in our classrooms that is stored on a file server using IIS. Although things are going great using what we...more >>

Okay, I'm still working on the problem I've been on for three days. I have a call to main.asc and it returns a string. (I only care [i]that[/i] it returns, not [i]what[/i].) Through your help, I am successfully calling the routine in main.asc. But something really weird is happening now. ...more >>

Hi all, Just a quick question, I'm looking for a service provider to host my Flash videos so that I can play them in the player, who are the best in terms service, features and cost? I know there are a few out there, vitalstream etc... but what should I be looking out for? Regards Ke...more >>

The FMS instance kept crashing on me and kicks all the connected users out. I got this from the error logs:- [i] edge log: 2007-04-07 18:32:47 3930 (i)2701054 Virtual host Disconnecting unresponsive core streamtv/_definst_ (5203) after 40 seconds is not available. ...more >>

I have setup my server using default values. I use the free developer editon. I'm have tried sample applications from de adobe site(broadcaster and sample_videoconferance) and I keep getting: NetConnection.Connect.Rejected in de fm2_console i keep seeing things like: conneted:0 , connect...more >>

We are planning to change the hardware and Operative System of our Flash Communication Server. Someone knows if it is possible to install FCS on a 2xDual Core AMD Opteron (64 bits) processor server with SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 OS? Thank you very much for your support. ...more >>

Hello to all, i am new to the Flash world and am trying to figure out if Flash Media Server Pro can be installed in a clustered server environment (active/passive). specifically: 1 - can it be set up so that when the primary server fails, the secondary server will take over any incoming re...more >>

hi I want to make an application with FMS : mouse sharing over network . It means when a student access a web of his teacher he can see the mouse of his teacher .. The teacher shares his mouse so the student can learn online I dont't known should begin from where ? Could you help me? ...more >>

Hello I installed a fms 2.0.4 on a linux box. The Admin panel and the daemon is runnig, i created a test site to connect to the fms, but i am not able to get the movie running. I used the flowplayer like described here to connect to my fms http://flowplayer.sourceforge.net/howto.html ...more >>

Okay, I've got something simple going on but I can't see it. I am trying to add a heartbeat function to main.asc so that my client apps can regularly detect a connection. But I can't get the call to work. Here's the code from main.asc: Client.prototype.heartbeat = function() { ...more >>

Hi All, I've just installed Flash Media Server. Due to firewall issues I have set-up FMS to listen on port 119, rather than the default port 1935. I did this by stopping the two FMS services, editing the fms.ini file, and then restarting the FMS services. However I cannot see how to recon...more >>

I have a progressive video file FLV which is dynamically loaded using AS NetStream function. Now I want to stop the buffering of the video after a certain amount of bytes are being loaded. For example, the FLV size is 10mb and I want to PAUSE the buffer after the 2mb of bytes are loaded. Dur...more >>

Do I need to uninstall FCS 1.5 before upgrading to FMS 2.0? I'm backing up all the files from FCS 1.5....more >>

Hi, FMS 2 server can monitor at least "active connection", "megabites", "memory" and "cpu" usage. However I have not been able to save these values to a file for late viewing. Only been able to monitor them live. Does anyone know how to save the performance monitor data and view it later. ...more >>

I was under the impression that FMS gave priority to audio over video. In a recent app that I built, it works fine most of the time, but on a few tests I have noticed that the audio can cut out. It doesn't unsync or anything, it just cuts out and stops working for brief periods of time. ...more >>

Hi Guys, WE have a licence limit for bandwidth 10Mbs. How can i check current I/O bps? i can see this information from Macromedia Flash Communication Server administration console, but i need check it progrqammatically. Is it possible? thanks! Kirill ...more >>

I need to copy recorded streams from server to server. I planned on using the File.CopyTo function, but I have two questions. First, the PDF documentation of the server side actionscript states that "If .... the destination file doesn?t exist, the operation fails..." (pg 70.) Do I first ...more >>

I need to take a live stream from a camera attached to server A, and mirror it to server B, so that local users on server B can view it. I don't want it saved to server B, I want it to remain live. I'm using a push model - server A sets this up. I think that if I create a netconnection o...more >>

I built an advertising website for one of my clients. He would like the website members (advertisers) to be able to upload videos and have them automatically appear on the website. (Sort of like how YouTube works, but he doesn't want to use YouTube). Does anyone know how to do this? ...more >>

I have installed one FMS on my dedicated server. And the OS is Linux Red Hat Enterprise 4. I installed it by the default manual. It indicates that I have to enter ./installFMS and answer following question. The install process didn't show any error messages. But when I test the FMS serve...more >>

Dear friends, I need real help on this problem: In some audio/video conferencing application we have developed based on FMS. There is ascending delay in the audio being heared. Please note If person who is talking stops publishing and re-publishs then again it starts with very short dela...more >>

Hello; I have a tiered system with an acquisition cluster, distribution cluster, and then finally an edge system. I am doing a live stream from an On2 Flix live encoder the streams is supposed to be 24x7. My client sees choppy behavior in the video on their site after long periods of pla...more >>