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Questions about getting started with FMS? 63
Thread posted on Nov 11 by David_RealEyes , tagged Sticky

SO are you just getting started with Flash Media Server and have some questions getting rolling?

If so this is the place to post those questions and well do our best to help you and get you going in the right direction.

Recent Comments (3 of 63)
03/29/10 by Nguyễn Thị Ngân: Contains the hierarchy of XML configuration files and the fms.ini file. doc...
12/29/09 by nguyen thi ngan: Fully-qualified domain names are also sometimes called absolute domain nam...
12/15/09 by rmkleemann: fully qualified domain name. In the server entry I just put the hostname in...

General question about the Flash Media Server products? 33
Thread posted on Nov 11 by David_RealEyes , tagged Sticky

This is a generic topic to ask and discuss questions about the Flash Media Server products and this group. Feel free to ask away or contribute with your knowledge!!!

Recent Comments (3 of 33)
07/17/12 by Dinard05: I would like to know where can i learn how to use AMS to stream VODs like a...
02/12/10 by Joe Bigley: Can anyone provide some reccomemendations for current video cameras compata...
02/03/10 by Josh (RealEyes): I haven't had a chance to look at it much yet, FMS Log Analyzer on SourceFo...

Topic suggestions? 11
Thread posted on Nov 21 by David_RealEyes

What are some topics regarding the Flash Media Server fmaily of products or general audio/video topics you guys would like to see happen with this group?

david.

Recent Comments (3 of 11)
02/16/09 by Jody Bleyle: @Konstantin Wilms  I'm the FMS doc writer and I'd love to hear details...
02/13/09 by JayCharles: It would be great to see authentication and file plugins covered.
02/06/09 by Konstantin Wilms: Regarding log management - I recently finished coding a log parser and all ...

When is a good time for you to attend virtual meetings? 10
Thread posted on Nov 11 by David_RealEyes , tagged Sticky

So we are really interested in what would be a good time to hold meetings for users of the FMS-UG?

Initially we are planning on having 1 meeting per-month on the same week. So something like every second-wednesday at 5pm PST?

Any recommendations for day of the week that works well for people?

Also time of day (please include time-zone)?

Recent Comments (3 of 10)
11/13/09 by Wallville: sweeeet, thanks for posting the reply!
11/13/09 by ODog417: The next Meeting will be Dec 3rd at 10AM Mountain Time
11/13/09 by ODog417: Title: Next Generation of Content Protection – Flash Access ...

Video Streaming & Flash Media Server 8
Thread posted on Dec 31 by Kumar.Anand

Recent Comments (3 of 8)
01/09/09 by Kumar.Anand: Hello David. thanks for reply. OK, no problem, but please look for the so...
01/08/09 by David_RealEyes: Thanks for posting the files. I am real slammed this week but will try and ...
01/06/09 by Kumar.Anand: Hello David!!! Thanks for your response. I tried the same thing by pausing...

'Server detected a backward timestamp' messages in FMS logs 7
Thread posted on Jan 28 by viveklakhanpal

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to know if there is any update on "Server detected a backward timestamp" messages? Does this warning have any impact on fms server(in term of huge memory likages reported)/server on which fms is installed?

If any of you is a member of Flash Media list for last 2years. Then you must have remember there was a discussion regarding this issue i am quoting few lines from that discussion said by Asa:

"Thus I've seen this before with a server machine that's set to take
updates via Network Time Protocol, Service, Whatever.  The point being
that FMS shouldn't be on a machine that can turn its own time backwards.
The OS won't do this alone, so something in the settings is moving time
backwards.  We're working here to make ourselves more flexible for this
sort of thing.  It's tricky since we're very dependent on the very fast
system time calls as opposed to the slower PerformanceCounter runs."

and in case servers don't have time update function i.e. NTP port are closed.

this is what Asa has said "In that case I'm not sure what's going on.  Can you please file a bug on
this if you haven't already and that way I or one of my colleagues can
be given the time to investigate further."

Just wanted to know if there is any update in this regard/warning/error repoted in log file?

Thanks,

Vivek Lakhanpal.

Recent Comments (3 of 7)
07/24/09 by Graeme Bull: I've heard more that this is either a network issue or a flash player issue...
06/18/09 by martijn | 80dB: Hi Vivek, We have exactly the same problem with our live stream recordings...
02/09/09 by viveklakhanpal: Thanks Konstantin and Asa to look into it. We have currently FMS 3.0.2 r217...

Error in F4V duration 7
Thread posted on Aug 22 by EIGENKET

I just found out that ALL all the f4v files that I created (either with FMLE3 or with adobe premiere) somehow have a duration limit of 4294 seconds.  All videos with duration less than 4294 seconds play back fine.  For those above it, they play back ok on the local machine but when streamed from an FMS, the reported total duration is 13 hours+!  And if you ignore the total time error and keep playing back the files, they all stop at the magical 4294 seconds.  I have tried putting them onto different FMS servers and they all behave the same.  It is also not a problem with my code because I've used different client-side apps to view them.  Is anyone experiencing the same problem?  I'm surprised that I haven't read about it because 4294 seconds is just 1.2 hours, which is a relatively short duration and its failure should have alarmed most.  Can someone shine some light onto it please?

Recent Comments (3 of 7)
03/19/10 by samwei: i had met same thing! Focus this!
08/28/09 by EIGENKET: LM, Thanks for the feedback - unfortunately, the devs at Adobe must have m...
08/28/09 by lisamarienyc2: Hmm... sorry, Eigenket, this one has me stumped. Anyone from Adobe have a s...

How to stream VODs and live vids like to tv channel 6
Thread posted on Jun 27 by Dinard05

I would like to know where can i learn how to use AMS to stream VODs like a tv channel,  and how to do live streaming like a news broadcast. is there some kind of controller, device or software, or even codes?

I'm very new to this, this would really help me out.

Recent Comments (3 of 6)
07/18/12 by Dinard05: I would like to do both live and VOD. What exactly are you referring to whe...
07/18/12 by David_RealEyes: whats your source content? Live or VOD or Mix? How do you want to control w...
07/18/12 by Dinard05: well i am trying to set up a 24/7 live streaming channel. something like a ...

Trouble with VOD 5
Thread posted on Aug 04 by FPacella

Hello All,

I am new to FMS and having a bit of trouble. I was able to setup a test VOD video in:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Media Server 3.5\applications\vod\media

Using using test.html in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Media Server 3.5\webroot

test.html is as below

<object width='640' height='377' id='videoPlayer' name='videoPlayer' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000' >
<param name='movie' value='swfs/videoPlayer.swf' />
<param name='quality' value='high' />
<param name='bgcolor' value='#000000' />
<param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' />
<param name='flashvars' value= '&videoWidth=0&videoHeight=0&dsControl=manual&dsSensitivity=100&serverURL=rtmp: //MyServer/vod/legend.flv&DS_Status=true&streamType=vod&autoStart=true'/>

<embed src='swfs/videoPlayer.swf' width='640' height='377' id='videoPlayer' quality='high' bgcolor='#000000' name='videoPlayer' allowfullscreen='true' pluginspage='http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer' flashvars='&videoWidth=0&videoHeight=0&dsControl=manual&dsSensitivity=100&serve rURL=rtmp://MyServer/vod/legend.flv&DS_Status=true&streamType=vod&autoStart=true ' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'> </embed>

</object>

I am able to get the flash player and the content. If i try from another device I only get the outline of the player.

This is a defsult insatll, no changes have been made. Any ideas?

Thanx!

Recent Comments (3 of 5)
08/18/09 by lisamarienyc2: Hi FPacella, Sorry, I lost this thread... you still having trouble? // Li...
08/04/09 by FPacella: This is web-accessible. I just put MyServer in the explanation instead of t...
08/04/09 by lisamarienyc2: Is this a web-accessible deployment of FMS, or are you just running it on y...

FMS Reconnection Logic and Bitrate Switching best practices 5
Thread posted on Jan 22 by bengfarrell

Hi guys,

I wanted to ask about best practices around the topics of reconnecting to a lost stream, and bitrate switching.

Reconnection is my main question.  So, it's easy enough for me to keep track of the playback time of the video, and then if I lose my connection I start a new connection and stream and seek to the point in the video where I lost the connection.  What's the best practice around trying to reconnect?  Currently, I waiting for a successful connection event, or a failure event.  If a failure event, I'm promptly trying again.  If I'm permanently denied this could go on forever.  Should I be concerned about bombarding FMS with reconnection attempts?  Should I space them out more?  Should I limit my attempts to x tries?  We're on a paid host, and I want to make sure that I'm not negatively impacting them or our account through constant retries.

Secondarily, any best practices for how often I use Flash 10's NetStreamInfo properties to check droppedFrames and bandwidth?  It looks like OSMF is checking these properties every 500ms.  Is there any negative impact (other than CPU usage if you were doing something ridiculous and checking every 1 ms or so) for continually checking these properties?  How often do you guys check bandwidth?

Thanks very much!

ben

Recent Comments (3 of 5)
02/18/10 by Jody Bleyle: FMS 3.5.3 and Flash Player 10.1 support a new feature called "Stream Reconn...
02/02/10 by bengfarrell: makes sense to me.  Again, your response is much appreciated, thanks!
02/02/10 by David_RealEyes: well I think you misunderstood the 1st item in re to a timer for connection...

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