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Next Generation of Content Protection – Flash Access (4 Comments)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:59:59 +0000

Event by ODog417

Date and Time

December 3, 2009 from 9:00am - 10:00am

Speakers

Florian Pestoni

Agenda

Details of Presentation will be posted soon. The Time Zone is Mountain Standard Time

FMS Announcements from Adobe MAX 2009 (3 Comments)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:22:52 +0000

Event by ODog417

Date and Time

October 29, 2009 from 9:00am - 10:00am

Speakers

Kevin Towes

Kevin Towes is the Product Manager at Adobe Systems Incorporated, responsible for Flash Media Server. Prior to Adobe, Kevin spent 13 years working as a prime consultant enabling customers with Flash-based communication, collaboration, social media and video streaming solutions using Flash Media Server. His FMS Live Video work with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) led to an Emmy nomination in 2004.

Agenda

Meeting starts at 10am Mountain Time

Join Adobe Flash Media Server Product Manager, Kevin Towes as he steps through some of the new features that were recently announced at Adobe MAX around the new Flash Player 10.1. His discussion will cover enhancements to Flash Media Server (RTMP), Adobe’s P2P technology (RTMFP) and also the new HTTP Streaming technology with Project Zeri. Kevin will discuss enhancements to Dynamic Streaming with RTMP buffer management features that will increase the quality of service with stream reconnection and smart seeking with an upcoming service pack for Flash Media Server 3.5. Kevin will also discuss the new announcement around Project Zeri which enables HTTP streaming to Flash Player 10.1, and finally RTMFP and multicast technology updates. There will be time for Q&A so bring your questions ahead of time.

Link

Kevin Towes Presentation

Meeting Minutes

recorded presentation: http://realeyes.acrobat.com/p32776399/

FMS User Group Kick-off and FMS 3.5 Introduction (2 Comments)

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:14:24 +0000

Event by JFewless

Date and Time

December 10, 2008 from 9:00am - 10:30am

Address

There is a topic under "Discussions" to select an appropriate time for this first session that will be convenient for a majority of the group members. Please respond to the post and then we will select a time.
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Call-in Details

Connect Room: http://realeyes.acrobat.com/fmsug/

Call in: 1-877-347-0176

Pass code: 100499

Speakers

Kevin Towes - Product Manager, Flash Media Server

David Hassoun and Graeme Bull - User Group Leaders

Agenda

General Welcome and Overview of the User Group
1. Introduction by the group leaders
2. Discussion about expectation for the group
3. Brainstorm about upcoming meeting topics
FMS 3.5 Overview and Introduction
1. Presentation by Kevin Towes
2. Q&A

Link

Connect Room

File

FMS35_FMSUG_techOverview.pdf (1.1MB)

You're Invited: FMS Breakfast at MAX

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:09:47 +0000

Event by JFewless

Date and Time

October 5, 2009 from 7:30am - 9:00am

Call-in Details

Please be sure to RSVP today at jfewless@adobe.com as we only have 100 seats for this breakfast. We have invited you, our User Group, first, and then will open it up to other MAX attendees.

Hope to see you all there!

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Link

RSVP for this event

Adobe’s Flash Media Interactive Server and Large Scale Deployments (36 Comments)

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:47:08 +0000

Event by ODog417

Date and Time

September 10, 2009 from 9:00am - 10:00am

Call-in Details

Call in details will be available here the day of the event.

Speakers

Nick Hippe worked for Apple Computer as well as a little company called GoLive as an evangelist. When the company was purchased by Adobe Nick moved to Macromedia. He worked at Macromedia and held a number of evangelist positions for nearly 9 years prior to the purchase by Adobe Systems. He currently works in the mobile and devices organization for Adobe Systems.

Agenda

If you have a large scale deployment of Adobe’s Flash Media Interactive Server when should you move to set up a clustered deployment? When should an origin/edge configuration be deployed? Nick Hippe will discuss the basics behind implementing Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server in a large scale deployment. He will cover the fundamentals of an origin/edge configurations as well as recommendations for matching configurations to solutions. If you are want to learn more about the capabilities of FMIS in large scale deployments, this is the FMSUG meeting for you.

Date of the event is Sept 10 at 10am Mountain time at http://realeyes.acrobat.com/fmsug

Link

RECORDING: Adobe’s Flash Media Interactive Server and Large Scale Deployments

File

deployment_options-1.pdf (639KB)

Video in the Enterprise at Adobe MAX '09

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:56:15 +0000

Event by ODog417

Date and Time

October 4, 2009 at 09:00am

Address

MAX 2009 will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, West Hall and Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE.
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Speakers

David Hassoun is the founder of RealEyes Media, LLC, a digital media firm based in Colorado that focuses on interactive motion media and advanced Flash and Flex platform applications. David has always had a passion for motion media, the power of video, and the challenges of usability and interactivity. David is an Adobe Certified Master Instructor, teaches advanced RIA classes at the University of Denver, serves as a Manager of the Rocky Mountain Adobe User Group, and has taught and developed advanced Flash and Flex application courses.
As a consultant or while employed with other firms, he has worked for a wide range of companies such as American Express, Chase Manhattan, Qwest, Boeing, Macromedia, Adobe, US Air Force, Bechtel/Bettis, and many more. David regularly performs advanced code and technical best practices reviews, and has provided directional advice for international industry leaders over the past yearsâ€”including many technical, courseware, and application reviews as an industry expert for Macromedia, Adobe, and their clients.

Agenda

Learn how you can deploy video in Flash within your enterprise. This session will walk you through how you can support employee generated video, control access with LDAP and how to install, configure and customize the Adobe Flash Media Server within your network. The lab will focus on the specific challenges faced within large enterprises and implementing user authentication techniques using server side ActionScript. Step through the processes to deploy and discover the benefits of edge caching and other deployment techniques for high volume streaming using Flash Media Server within your network to publish live and recorded media.

Link

Adobe MAX

FMS 3.5 for the Absolute Beginner (9 Comments)

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:43:13 +0000

Event by David_RealEyes

Date and Time

February 27, 2009 from 9:00am - 10:00am

Address

For those just getting started with streaming and want to start from square one, or just know enough to be dangerous, this session will cover streaming fundamentals, FMS 3.5 capabilities, server installation, and building a basic streaming media player in Flash CS4. Bring your questions, and walk away with a better understanding of streaming and real-time interactivity with Flash Media Server 3.5.
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Call-in Details

http://realeyes.acrobat.com/fmsug/
Phone Bridge: 866-642-1665
Pin: 9122174

Speakers

Lisa Larson-Kelley began her career in print design, but was soon lured to digital media by a little application called Flash 4. In addition to hands-on development projects, she enjoys writing and teaching, with a knack for breaking down complex concepts and making them accessible. She has authored whitepapers, tutorials and e-seminars for Adobe, editorials and features for StreamingMedia.com; and co-authored the book Flash Video for Professionals, published by Wiley in 2007. Lisa has also presented at numerous industry conferences and user groups around the world, and is an active member and co-manager of the FlashCodersNY study group.Lisa is currently consulting, teaching, and developing iFoxCam, a consumer video monitoring product using Flash Media Server. She has worked with many video-centric start-ups as well as companies like Adobe, Microsoft and L’Oreal. She shares news and musings about Flash video, web development and life in the big city on her blog, www.flashconnections.com.

Agenda

- Intros,

- The foods of FMS from the beginning,

- Big Thanks to Lisa Lasrson-Kelley

- Back to work.

http://realeyes.acrobat.com/fmsug/
Phone Bridge: 866-642-1665
Pin: 9122174

File

fms_AbsBeg.zip (272KB)

Meeting Minutes

Recording: http://realeyes.acrobat.com/p81692749/

CHAT FROM MEETING:

Nate Beck: sorta
Jake Hilton: You running FMS 2?
Nate Beck: Hmmm... why is she encoding to AMF0?
Nate Beck: FMS 3.5 doesn't have AMF3?
Jake Hilton: object encoding only needs to be set to AMF0 if it's older than fms 3.0
David Hassoun: it does
Brad - Adobe: FMS 3.5 supports amf0 and amf3
Nate Beck: Okay, don't scare me like that :)
David Hassoun: hehe
David Hassoun: she might be compiling to fp 8 or something
David Hassoun: dunno
Nate Beck: yea, most examples are still ''old school''
David Hassoun: nope nevermind shes not
David Hassoun: lower case v in void = AS3 hehe
ryan: btw, anyone know what would cause slow video playback from a user client through FMS?
ryan: (apparently is problem on user client side)
ryan: font size is better, yes :-)
Nate Beck: Hey... she's cute :)
David Hassoun: and married!
Kristin: Wil that code be avaible later for download?
David Hassoun: ;)
Nate Beck: As am I.... just noticing is all ;)
dan: and a cute baby too ..
David Hassoun: yes the files will be available with the recording I believe
David Hassoun: should be up either today or within a couple days
Brad - Adobe: trace also writes to the application's log file
ryan: ah, i was going to as that brad
David Jumeau: Don't need any return values like AS1?
David Hassoun: not following?
David Jumeau: Oops I mean strict data typing?
David Hassoun: no data typing in as1
Brad - Adobe: no
ryan: and back to flash - the flash clients were connecsting specifically to that script?
Nate Beck: SSAS is all dynamically typed
David Hassoun: flash clients connect to thee application and execute that script starting at the onConnect method
Brad - Adobe: a return on a function defined on the Client class will return to the client that specifically called that function
ryan: got it, thanks :-)
Nate Beck: So SSAS hasn't changed much at all in this new version of FMS?
David Hassoun: nope
David Jumeau: Recomended FMS Service Providers for testing?
Pedro Taranto: is there any way to manage the number of app intances? i.e. i have a chat app and want no more than 20 instances running
Nate Beck: Good, so my Programming Flash Communication Server O'Reilly book still applies :)
Leif Wells - Atlanta: please, please please get AS3 (or at least AS2) on the server side. Please? (did I say please?)
Nate Beck: Influxis is also a good FMS host
David Jumeau: What's the average price for a CDN?
David Hassoun: http://labs.realeyes.com/labs/downloads/techBriefs/VideoDeliverySolutionAnalysis_20081218.pdf
David Hassoun: is a CDN analysis we did for the bigger ones
ryan: i had one technical question about the slow video...
ryan: (though maybe not the right forum :-)
Nate Beck: So the Encoding server needs to be installed locally on the machine that is broadcasting the live video?
Brad - Adobe: @Nate are you referring to the adobe media encoding server?
Nate Beck: The ''free'' one you referenced earlier
David Jumeau: I have a set up using XAMPP, can I install FMSD there?
Brad - Adobe: flash media live encoder is free, and it does not have to work on the same system as the server
Nate Beck: Too many products :D
Brad - Adobe: AMES is a transcoding server for VOD files. :)
steve: the audio cut-out is really bad
David Jumeau: Development server
Thomas: how do you share your desktop? Can this be done from any computer such as a clients laptop?
Nate Beck: @Thomas just create an account on acrobat.com
David Jumeau: Like an Apache - PHP setup or is that something else entirely?
Brad - Adobe: aka connect pro
Nate Beck: it's free
Thomas: thanks
David Jumeau: Maybe I should check out Tom's article you mentioned.
David Jumeau: :)
David Jumeau: Thanks Lisa!
steve: do you recommend server encoding
David Hassoun: what do u mean server encoding?
steve: I am refering to eating up memory
Brad - Adobe: FMS server doesn't ''encode''
steve: thanks
chu: Any suggestion to reduce buffering on steam, thanks
David Hassoun: use a process called dynamic buffering or quick play
David Hassoun: start with very small buffer, then once it fills increase it
David Hassoun: let buffer fill on the fly
Brad - Adobe: @ chu do you mean rebuffering after the stream starts playing or on startup?
ryan: so if a user has a slow upstream, then that buffer will get backed up and cause the video to play slow for others?
ryan: right
Brad - Adobe: basically yes
ryan: cool, what i figured - we had a user that was low voice and slow :-)
chu: anything we can do on server side
David Hassoun: bad
ryan: but was very amusing to a degree
Nate Beck: When writing an FMS application with Flex... which video component do you end up using?
steve: To do the orgin-edge configuration...do you need an additional liscence for the edge side?
Nate Beck: Just Video.. or VideoPlayback?
David Hassoun: @Nate depend on the client. I usually have my own based on Video
Brad - Adobe: Flex can use the Flvplayback 2.5
David Hassoun: planning on doing a user group talk on players soon
steve: got to go...thanks again for your time
Brad - Adobe: it's just not shipped with it, you will need to download from the FMS 3.5 tools page
Nate Beck: Okay, thanks Brad :)
David Jumeau: There's a tools page?
Ted: Thank you
ryan: thanks!
Nate Beck: Thanks!
Thomas: thank you
Matt O'Donnell: Thank you so muich
dan (privately): thanks!
David Jumeau: bye!
dan: thankw!
David Hassoun: thanks everyone!
Kristin: Thank you
Brad - Adobe: @David, yes there is a link to it on the FMS 3.5 product page
lisalarsonkelley 2: Bye everyone, thanks! :)
Jessica (Adobe): Tools Page: www.adobe.com/go/fms_tools

Keywords

Beginners, Flash, Flash Media Server, Streaming, Interactive, getting started

Video Player Showdown (8 Comments)

Wed, 13 May 2009 20:47:08 +0000

Event by ODog417

Date and Time

July 14, 2009 from 9:00am - 10:00am

Speakers

David Hassoun is the founder of RealEyes Media, LLC, a digital media firm based in Colorado that focuses on interactive motion media and advanced Flash and Flex platform applications. David has always had a passion for motion media, the power of video, and the challenges of usability and interactivity. David is an Adobe Certified Master Instructor, teaches advanced RIA classes at the University of Denver, serves as the Rocky Mountain Adobe User Group Manager, and has taught and developed advanced Flash and Flex application courses. As a consultant or while employed with other firms, he has worked for a wide range of companies such as American Express, Chase Manhattan, Qwest, Boeing, Macromedia, Adobe, US Air Force, Bechtel/Bettis, and many more. David regularly performs advanced code and technical best practices reviews, and has provided directional advice for international industry leaders over the past years—including many technical, courseware, and application reviews as an industry expert.

Agenda

This session will take place on July 14th at 10AM MTN and will be a discussion and dive into the multitude of video player options out there for streaming Flash Video content. This will be an open discussion about some of the various open source and other video players out there for developers to choose from. We will also discuss the customization capabilities and feature comparisons for some of the available players and factors that should be considered when choosing one. We will also compare to custom building your own player and the considerations, benefits and drawbacks of such.

If you are working with Flash Video and have ever asked yourself which video player to use, or should I just build one myself and where to start – this session is for you!

Link

Video Player Showdown

2009 MAX Awards Competition Open

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:10:10 +0000

Event by ODog417

Date and Time

June 9, 2009 at 11:00pm to
July 30, 2009 at 11:00pm

Agenda

The annual Adobe MAX Awards is a global awards program that recognizes the best uses of Adobe software for creating engaging experiences. The MAX Awards present a unique opportunity to highlight your customer’s successful implementations and elevate their awareness as a technology leader within their industry. New in 2009: Category winners will be chosen online via people’s choice voting! Please visit the MAX 2009 site <http://max.adobe.com/awards/> to learn more about this year’s program and view the 2008 winners and finalists. Submissions will be accepted until July 31.

Link

MAX 2009

Strobe Media Framework Presentation Posted

Fri, 08 May 2009 16:14:18 +0000

Event by ODog417

Date and Time

June 3, 2009 from 9:00am - 10:00am

Speakers

Sumner Paine, Product Manager of the new Strobe media framework

Agenda

Flash Media Server User Group is proud to introduce Sumner Paine, Product Manager of the new Strobe Media Framework. Sumner's presentation will take place on Wednesday, June 3rd at 9am PST.
Strobe provides new delivery and monetization options for video distribution. Anyone can develop modules that plug into Strobe media players and enable things like advertising insertion, content delivery and syndication, micropayments, viewer authentication, transaction handling, and business model controls. With an open framework, the future of web video monetization can be developed collaboratively with lower costs and faster turnaround.
The new Strobe framework accelerates momentum for the Flash Platform ecosystem, including the Open Screen Project, an initiative announced in May 2008 and backed by more than 20 industry leaders. The Open Screen Project is dedicated to driving rich Internet experiences across televisions, personal computers, mobile devices, and consumer electronics. By providing open standards around media player development, Adobe is advancing the Open Screen Project and the ability of its participants to further their online media efforts.

Link

Strobe Media Framework Presentation