fms

Prevent FMS3 from creating http directory under my application's directory

I recently upgraded my environment from Flash Media Server 2to Flash Media Server 3, and I'm seeing a new behavior that's bugging me. For some of my applications FMS is creating an "http" directory under the application's directory, and creating subdirectories within that for each application instance. So, for an app called "myApp" sto...

FMS:Flash action script 3.0: How to get the bitrate of a mp3 file being streamed from FMS.

Hi, I need to get the bit rate of a mp3 file which is being streamed as a netstream object in flash action scripting. I am using Flash Media Server 3.2. I need the bitrate to calculate the duration of the mp3 file using the formula: Duration = file size in bytes / bitrate ...

RTMP Stream Bitrate alternatives

Which bit rates would you assign as normal and high based on a HD-H.264 RTMP stream considering exclusively broadband connections (using a progressive stream fallback for slower connections) ? EDIT : Lacking of answers I realize my question is just far too vague. The "answer" was not meant to be a solution in itself - which is just not...

use of fms server

is an fms server necessary while using flash media player? how does one do http streaming using flash player? ...

Speex or nellymoser

I am developing a voice application, I have 2 options speex and nellymoser .Why should I use speex instead of nellymoser in flex application. ...

How to simply stream video from Adobe Flash Media Server? (Linux)

Hello, I'm stumped on how to get started with Adobe Flash Media Server. On Linux. All I need to do is: Accept a request for rtmp://myserver.com:1935/stream/static/abcdef0123456789 Tell FMS that $filename is located at /var/media/ab/cd/ef/abcdef0123456789 Have FMS send /var/media/ab/cd/ef/abcdef0123456789 to the client. Handle seekin...

Netstream bufferlength is zero when pausing. How to prevent that?

Hi, I am using Flex 3 and FMS3 from where I and sending a videostream. I want the user to be able to pause the stream, then resume it. For this I am using the methods pause() and resume(). The problem is, when I call pause() the bufferLength is released and equals zero. Accordingly when I resume, the NetStream needs to start buffering a...

How to know where live point is in a stream?

How to know where live point is in a stream? NetStream.seek ( 99999999999999 ) basically sends me to the latest point, but how do I find the current exact endpoint of the stream? ...

Flash Media Server: Trouble with recording 2 audio/video streams at the same time?

In short For a project I need an audio/video-chat for 2 people, with the ability to record (part of) the session. I am running into issues where the 2nd user's recorded video gets messed up, with massive amounts of (seemingly) skipping frames and/or audio loss, most likely caused by the audio stream (when not recording the audio, the pr...

NetStream Loading ID3 information from stream in FMS

I've been following the basic FMS instructions to load an mp3 and play it. This is working very well. I've also got a second NetStream instance (id3Stream) that should load the ID3 data from the same mp3, but all I get is a StreamNotFound error. Why would the mp3 stream and play but the id3 data be "not found"? Any help would be apprecia...

Flash media server not creating directory to save files

Hello All, I am having an issue with my flash media server 3. We just moved our storage of files to a NAS solution. It seems that whenever we do a recording that would save in a directory that does not currently exist in our file system FMS does not create the appropriate directory structure. Each folder in our file system is named...

Is there a way to perform audio processing with Flash Media Server?

Can FMS be used to process audio files, e.g. normalize volume, detect silent periods or remove parts of a clip? ...

How to use FMS with C# ASP.NET

Hi, I actually need a way to work with a Flash media Server using c# and asp.net. And I don't have a clue about how to accomplish that I've been looking for documentation but haven't found anything worth so far. Thx in advance. Edit: What I want is to edit a Shared Object in FMS from Asp.net. ...

Is it possible to seek to a random position in streaming audio (using Flash Media Server and Flash 9)?

I am creating an audio player that has a feature to sample a random 30-sec preview of the music for the listeners (server-side is Flash Media Server and client side is Flash 9). Can this be done in Actionscript 3 or must the samples be prepared ahead of time? ...

Best audio/video solution for a site

Hello, I am wondering what is the best way to support audio/video chat on a community site. Couple of options that I am aware of: FMS server Java applet using sockets to directly connect both sender and receiver What would you suggest? I know Google (Gmail Gtalk) installs some kind of an application. But is it possible to avoid the ...

Whats difference between FMS, Wowza and Red5, any comparison table would be helpfull

I want to know what is the main technical difference between the FMS , wowza and Flash media server . Any body have a comparison table or link please help thanks ...

flash.net.NetStream is not receiving onMetaData

I have gotten a NetConnection and NetStream set up and the streaming mp3 is playing fine. The only problem is the metadata is not received even though NetStream's client has been set. Any idea what could have caused this? Code snippet: // set up NetConnection ... private function netStatusHandler(e:NetStatusEvent):void { if (e....

Saving Streamed Audio from Mic on Adobe FMS

Im trying to capture mic data from a swf, stream it to adobe flash media server, and save it as a wav file. Currently I can only stream the mic data to the server and save it in FLV format. Anyone know how I can covert it to a WAV or save it as a WAV? ...

Does simple FMS text chat require server side code (main.asc)?

Trying to understand the basic role server side logic plays in FMS apps. For instance, most tutorials on simple text chat have server side code in .asc files. But I've seen one example that had none. What is lost without it? I'm testing a CDN that doesn't allow access to FMS applications folder for test accounts and I'd like to dep...

getStreamLength returned by FMS is not the same as the duration of the streaming audio

My audio streaming code code calls getStreamLength on the NetConnection but I have found the stream length to not reflect the duration of the song. Is there a way to get accurate song duration? client.onMetaData is not being returned as well so I can only rely on getStreamLength for the results. ...