Basic FLV question

[SteveC]

Can someone please help me. we wish to stream flv files using Flash Media
Server 2. we have installed the program however we are at a loss as to how
to get things to work.



For instance. were do we put the FLV files. and how do we access them from
within flash?



Let me explain. we have set the flash media server up to use a dedicated IP
address. for example 90.90.90.90 we have created a separate folder within
the applications folder of FMS2 called folder1 and within this there is a
separate folder _definst_ and within this folder we have put our video file.
video.flv - these are all on our dedicated hosting server.



Now when using flash 8 on our standalone development computer. we try to
import a video. we select the already deployed option. as that seems most
appropriate. but whatever we enter results in a failure to load flv.



We have tried rtmp://90.90.90.90/folder1/video.flv



Help.. What do we do.



Steve



PS = Applogies, but the lack of documentation has me stumped and I daresay
these questions have been asked a thousand times previously... your help is
appreciated.

[robnewport]

Hey there, try leaving off the .flv extension when you enter the path to the flv. For example: rtmp://www.weburban.com/testmovies/mymovie

Good luck!

-Rob.
[url]http://www.weburban.com[/url]

[SteveC]

Thanks Rob

Tried rtmp://70.84.16.102/dbngp/video

And sunfortunately I still get the error...

Steve



"robnewport" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:eguqbb$f3a$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hey there, try leaving off the .flv extension when you enter the path to
> the flv. For example: rtmp://www.weburban.com/testmovies/mymovie
>
> Good luck!
>
> -Rob.
> [url]http://www.weburban.com[/url]

[SteveC]

Anyone else any ideas...
This is rather an annoying issue...

thanks

Steve

[JayCharles]

It would be helpful if you could post the code you're using to create you netconnection and nestream. That way, we can figure out where you're going wrong.

[J_Rohde]

I think he may be using the "import video" option, in which case you should be able to provide the URL to the FLV. I am having this same problem right now?

[mxxxxtasy]

PLEASE !!!! I have the post right before this one. I'm in a world of hurt
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[rblake@efiant.com]

Do you have the FMS properly configured to stream video?

You need to access the program files>macromedia>flash media server>
applications>

In the applications folder create a folder to represent your application
(myvideos for example)
In that folder create a sub-folder and label it "streams" (without the quotes
of course)
in the streams folder create another subfolder labled "_definst_" (again-
without quotes)

Put yopur flv files in the _definst_ folder (this is the default instance
folder)

Almost done,

Now do a search and find a copy of "main.asc"

Put the main asc file in the application folder you created (my videos for
example)

Finally, create a player or use the Flash8 video component to call that flv
you want to stream. If you are using a net.stream object you will not need the
..flv extension. If you decide to use the Flash Component your content path
shoul not include the "Streams" folder of=r the "_definst_" folder. In other
words to call an flv named "ourvaction.flv" in the _definst_ ; of the streams
folder; of the myVideo folder you would use a content path of:

rtmp:/myVideos/ourVaction.flv n(note the single "/")

if the FMS is remote to your application:

rtmp://someremoteserver/myVideos/ourVaction.flv

Just in case, here's a sample, simple ns.object you can try by placing in the
first frame of your action layer with a video instance named myVideo

var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
//change the "myvideos" to your application instance name
nc.connect("rtmp:/myvideos");
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
myVideo.attachVideo(ns);

//insert you flv file name below without the .flv extension

ns.play("flv file name here")
ns.setBufferTime(2);

A lot of info here so if you need help or clarification message me and I will
be glad to help. Learning this can be frustrating but worth it.

RB

[ddk800617]

Hi, I'm not sure what I'm doing, I've trying establishing a connection with at
RTSM that should has Flash Media Server installed. The code I am using to
connect is:

ncConnection = new NetConnection();
ncConnection.connect("rtsm://209.58.253.190/VideoSource");
//ncConnection.connect(null); -- this is what I used to test that the player
worked with local FLVs
nsStream = new NetStream(ncConnection);
mcVideoHolder.vVideo.attachVideo(nsStream);
nsStream.play("sizzle_400");
nsStream.setBufferTime(2);

I can't really see what I did wrong, but at the same time I'm not sure how to
check if the connection to the RTSM was actually established. If anyone can
help me it would be much appreciated. -Thanks.

Link to the site where I am trying to get the streaming video to play is:
[url]http://test.vippassport.tv/HOME/index_streaming.php[/url] - the video is on the far
right, next to the car. I know the player is rouch, I just need it to work
right now.

My work in progress is: [url]http://www.vectorflash.net[/url]

[rblake@efiant.com]

I am not sure I know what "rtsm" is, I use rtmp.

Also you need a ns.play(some flv here w/out flv extension)

[ddk800617]

Ok, thanks. I'm going to talk to the guy who owns the server. I don't really know much about "RTSM" anyway, I just know that's what we are using.