virtual directory - Macromedia Flash Flashcom

[triadwm]

Our corporate website uses coldfusion. We have developed a web time entry
system that also uses coldfusion. I am trying to setup the new timentry system
as a virtual directory under our website. When I try to access the time system
I get a coldfusion error. Can someone please instruct or direct me to
doentation on how to do this.

[larkinheather]

Hello! I'm having a hard time getting the virtual directory to work.

Here's the setup:
On my FMS computer, I have flvs located in the folder: X:\flash
So, in the Macromedia/FMS/conf/_defaultroot_/defaultVHost_/vhost.xml, I made a
virtual directory like this:
<Streams>lrc;X:\flash</Streams>
And then, in my flash, I set the contentpath to be: rtmp://myUrl/lrc/flvname
I'm using FMS 2.0.3
But its not working. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Does there need
to be a main.asc somewhere in there?

Thank you very much!

-Heather Larkin

[funkysoul]

you shouldn't change the <streams> line instead you should do it on the <virtualdirectory> one

[larkinheather]

I'm not sure I follow. Can you type an example?

[funkysoul]

exactly how's it noted on the vhosts.xml

[larkinheather]

you mean, like this:
<Streams key="virtual key"><virtual directory>;actual directory></Streams>

But what if I don't want to use a key?

[Joe Wack]

I'm having pretty much the same problem. I'm mapping e:\Flash\ to the alias
"videos" (creative, I know)
so my <VirtualDirectory> tag in vhost.xml has this in it:
<Streams>videos;e:\Flash</Streams>

Now, in my cliet side program, I'm calling "rtmp://ipaddy/appname/videos" as
my content path, and then appending the flv names later.
Clearly the correct syntax eludes me. Should I not substitute the alias for
the instance name?
Could someone give me a full example of a new NetConnection line?

Thanks,

--Joe

[usuhamlet_2001]

This is what I found while trying to get the VirtualDirectory to work on FMS 2.
I had to leave the application directory in tact. I had no FLV files in it but
otherwise it was the same. I also found that if I left out the main.asc file
from the application root (ie. fms\applications\video\main.asc) then the videos
would not stream from the virtual directory. The main.asc file I am using is
actually the one from FCS 1.5 samples folder. Not sure if there is one for FMS
2.0. I have only tried this with recorded video and not live streams.

The rtmp address is rtmp://myserver/videos/virtualdirectory/video file name.
Hope this helps someone. If more detail is needed I will post more.

Robert

[Joe Wack]

Thanks for the reply! I believe I've figured out what I was doing wrong.

The virtual directory needs to be in the stream name itself, rather than the
initial connection. So the .connect parameter would be
"rtmp://ipaddy/appname/appinstance"
and the stream name, when I reference it would just be:
"videos/whatever.flv"

I've found it also helps to have the FLVPlayback main.asc in the app folder,
like usuhamlet says.

Thanks again,
Joe

[fmeenz]

Hello,

Im having some trouble setting up my virtual directory.

Ive modified the vhost.xml <virtualdirectory> tag with:

<Streams>appName;D:\PATH\music</Streams>

for my connection im using

"rtmp://IPADDRESS:1935/music";

i can connect successfully to the server, however my application is not
finding the file.

in my virtual directory, how do i structure the directories? I am planning on
using the following:

D:\PATH\music\1
D:\PATH\music\2
D:\PATH\music\3

where the media files will be stored in each numbered directory.

do all my media files need to be in

D:\PATH\music

or can i make subdirectories and target them using

"rtmp://IPADDRESS:1935/music/1";
"rtmp://IPADDRESS:1935/music/2";
"rtmp://IPADDRESS:1935/music/3";

Any help would be appreciated.

thanks!

[Joe]

I've moved on to Flash Streaming Server v3, and I think the connection syntax
has changed. Which version are you using?

For example, if your server's IP is 192.168.1.32 your app name is Jukebox, and
the file you're playing is sinatra.mp3 stored in the D:\PATH\Music\2 folder,
and you've set the virtual directory to map D:\PATH\Music to Jukebox, then...

For v2:
netconnection:
"rtmp://192.168.1.32/jukebox/instance"
streamname:
"jukebox/2/sinatra.mp3"


For v3
You can do everything in one string, like so:
rtmp://192.168.1.32/jukebox/mp3:/jukebox/2/sinatra.mp3;
^IPADDY ^APP ^TYPE ^VDir ^SubDir ^STREAM

I *believe* that will work. YMMV.

[fmeenz]

so this is my connection string

rtmp://192.168.1.32/jukebox/mp3:/jukebox/2/sinatra.mp3 -

do i need to use the .mp3 at the end if im using the mp3: call in the string?

then i would just need to add ns.play(); to start the stream, correct?

thanks!

[Joe]

Not sure if you need the end filetype or not. Try it both ways and let me know!

Good luck,

--Joe

[fmeenz]

ok --

after a couple tests -- i couldnt get it all to work in one string, however
this works --

nc.connect("rtmp://IPADDRESS:1935/music/");

ns.play("mp3:/198/1");

works like a charm.

thanks for your help!!

[Joe]

That's great! Thanks for the update.

[fmeenz]

just a weird note as well --

when testing in the flash player (ctrl-enter) sometimes, i cant get the app
to test correctly until i use File>Publish Preview>HTML.

Not sure why this is happening, however someone else might have some issues
that this could solve so i thought id note it here.

thanks