One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that shared hosting for Flash Media applications is a possibility. I don't remember if FusionLink offers this. But, one company that does is Influxis.
If you don't want the burden of running a server, this is a good option. Clarke -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Talsma Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 8:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: SPAM-LOW: Re: [AFFUG Discuss] NetStream and Video Problem You would have to change your call to play(). When dealing w/a live stream, you subscribe to the name of the stream, instead of specifying the file. (This is b/c a live stream/video conference will not have a file name.) You configure the stream on the server as an application, and start it up. On FMS, it will create a default instance as needed. I don't remember how Red5 works. B/c your requirements seem fairly simple, there should be ample good examples in the docs. The biggest hurdle will be getting the streaming server installed and configured. Kevin Shorner-Johnson wrote: > Thank you for the help, > > This is going to show my inexperience with flash video. If I decide > to move my video to a streaming server, do I need to change any > actionscript code in my application (other than the video file path)? > From what I read about the net stream class, it does not appear that > any code in my application would need to be changed to make this > transition. Is this correct? > > Thank you for your help, > > Kevin > > > On Sep 14, 2008, at 12:44 PM, Scott Talsma wrote: > >> Justin is dead on. B/c you are using progressive download, you >> cannot seek to a point beyond what is already downloaded. >> >> You may want to consider using Red5 or Flash Media Server (or >> whatever they are calling it now). Both will allow you to stream >> video. Red5 is open source. FMS is commercial, but the developer >> edition will allow a limited number of connections (I think 5 or 10 >> concurrent), so it might be enough, depending on your application >> needs. Both however assume that you have a server available onto >> which you can install the streaming app. >> >> Justin Haygood wrote: >>> 1. Make sure that much of the video is downloaded first. This is a >>> drawback of progressive downloaded video. >>> 2. Seek() only works to keyframes. Make sure you have keyframes >>> encoded in the video at those points. >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Kevin Shorner-Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 8:28 PM >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [AFFUG Discuss] NetStream and Video Problem >>> >>>> I have recently encountered a problem with the netStream.seek() >>>> method. I have built a video application for my doctoral >>>> dissertation that extensively uses the seek function with a >>>> "scrubber bar" and buttons that allow the user to move through a >>>> video in 10 second and 1 minute increments. >>>> >>>> When I pilot tested the application this summer, I used a 20 >>>> minute flv video that was loaded into the application and >>>> everything worked just great. Now I am having problems with the >>>> seek() method. When I use the scrubber bar, or any button to move >>>> forward through the video, the video 'snaps back' to a location >>>> that is nowhere near where I need it to go. For example, if I move >>>> the playhead position to 23 minutes and 14 seconds, the video >>>> might snap back to 9 minutes and 34 seconds and never allow me to >>>> jump to that spot in the video. I have to let the video play to >>>> that spot. >>>> >>>> I think that the root of all of my problems is that I have built >>>> the application around progressive downloading of the video rather >>>> than streaming. Now that I am using larger videos of 45 and 55 >>>> minutes, this may be the root of all of my problems. Is this my >>>> problem or is there another aspect that I need to troubleshoot? >>>> >>>> Thanks for any help that you can provide, >>>> >>>> Kevin Shorner-Johnson >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with >>>> unsubscribe in the subject line >>>> >>>> For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ >>>> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with >>> unsubscribe in the subject line >>> >>> For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ >>> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe >> in the subject line >> >> For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ >> http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ >> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe > in the subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ > http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
