OK, to get you started: Put your FLV files under the webapps/oflaDemo/streams directory inside Red5
Start Red5 On the client side, connect through a netconnection object to "rtmp://localhost/oflaDemo/filename.flv" where filename.flv is the name of one of the flvs you put inside the streams directory. use the netstream object to play this stream and attach it to a video window. that should stream it for you Perera, Michael wrote: > HI > > My goal is to stream flash video from our website using java and > actionscript. I looked but could not find the main method in the Java > files. I still don't know how the java files and the actionscript > should interact. We are still not sure how the client and the server > communicate with each other (where in the folder structure to place the > files, what methods to use to communicate between the two). If I > understand correctly some of this is handled in the 4 files in the > Web-INF folder. I guess I am confused as to how exactly this works. > > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Niels Joubert > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Red5] Question about FLV.. > > Hello! > > You are getting the FLVs to the client using "progressive download" > which is not the same as streaming. If you want to really stream it to > the client you need something like red5. > > Progressive download works and for prerecorded content it should be > sufficient, especially if the files are small. > > There are several advantages to streaming, debates all over the web, but > > some of them are: > - No need to fill up the client's harddrive to play your files. > - The content never stays on the client, which helps for rights-managed > media > - You can stream live content, it is hard to "progressive download" live > > content > - You can seek to any point in the file, irrespective whether it has > been downloaded yet. > > Good luck! > > -Niels > > prt wrote: > >> Hi to all, >> >> I have Apache2 WebServer. >> And i have videos clips in FLV format(I convert the videos from AVI to >> > FLV). > >> I have SWF FLV player in html page, that users can see from the web. >> >> The SWF player load the FLV from link "http://myip/flvs/flv5.flv";, >> The Apache serve this link(Request). >> >> My question is, It is take advantage of the FLV format, It is play the >> > FLV > >> in streaming. >> >> Or that i have to use Red5 to serve tha FLV files ? >> >> Thank you all, sorry about my english. >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Red5 mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > > _______________________________________________ > Red5 mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > _______________________________________________ Red5 mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org
