Introducing Flash Media Server

Macromedia Flash Media Server 2 is a development framework and a deployment environment for rich media applications. Developers can use Macromedia Flash and Flash Media Server to write media applications, and then use Flash Media Server to deploy the applications. Macromedia Flash Player is the end user's interface.

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No screen name said on Sep 29, 2005 at 12:12 PM :

good

halfasix said on Oct 10, 2006 at 5:45 PM :

Im confused a bit about what the Media Server is and does.
It being a server does that mean that if i make an application or a flash website people need to connect to my computer to see it. ??? Im having dificulty trying to understand exactly what type of server this is...You say a deploy server? What is this New Media server? Iv read all your articles but as usual it makes no sense to me. How about using simpler language like lieghmans terms when explaining such a complex new package.. I know what you say it does... But how do i use it... none of the examples work..im at a lost i cant even configure the server... its asking for infomation i dont know...can someone explain it to me as if i was a 5yr old plz.......

(Jaden )
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tech_writer_00 said on Jan 28, 2007 at 8:02 PM :

Flash Media Server (FMS) is software that provides services to other computers over the internet. The main service that Flash Media Server provides is the ability to stream (send) video and audio to Flash Player. Flash Player is software installed in web browsers.

You can use Adobe Flash or Adobe Flex to build applications that use FMS to send audio and video to Flash Player in people's web browsers. People viewing your application don't need to connect to your computer to see the FMS application.
You build your application and upload it to a web server, just as you would with any web page.

You must use a web host who has FMS installed. Search for "Flash Media Server hosting".

For information about Flash Media Server features:
http://www.adobe.com/go/fms

baezisagmail said on Feb 16, 2007 at 4:17 PM :

Sorry, but i couldn´t make anything start. Went to progrmas/macromedia/startflashmedia... but there was no response. It became really annoying trying to make this work.

tech_writer_00 said on Feb 16, 2007 at 4:32 PM :

Choose Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services to open the Services window.

Select Flash Media Server (FMS) - if the status is "Started", the server is running. You can use this window to start and stop the server.

OSIRUS1 said on Apr 19, 2007 at 9:44 PM :

Is there a way to reset the administrator username/password? I have installed the flash server 2 and am trying to connect - is there a specific resource I can use to guide me?

tech_writer_00 said on Apr 20, 2007 at 12:39 PM :

The admin username and password are what you chose when you installed the server.
To reset, edit the fms.ini file located in the Flash Media Server 2\conf directory.

Here is the section of the fms.ini file to edit:

# Username for server admin
# For example:
# SERVER.ADMIN_USERNAME = foo
#
SERVER.ADMIN_USERNAME = admin

# Password for server admin
# For example:
# SERVER.ADMIN_PASSWORD = bar
#
SERVER.ADMIN_PASSWORD = admin

No screen name said on Jun 7, 2007 at 3:23 PM :

I am looking through the documentation and I do not understand loading an application process.
Where do you load applications at, what process do you use. What exactly in an application is it a flash file? a html web page?
I run our servers, I do not create flash content so I am probably at a disadvantage but loading an application impossible.
Where in the documentation does it discuss loading applications

Giri Reddy said on Jul 25, 2007 at 5:25 AM :

Thanks to tech_writer_00

I am using Windows XP Professional as OS. Is it suitable for working with FMS?

If I install Windows Server 2003, what are the settings that I need to do it?

Evil_MasterK said on Aug 2, 2007 at 7:42 AM :

I have Flash Media Server 2 installed and have checked it is running in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services, and allowed the port 1935 in my windows firewall... yet I still have not managed to get any of the sample files to work. Any Ideas?

Thanks

No screen name said on Oct 2, 2007 at 5:02 AM :

Is there a MAC OSX version of the FMS 2?
Thanks!

riteshnewal said on Sep 11, 2009 at 6:14 AM :

You cannot install FMS3 on Mac OS or Apple OS server. However, you can develop FMS3 applications on a Macintosh and install FMS3 on the "MacTel" version of a Macintosh running Windows. If you run both Windows and Mac OS X at the same time on your Macintosh—using Parallels—you can run the Flash application on the Macintosh side and FMS on the PC side. Also, you can install FMS3 on a Linux server, but you cannot develop applications on a Linux machine. (Adobe doesn't make a Linux version of Flash.) This apparent paradox recognizes that the two main server technologies are Windows and Linux, and the two main development platforms are Windows and Macintosh.

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