Hi guys,

Okay, this is my first time using this mailing list so here goes:

I am still not completely sure how FCS works or even what it's
capabilities are. Basically I am looking to provide some kind of video
player on our website but we would also like to introduce some kind of
back-end to it where company personnel can upload their streaming
videos with ease. I spoke with our programmer and he suggested FCS, so
I was just having a quick look at it yesterday evening.

I use a Mac and so would I have to upload everything to a remote server
to be able to test it? I'm guessing that it won't work on Unix -
correct? Does anybody have any experiences of developing FCS on a Mac?
Is it even possible?

Thanks,

Ian


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Hi Ian,

I develop using a Mac and a Win XP on a LAN. The FCS runs on my XP,
but FCS also runs nicely on Linux. The RTMP reference is to the XP
address, but otherwise, it's pretty similar to developing on a PC.

HTH,
Bill

On May 20, 2005, at 7:48 PM, Hit It Studios wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Okay, this is my first time using this mailing list so here goes:
>
> I am still not completely sure how FCS works or even what it's
> capabilities are. Basically I am looking to provide some kind of
> video player on our website but we would also like to introduce
> some kind of back-end to it where company personnel can upload
> their streaming videos with ease. I spoke with our programmer and
> he suggested FCS, so I was just having a quick look at it yesterday
> evening.
>
> I use a Mac and so would I have to upload everything to a remote
> server to be able to test it? I'm guessing that it won't work on
> Unix - correct? Does anybody have any experiences of developing FCS
> on a Mac? Is it even possible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ian
>
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Hi Bill,

Thanks for your response - it's appreciated. From your response it is
obvious that I've got a lot to learn here (the learning never ends does
it, haha).

Anyway, are you saying that you have to use both your Mac and Windows
XP to be able to develop FCS? Is it possible to develop just using the
Mac? I only have a Mac here in the office, although I do have Virtual
PC too but I try to avoid using it as it is way too slow.

When I checked out the FCS software on the Macromedia website I could
only buy a Windows version of the software, however I am able to
download a Mac version of the trial which is kind of confusing?!? This
really isn't making much sense to me. Are you able to clarify things
for me in very simple terms please?

Thank you Bill,

Ian




On 21 May 2005, at 09:11, Bill Sanders wrote:

> Hi Ian,
>
> I develop using a Mac and a Win XP on a LAN. The FCS runs on my XP,
> but FCS also runs nicely on Linux. The RTMP reference is to the XP
> address, but otherwise, it's pretty similar to developing on a PC.
>
> HTH,
> Bill
>
> On May 20, 2005, at 7:48 PM, Hit It Studios wrote:
> 
>
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Hi Ian..

Like Bill, I'm also a Mac developer.  When you think of an FCS
application, think of it as a three part application.. i) Flash
development, ii) web server user access and iii) Flashcom server
file/user control and administration.  You can use Flash MX on your
Mac to develop the SWF that you wish your users to access.  You then
have the FCS server which is either on a Windows or Unix/Linux
environment that essentially publishes to everyone the application
which you developed. The FCS server however can not talk directly to
your users, rather, it connects through your web server where the
Flash HTML & SWF files which you previously created are stored.

For example, you can build a chat function, a video conferencing
function or perhaps a slide presentation application on your Mac
using Flash MX or Flash MX 2004.  Once completed, Flash will create
the appropriate HTML & SWF files and those you need to place on a web
server.  You also set up a matching directory structure on the
Flashcom server to bind your application client code on the web
server to the required server side code.

I know it sounds a little overwhelming at first but once you play
with the tutorials and place your Flash code on both the web server
and Flashcom server you will be amazed at how cool FCS is... you are
limited by only your imagination!!

Have fun... dave


At 8:12 PM +0100 5/21/05, Hit It Studios wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
>Hi Bill,
>
>Thanks for your response - it's appreciated. From your response it
>is obvious that I've got a lot to learn here (the learning never
>ends does it, haha).
>
>Anyway, are you saying that you have to use both your Mac and
>Windows XP to be able to develop FCS? Is it possible to develop just
>using the Mac? I only have a Mac here in the office, although I do
>have Virtual PC too but I try to avoid using it as it is way too
>slow.
>
>When I checked out the FCS software on the Macromedia website I
>could only buy a Windows version of the software, however I am able
>to download a Mac version of the trial which is kind of confusing?!?
>This really isn't making much sense to me. Are you able to clarify
>things for me in very simple terms please?
>
>Thank you Bill,
>
>Ian
>
>
>
>
>On 21 May 2005, at 09:11, Bill Sanders wrote:
> 

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> Anyway, are you saying that you have to use both your Mac and Windows
> XP to be able to develop FCS? Is it possible to develop just using the
> Mac? I only have a Mac here in the office, although I do have Virtual
> PC too but I try to avoid using it as it is way too slow.

Ian, to develop FCS "apps" all you need is Flash MX Pro on OSX or
Windows.

> When I checked out the FCS software on the Macromedia website I could
> only buy a Windows version of the software, however I am able to
> download a Mac version of the trial which is kind of confusing?!? This
> really isn't making much sense to me. Are you able to clarify things
> for me in very simple terms please?

The clarification here is that FCS itself is a server-side service.  It
only runs on Windows and Linux servers.  So if you're developing in a
PC environment it makes things easier because you can have FCS running
locally and build your apps and test all in one place.  If you're on
OSX then you WILL need a Windows or Linux box close by to test your
apps.

I rent a Linux server for instance, while I build my apps under OSX.  I
happen to also have a Windows box but I loath working in that
environment and only have it for testing purposes (either way Bill
still wins eh?).

> Thank you Bill,
>
> Ian
>
>
>
>
> On 21 May 2005, at 09:11, Bill Sanders wrote:
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Ian,

Dave and Simon pretty much said it all. It may sound strange to have
both a Mac and Win version for Flash and a Win and Linux version for
FCS. However, there are a lot more Linux servers than Apple servers,
and so I'm pretty sure that's why FCS gave the nod to Linux instead
of Mac. For development, it's pretty easy to develop on a LAN using a
Mac & Win/Linux server, and if you have a server elsewhere with FCS,
I wouldn't think it'd be that difficult to set up some kind of
developmental environment.

Bill

On May 21, 2005, at 3:12 PM, Hit It Studios wrote:

> Hi Bill,
>
> Thanks for your response - it's appreciated. From your response it
> is obvious that I've got a lot to learn here (the learning never
> ends does it, haha).
>
> Anyway, are you saying that you have to use both your Mac and
> Windows XP to be able to develop FCS? Is it possible to develop
> just using the Mac? I only have a Mac here in the office, although
> I do have Virtual PC too but I try to avoid using it as it is way
> too slow.
>
> When I checked out the FCS software on the Macromedia website I
> could only buy a Windows version of the software, however I am able
> to download a Mac version of the trial which is kind of
> confusing?!? This really isn't making much sense to me. Are you
> able to clarify things for me in very simple terms please?
>
> Thank you Bill,
>
> Ian
>
>
>
>
> On 21 May 2005, at 09:11, Bill Sanders wrote:
>
> 
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Thanks so much Dave and Simon, you're certainly helping me to slowly
get my head round this.

Well I have OSX and Flash MX Pro so I'm halfway there anyway. I am
actually pretty comfortable with Flash and actionscripting so hopefully
the leap won't be too frightening.

Okay, this is the way I see it from your responses, so please correct
me if I'm wrong. I've developed and designed a number of sites in the
past. When I work with php it's great because I can test everything on
my local server with OSX being Unix-based etc. However, when I have to
develop a site using ASP (heaven forbid!) I always upload the pages to
our Windows remote server for testing, which is a bit of a pain but I
can live with it. Is what you're saying something similar to this? In
other words do I have to upload the pages to a Windows or Linux remote
server for testing FCS apps? Or is FCS something that has to be
installed on the remote server itself? Dave, you also mentioned that
you rented a Linux box when developing in OSX - what is this and how
does that work? Are Linux and Unix not similar? I apologise if these
queries appear to be schoolboy stuff...

Okay, I'm going to have a play around with the FCS trial and see if I
can get my head round it a bit. I have thousands of other questions
going round my mind at the moment but I can't quite compute them into
words at present. I'll be back to pester you all soon though. 

Thanks guys.

Ian


On 21 May 2005, at 21:15, Simon Lord wrote:
 
>
> Ian, to develop FCS "apps" all you need is Flash MX Pro on OSX or
> Windows.
> 
>
> The clarification here is that FCS itself is a server-side service.
> It only runs on Windows and Linux servers.  So if you're developing in
> a PC environment it makes things easier because you can have FCS
> running locally and build your apps and test all in one place.  If
> you're on OSX then you WILL need a Windows or Linux box close by to
> test your apps.
>
> I rent a Linux server for instance, while I build my apps under OSX.
> I happen to also have a Windows box but I loath working in that
> environment and only have it for testing purposes (either way Bill
> still wins eh?).
> 
> Sincerely,
> Simon
>
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Thanks Bill. Your help is much appreciated. Thank you.

Ian



On 21 May 2005, at 21:41, Bill Sanders wrote:

> Ian,
>
> Dave and Simon pretty much said it all. It may sound strange to have
> both a Mac and Win version for Flash and a Win and Linux version for
> FCS. However, there are a lot more Linux servers than Apple servers,
> and so I'm pretty sure that's why FCS gave the nod to Linux instead of
> Mac. For development, it's pretty easy to develop on a LAN using a Mac
> & Win/Linux server, and if you have a server elsewhere with FCS, I
> wouldn't think it'd be that difficult to set up some kind of
> developmental environment.
>
> Bill
>
> On May 21, 2005, at 3:12 PM, Hit It Studios wrote:
> 
>
>
>
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Hey guys, me again!

I have just tried installing the Mac trial of FCS on OS10.3.9. It
states it can't find a copy of Flash MX and aborts installation as
stated above. I have Flash MX 2004 Pro installed in my applications
folder so this is strange... Anyway, I had a look on the Macromedia
Forums and noticed that a lot of people are having problems installing
it on OS10.3 even though Flash is already installed. Does anybody know
what is causing this and is there a workaround?

Thanks.

Ian

On 22 May 2005, at 00:31, Hit It Studios wrote:

> Thanks Bill. Your help is much appreciated. Thank you.
>
> Ian
>
>
>
> On 21 May 2005, at 21:41, Bill Sanders wrote:
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Thanks again Bill! I'll try that.

Ian

On 22 May 2005, at 02:07, Bill Sanders wrote:

> Ian,
>
> It may be due to needing a clean uninstall. Did you have FMX 2004 on
> your machine and then re-install it, or was this the first install? If
> it was a reinstall, there's a bunch of other folders you have to clean
> up. I think you can find which folders to clean up if it's a
> re-install on the MM site Tech Notes.
>
>  Running on OS 10.4.1, it's working fine.
>
> Bill
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