I'm sure this has been discussed before.  If I have a particular App
Instance which streams some flv files, it will default to the "App Name"
folder, inside the "streams" folder.  From that same App Instance, can I
stream flv files in the "_definst_" folder?

I'm going to have several App Instances that need to access the same flv
files.  I'm trying to avoid copying the same files to multiple stream
folders.

I tried changing the directory like this:
netStream.play(../_definst_/streaming file);

Doesn't seem to work.

Thanks,
Brandon
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On 3/9/06, Brandon Krakowsky/MTC <Brandon_Krakowsky-1kLVSyq0wur/WnwTtj1/UIFT
Lv+wk40W@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> I'm sure this has been discussed before.  If I have a particular App
> Instance which streams some flv files, it will default to the "App Name"
> folder, inside the "streams" folder.  From that same App Instance, can I
> stream flv files in the "_definst_" folder?
>
> I'm going to have several App Instances that need to access the same flv
> files.  I'm trying to avoid copying the same files to multiple stream
> folders.
>
> I tried changing the directory like this:
> netStream.play(../_definst_/streaming file);
>
> Doesn't seem to work.
>
> Thanks,
> Brandon
>

you could redefine the streams directory in the application.xml for your
apps ... or you can do it with some server side code. there's an example on
the livedocs at
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flas...n/00000511.html
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Thank you very much.  I discovered that the default streams directory
could be specified.

Thanks,
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You can also use mappings in vhost.xml. I described this to someone on the
Flash Media List yesterday:


You need to get 2 things right, your actual FMS application (bmsb) and then
the mapping.

First set up your application - usually you keep the streams folder inside
your application's folder, for example /bmsb/streams/...

/bmsb will hold your main.asc, that's correct.
Remember that you need to use the main.asc file that ships with Flash when
you use FLVPlayback. You can find this main.asc in C:\Program
Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\Samples and
 Tutorials\Samples\Components\FLVPlayback

Copy it into /bmsb.

Because you will map your streams elsewhere you do not need a /streams
folder (or any flvs) inside bmsb.

I am not sure if C:\WebServer\GlobalMedia\videos\ is the location you want
to run your app from. May I suggest you run your bmsb application wherever
your /applications folder resides. Do you still use the default applications
folder?
If so, please copy your main.asc to
C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash Media Server 2\applications\bmsb

That step should now allow you to connect to the bmsb application but it
won't play any videos yet (because there aren't any inside /streams and no
mapping has yet been set up).

To set up the mapping for bmsb you could use this syntax for example:
<Streams key="virtualKey">myvids;C:\vids</Streams>

Then in order to play a video called autobahn.flv via your application bmsb
(the video resides in C:\vids) you'd specify (for FLVPlayback)
rtmp://localhost/bmsb/myvids/autobahn.flv

If you have a subfolder inside C:\vids for example C:\vids\sharedvids and
autobahn.flv is in there then use
rtmp://localhost/bmsb/myvids/sharedvids/autobahn.flv
(of course you may want to substitute rtmp://localhost with your own rtmp
address).

FMS looks at this string
rtmp://localhost/bmsb/myvids/sharedvids/autobahn.flv in this way:
- first it connects to your app rtmp://localhost/bmsb
- then it checks for a mapping for myvids and it finds one that points to
C:\vids
- it uses C:\vids and appends /sharedvids and then looks for the .flv file
- it finds it and plays it

Now ANY OTHER APP on your server (or at least on this vhost) can use this
mapping too. It's not tied to bmsb.
Trust me this sounds more complicated than it actually is.

Makes sense?   :-)

Stefan





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> wrote: 
> particular App 
> the "App Name" 
> Instance, can 
> the same 
>
> you could redefine the streams directory in the
> application.xml for your apps ... or you can do it with some
> server side code. there's an example on the livedocs at
> http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flas...n/00000511.html
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Yes, I saw that on the Flash Media List.

Thanks,
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You can also use mappings in vhost.xml. I described this to someone on the
Flash Media List yesterday:


You need to get 2 things right, your actual FMS application (bmsb) and
then
the mapping.

First set up your application - usually you keep the streams folder inside
your application's folder, for example /bmsb/streams/...

/bmsb will hold your main.asc, that's correct.
Remember that you need to use the main.asc file that ships with Flash when
you use FLVPlayback. You can find this main.asc in C:\Program
Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\Samples and
 Tutorials\Samples\Components\FLVPlayback

Copy it into /bmsb.

Because you will map your streams elsewhere you do not need a /streams
folder (or any flvs) inside bmsb.

I am not sure if C:\WebServer\GlobalMedia\videos\ is the location you want
to run your app from. May I suggest you run your bmsb application wherever
your /applications folder resides. Do you still use the default
applications
folder?
If so, please copy your main.asc to
C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash Media Server 2\applications\bmsb

That step should now allow you to connect to the bmsb application but it
won't play any videos yet (because there aren't any inside /streams and no
mapping has yet been set up).

To set up the mapping for bmsb you could use this syntax for example:
<Streams key="virtualKey">myvids;C:\vids</Streams>

Then in order to play a video called autobahn.flv via your application
bmsb
(the video resides in C:\vids) you'd specify (for FLVPlayback)
rtmp://localhost/bmsb/myvids/autobahn.flv

If you have a subfolder inside C:\vids for example C:\vids\sharedvids and
autobahn.flv is in there then use
rtmp://localhost/bmsb/myvids/sharedvids/autobahn.flv
(of course you may want to substitute rtmp://localhost with your own rtmp
address).

FMS looks at this string
rtmp://localhost/bmsb/myvids/sharedvids/autobahn.flv in this way:
- first it connects to your app rtmp://localhost/bmsb
- then it checks for a mapping for myvids and it finds one that points to
C:\vids
- it uses C:\vids and appends /sharedvids and then looks for the .flv file
- it finds it and plays it

Now ANY OTHER APP on your server (or at least on this vhost) can use this
mapping too. It's not tied to bmsb.
Trust me this sounds more complicated than it actually is.

Makes sense?   :-)

Stefan





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> Sent: 14 March 2006 01:46
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> Subject: Re: [FlashComm] App Instance Streaming Video from
> Another App Instance
>
> On 3/9/06, Brandon Krakowsky/MTC
> <Brandon_Krakowsky-1kLVSyq0wur/WnwTtj1/UIFTLv+wk40W@public.gmane.org>
> wrote: 
> particular App 
> the "App Name" 
> Instance, can 
> the same 
>
> you could redefine the streams directory in the
> application.xml for your apps ... or you can do it with some
> server side code. there's an example on the livedocs at
> http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flas...n/00000511.html
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