Flash Media Fun Hour

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Flash Media Fun Hour
Stefan Richter stefan_at_flashcomguru.com
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What is Flash Media Server?
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What is Flash Media Server?
Flash Communication Server (released mid-2002)
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What is Flash Media Server?
Flash Media Server (released late 2005)
Flash Communication Server (released mid-2002)
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What is Flash Media Server?

Flash Communication Server
Flash Media Server
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What is Flash Media Server?
(kind of)
Flash Communication Server
Flash Media Server
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What can you do with it

• Live Video, Audio and Data in Flash
• Streaming Audio/Video
• Record Audio/Video (from webcam)
• Bit pricey
• License cap on bandwidth and connectioms
• No Personal Edition anymore
• but Free Developer Edition!

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What can you build with it
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What can you build with it
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What can you build with it
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What can you build with it
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What can you build with it
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What can you build with it
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Alternatives(theres only one)
http//osflash.org/red5
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Installation
is easy
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Connecting up
Remote rtmp//myserver.com/myapp
/myinstance or Local rtmp/myapp /m
yinstance
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Connecting up
var ncNetConnection new NetConnection()
nc.connect( rtmp//server.com/myapp
/myinstance )
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Connecting up
var ncNetConnection new NetConnection()
nc.onStatus function (info)
trace(info.code) nc.connect("rtmp//s
erver.com/myapp")
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Connecting up
rtmp//server.com/myapp actually connects
to
rtmp//server.com/myapp/_definst_
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rtmp//server.com/myapp will connect you to


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Once connected
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Once connected
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Once connected
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Streaming Video
FMS will look for flv files in a subfolder
/streams/instancename
Example
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Remote SharedObjects (SO)

• Establish a NetConnection
• Get the SO
• write onSync handler - it syncs SO data
• connect the SO

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// first connect up, then remote_so SharedObj
ect.getRemote("remote_so", nc.uri, true)
// this fires everytime the SO data changes r
emote_so.onSync function( list ) // an array
of objects for (var i in list) trace("
slot code " listi.code) trace("slot name
" listi.name) trace("slot value " this
.datalisti.name) this.data.val "h
ello world" this.data.val2 "hello world2"
remote_so.connect( nc )
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Remote SharedObjects (SO)
Some onSync Examples
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Remote SharedObjects (SO)
SO.send example
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NetConnection.callClient.call
Example
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Snapshotter
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Snapshotter
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Snapshotter
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Snapshotter
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Snapshotter
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Snapshotter
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Questions?
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Where to learn more

• The definitive book OReillys Programming
  FCS (800 pages)
  
• www.flash-communications.net
• www.jessewarden.com
• http//chattyfig.figleaf.com
• www.flashcomguru.com

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Thanks!