Different questions regarding FMS 3.5

Hi,
I'm a newby to FMS and I have several questions ;-).
I'm planning an livestream. To get as much viewer as possible my plan ist to stream with 3 different bitrates. This works great ;-). But within my tests a few problems/ideas came up...
1. FMS is not recording the stream. I used Auto-DVR as well as manual start stop. I also prefixed mp4: ... any ideas? Is it perhaps because it is not the "interactive" one?
2. Is there a _simple_ possibility to to enable something like "autoquality" (between the 3 streams) on the client side? So that the best solution for the local connection is chosen?
3. Is there a simple possibility to get viewerstats?
Thanks a lot for your help

Hi,
1. You can record the livestream on the server by creating a custom application and doing a server side record. Your main.asc would be something like this :
var pubCount = 0;
application.onConnect=function(clientObj){
          trace("          on connect ");
          return true;
application.onDisconnect=function(clientObj){
          trace("          on disconnect ");
application.onPublish = function(clientObj,streamObj){
trace("          in application publish : " + streamObj.name);
if(pubCount <= 1)
       streamObj.record("record");
else
       streamObj.record("append");
pubCount++;
application.onUnpublish = function(clientObj,streamObj){
trace("on unpublish : " + streamObj.type + ":" + streamObj.name);
streamObj.record(false);
2. You can do this by using dynamic streaming. You'll find more information here : http://www.adobe.com/devnet/adobe-media-server/articles/dynstream_advanced_pt1.html
3. You can get various viewer stats using admin APIs. Full reference of the APIs available here : http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashMediaServer/3.5_Server_Management_ASD/flashmediaserver_3. 5_administrationapi.pdf. getAppStats() may be particularly useful.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any other queries.
Thanks,
Apurva

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If i am able to (at least nearly) reach the stated performance of 500 inserts per second per CU i am totally fine for now. If not
i have to move on and look for other options…which would also be “fine”. ;-)
Is there actually any working example code that actually manages to do 500 single inserts per second with one CUs 2000 RUs or is
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...another thing to consider
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Sadly this is not possible for me because i have to query the data in near real time for my use case…so queuing is not
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2) Yes, you can.
There are basically two methods with managing muleiple iPods on one computer:
Method 1 - Create different Windows users accounts for each resgistered iPod on this computer.
Method 2 - Create a playlist in iTunes for each iPod.
To make Method 2 work, connect one of your iPods, and click on it in the left-source panel.
Under the "Music" tab, and set your option for a specific playlist(s) under the "Sync Music" option.
Do the same with your other iPod; not connected at the same time, though.
For more details on this matter, check out Apple's Support article about it:
How to manage multiple iPods using one computer
I hope that helps you.
-Kylene

3 questions regarding duplicate script

3 questions regarding duplicate script
Here is my script for copying folders from one Mac to another Mac via Ethernet:
(This is not meant as a backup, just to automatically distribute files to the other Mac.
For backup I'm using Time Machine.)
cop2drop("Macintosh HD:Users:home:Desktop", "zome's Public Folder:Drop Box:")
cop2drop("Macintosh HD:Users:home:Documents", "zome's Public Folder:Drop Box:")
cop2drop("Macintosh HD:Users:home:Pictures", "zome's Public Folder:Drop Box:")
cop2drop("Macintosh HD:Users:home:Sites", "zome's Public Folder:Drop Box:")
on cop2drop(sourceFolder, destFolder)
tell application "Finder"
duplicate every file of folder sourceFolder to folder destFolder
duplicate every folder of folder sourceFolder to folder destFolder
end tell
end cop2drop
1. One problem I haven't sorted out yet: How can I modify this script so that
all source folders (incl. their files and sub-folders) get copied
as correspondent destination folders (same names) under the Drop Box?
(At the moment the files and sub-folder arrive directly in the Drop Box
and mix with the other destination files and sub-folders.)
2. Everytime before a duplicate starts, I have to confirm this message:
"You can put items into "Drop Box", but you won't be able to see them. Do you want to continue?"
How can I avoid or override this message? (This script shall run in the night,
when no one is near the computer to press OK again and again.)
3. A few minutes after the script starts running I get:
"AppleScript Error - Finder got an error: AppleEvent timed out."
How can I stop this?
Thanks in advance for your help!

Hello
In addition to what red_menace has said...
1) I think you may still use System Events 'duplicate' command if you wish.
Something like SCRIPT1a below. (Handler is modified so that it requires only one parameter.)
*Note that the 'duplicate' command of Finder and System Events duplicates the source into the destination. E.g. A statement 'duplicate folder "A:B:C:" to folder "D:E:F:"' will result in the duplicated folder "D:E:F:C:".
--SCRIPT1a
cop2drop("Macintosh HD:Users:home:Documents")
on cop2drop(sourceFolder)
set destFolder to "zome's Public Folder:Drop Box:"
with timeout of 36000 seconds
tell application "System Events"
duplicate folder sourceFolder to folder destFolder
end tell
end timeout
end cop2drop
--END OF SCRIPT1a
2) I don't know the said error -8068 thrown by Finder. It's likely a Finder's private error code which is not listed in any of public headers. And if it is Finder thing, you may or may not see different error, which would be more helpful, when using System Events to copy things into Public Folder. Also you may create a normal folder, e.g. named 'Duplicate' in Public Folder and use it as desination.
3) If you use rsync(1) and want to preserve extended attributes, resource forks and ACLs, you need to use -E option. So at least 'rsync -aE' would be required. And I rememeber the looong thread failed to tame rsync for your backup project...
4) As for how to get POSIX path of file/folder in AppleScript, there're different ways.
Strictly speaking, POSIX path is a property of alias object. So the code to get POSIX path of a folder whose HFS path is 'Macintosh HD:Users:home:Documents:' would be :
POSIX path of ("Macintosh HD:Users:home:Documents:" as alias)
POSIX path of ("Macintosh HD:Users:home:Documents" as alias)
--> /Users/home/Documents/
The first one is the cleanest code because HFS path of directory is supposed to end with ":". The second one also works because 'as alias' coercion will detect whether the specified node is file or directory and return a proper alias object.
And as for the code :
set src to (sourceFolder as alias)'s POSIX Path's text 1 thru -2
It is to strip the trailing '/' from POSIX path of directory and get '/Users/home/Documents', for example. I do this because in shell commands, trailing '/' of directory path is not required and indeed if it's present, it makes certain command behave differently.
E.g.
Provided /a/b/c and /d/e/f are both directory, cp /a/b/c /d/e/f will copy the source directory into the destination directory while cp /a/b/c/ /d/e/f will copy the contents of the source directory into the destination directory.
The rsync(1) behaves in the same manner as cp(1) regarding the trailing '/' of source directory.
The ditto(1) and cp(1) behave differently for the same arguments, i.e., ditto /a/b/c /d/e/f will copy the contents of the source directory into the destination directory.
5) In case, here are revised versions of previous SCRIPT2 and SCRIPT3, which require only one parameter. It will also append any error output to file named 'crop2dropError.txt' on current user's desktop.
*These commands with the current options will preserve extended attributes, resource forks and ACLs when run under 10.5 or later.
--SCRIPT2a - using cp(1)
cop2drop("Macintosh HD:Users:home:Documents")
on cop2drop(sourceFolder)
set destFolder to "zome's Public Folder:Drop Box:"
set src to (sourceFolder as alias)'s POSIX Path's text 1 thru -2
set dst to (destFolder as alias)'s POSIX Path's text 1 thru -2
set sh to "cp -pR " & quoted form of src & " " & quoted form of dst
do shell script (sh & " 2>>~/Desktop/cop2dropError.txt")
end cop2drop
--END OF SCRIPT2a
--SCRIPT3a - using ditto(1)
cop2drop("Macintosh HD:Users:home:Documents")
on cop2drop(sourceFolder)
set destFolder to "zome's Public Folder:Drop Box:"
set src to (sourceFolder as alias)'s POSIX Path's text 1 thru -2
set dst to (destFolder as alias)'s POSIX Path's text 1 thru -2
set sh to "src=" & quoted form of src & ";dst=" & quoted form of dst & ¬
";ditto "${src}" "${dst}/${src##*/}""
do shell script (sh & " 2>>~/Desktop/cop2dropError.txt")
end cop2drop
--END OF SCRIPT3a
Good luck,
H
Message was edited by: Hiroto (fixed typo)

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