Error when trying to steam live

Question

We are currently running Windows media streaming servers and
would like to start streaming live flash from these servers. I have
downloaded and installed the Flash Media Development Server 3,
Flash Media Live Encoder 2.5, and Flash CS3 Professional.
We have successfully configured a web server on the Windows
machine and are able stream progressive flash. However we do not
want the media content to be cashed on the client side. We were
under the impression that the Flash CS3 was able to stream live
with out the option of being progressive.
The issue is that for some reason it does not recognize the
localhost/file. I have also tried to insert an ip address in place
of the localhost and always the same result. failed to load FLV.
Here is the strange thing if i try to create a flv file using the
Flash Media Live Encoder 2.5 and then make the source
rtmp://localhost/vod/YourFLVName it does not work. If i use the
sample flv provided by the cs3 progam it dose work.
The other thing is that the live content will be coming from
a remote location. For now we are just hooking up a web cam to one
of the servers to see if we can get it to steam but with no
success.
Here are the steps I am following
1. Open Flash Media Live Encoder. When it opens, don't change
the video or audio encoding options.
2. In the Output area, select Stream to Flash Media Server.
As soon as you do this, you will notice the URL is automatically
set to the live folder in your copy of Flash Media Server 3.
3. Select the text in the Stream input text box. This is the
name of the file that will be output. The default name is
livestream but you can change it to anything you wish.
4. A really neat aspect of Flash Media Live Encoder is its
ability to save a copy of the broadcast. Select Save to File, click
the Browse button, and save the capture to your vod folder or
another location. This is a handy method of creating archives of
your broadcasts.
5. At this point, you are almost ready to start your
broadcast (see Figure 5). Don't quit Flash Media Live Encoder yet.
I make it to 4 and then get the error Failed to load the FLV:
1. Open Flash CS3 and create a new ActionScript 3.0 document
that is 640×480 pixels.
2. Drag a copy of the FLVPlayback component to the Stage and
set its dimensions to 640×480.
3. Select the component on the Stage and click the Parameters
tab.
4. Double-click the source parameter and enter
rtmp://localhost/live/livestream. Click OK to close the dialog box.
Even though you have told Flash where to find the live
stream, you haven't told Flash to play the live stream.
5. Select the component on the Stage. In the Property
inspector, give it the instance name of myVideo.
6. Add a new layer to the movie and name it actions.
7. Select the first frame of the Actions layer and press F9
to open the Actions panel.
8. Click once in the Script pane and enter:
myVideo.isLive = true;
The isLive property of the FLVPlayback component can have
only two values: true or false. This property works only if the
feed is streaming from Flash Media Server. If you were not using
Flash Media Server—that is, progressively downloading the
video from an HTTP address—and you set isLive to true, then
Flash would simply ignore the ActionScript and nothing would
happen.
9. Close the Actions panel and select File > Publish
Settings. When the Publish Settings dialog box opens, select Flash
(.swf) and HTML (.html) in the Type list.
10. Click Publish. When it finishes close the dialog box,
save the Flash file and quit Flash.
Broadcasting a webcam feed
Having created the "feed" using Flash Media Live Encoder and
created the SWF file that receive that feed in Flash CS3, you can
put your webcam to work and create a broadcast:
1. Return to Flash Media Live Encoder and click the Connect
button under the Stream input. This creates the connection between
FME and the live folder in your local copy of Flash Media Server.
When the connection is made, the button name changes to Disconnect.
2. Click the Start button.
3. Open the HTML page created in Flash and open it in a
browser. There will be a short delay but there you are, live and in
living color (see Figure 6).
4. When you have finished, return to Flash Media Live Encoder
and click the red Stop button. Quit the browser and close Flash
Media Live Encoder.

Answer 1

frankh,
Check the steps in this Knowledgebase article SID682 and see if it helps you.
JasonMessage Edited by Jason-CL on 07-7-2006 05:46 PM