FLVPlayback component and rtmp

I have the flash media streaming server 3 installed on a
server in our office. It is set up with a few sample flv/mp4 files
and is working great with the vodtest html page that comes with it.
I've now come to making my own flash file using the
FLVPlayback component (at the moment i've just got a black document
with a flvplayback instance in the middle, which i've given the
correct rtmp path in the component inspector). It works fine in
flash when using Test Movie, it buffers up the file and start
playing almost immediately.
Unfortunately, if I publish the flash file and open it in a
web browser, all I get is an endless buffering bar. I'm hoping
theres something simple I've missed out somewhere.

Hello are you loading the webpage on that local machine ?
theres a security thing in flash that wont let you play the
video in that way. open the html file on a different computer to
the streaming server

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I'm using "FlvPlayBack" component that ships with Flash 8 to
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X.contentPath = "rtmp://server/foo/bar.flv";
and i should be set. The problem is that the above doesn't
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Did you configure the FMS properly? Did you put the main.asc
file in the application folder (check out this link:
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/00003495.html).
Try to debug the issue. Start with FMS administration console
and check if you get any incomming connection.
If no, make sure your can access the "server" domain.
If yes, check you have placed the files in the application
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Check the logs from the FMS.
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//Bomolete

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i have an fla file with 5 keyframes. Each keyframe navigates forward to the following keyframe. On the fifth keyframe, a Loader loads an external swf. The external swf has an flv playback component with sound.
The fifth keyframe, other than having a button to click to load the swf, has a movie clip that navigates you back to the first keyframe.
The loaded swf, once loaded, may be removed using removeThis function which has removeChild code as well as a _flv.stop(); which makes the flv stop when the swf is removed. So u're back on keyframe 5, no sound - good!.
ASo, all is well and the user can navigate back to the first keyframe (from keyframe 5), and from there continue on to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th keyframes again, problems start though, when you get to that 5th keyframe again: that keyframe has an FLVPlayback component playing an flv, which at that point becomes very sluggish as all the mc animations on that 5th frame. And worse, i realize, the flv in the external swf that was previously loaded, starts playing by itself, which i know, because i hear its sound track.
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house.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, loadswf1);
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Issues with flvplayback component and domain names

I have fms running on linux with an apache webserver on the same machine and I'm have some issues regarding domain-names.
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/Erik

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I hope someone can save me with this.
I am currently on a project (AS3), where I have 2 frames, with videos (using the FLVPlayback component).
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cha1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, cha1);
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Anyone out there know where a guy can put his hands on a good
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FLVPlayback and RTMP streaming

Hello, I'm streaming a video on my websites Flash page using the FLVPlayback component. I have two questions however: when I unload the containing SWF file the video continues playing. According to the AS3.0 reference for CS4 I can use closeVideoPlayer(0) to remove the video file. I keep getting this error however: VideoError: 1007: Cannot delete default VideoPlayer at fl.video::FLVPlayback/closeVideoPlayer() at Index/closeStreamPlayer() The other question I have is...I need to have the player resort to a local flv file instead of streaming if the connection is refused by the streaming server or the file can't be found. If I were coding this I'd just create a NetStream and check the status. I'm wondering how I can append a status checker to the player to do the same thing. I can't find anything useful or apparent to me in the reference. Thanks! David

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It “works,” but when testing, I have noticed that it can be rather finicky. The most common issue that arises is that many times the loadPoster movieclip will still be visible even though the video has entered the playing state.
Also, I wanted a title placeholder image to appear whenever the user stops the video or if the video completes. However, I had to add the conditional statement to the “stoppedStateEntered” case to make everything appear when expected. When the video is first viewed (and has completed buffering), it seems that the FLVPlayback component enters the stopped state before entering the playing state. Thus, the titlePoster would flash on the screen right before it and the loadPoster “should” disappear when the video begins playing.
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function updateMoviePoster(event:VideoEvent):void
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                                case "playingStateEntered":
                                                loadPoster.visible = false;
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                                case "stoppedStateEntered":
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myFLVPlayback.addEventListener(VideoEvent.STOPPED_STATE_ENTERED, updateMoviePoster);
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Any suggestions? I would truly appreciate the help.

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