FMS on AWS - dvrcast_origin

I followed the tutorial at http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flashmediaserver/amazonec2/WS6fc2df2b6d2ce24359910e2812c396a83 eb-7ff8.html#WS6fc2df2b6d2ce24359910e2812c396a83eb-7ff6 (that hugely long URL points to "Adobe Flash Media Server 4.0 * Tutorials: on-demand and live streaming"), especially the section titled Live streaming with DVR. Basically I've done the following:
Started an AWS instance with the FMS AMI and attached an elastic IP
Downloaded the dvrcast_origin application and copied it to /mnt/applications
Edited my /etc/hosts to point "fms1" to the AWS instance IP address
Configured FMLE to stream to rtmp://fms1/dvrcast_origin with a stream name of dan, checked the DVR Auto Record checkbox, and started a stream running
Gone to http://www.osmf.org/configurator/fmp/# and configured a basic player, and verified that I can view the live stream
Clicked on the Advanced tab and select Stream Type of DVR, then clicked Preview
Received an error message stating "We are unable to connect to the network. We apologize for the inconvenience."
Stopped the live stream and verified that no /mnt/applications/dvrcast_origin/streams directory exists
My understanding that with the FMS config described in the tutorial, and with "DVR Auto Record" checked in FMS, I should find an archive file built from my live stream. That doesn't appear to be happening. Since I'm brand new to FMS I assume I'm just overlooking something simple. Suggestions?

Hi,
Thanks for using the AMI-FMS.
On the first look, it looks like permission issues on the folder, when you copied the dvrcast_origin, did you make sure that it has write access ? Can you please confirm ?
I assume FMLE started publishing and has no errors. Also , please check the logs, they should be under /mnt/logs and see if there is anything related to recording that is looking odd.

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