How to use Logging?

Question

I am trying to get QoS and other information from OSMFPlayer. I have logging set to true in the project properties.
I import org.osmf.logging.*, and add the code...
CONFIG::LOGGING { logger.fatal("LOG THIS INFO"); }
CONFIG::LOGGING { private static const logger:org.osmf.logging.Logger = org.osmf.logging.Log.getLogger("OSMFPlayer"); }
(I am using logger.fatal because I assumed it would be the best to get only the information i want.)
It appears that thsi is all I need to create a log, however, I cannot find a log anywhere. Is this all that is needed to create a log. And where should the log appear? The documentation is pretty sparse on this topic.
My setup is a Linux server with my media and OSMFPlayer streaming to a Windows client using Firefox.
Thanks,
Dan

Answer 1

Dan,
1) There is no document on VideoQoSPlugin as far as I know.  The brief steps of how to use it is
1. Add QoS variables to the Plugin as you want to see.
1.1 Add QoS metadata to VideoQoSPluginMetadata.as as public var.
   eg) public static const VIDEOBUFFERLENGTH:String = "videoBufferLength";
1.2 Add value to your metadata in VideoOsOProxyElement.as,
      Note that onTimer function has NetStreamInfo "qos".
    eg)       metadata.addValue
                    ( VideoQoSPluginMetadata.VIDEOBUFFERLENGTH
                    , qos.videoBufferLength.toString()
2. Load the Plugin into your player : See other plugin samples.
      mediaFactory.loadPlugin(pluginResource);
3.  Get the QoS data in your player .(eg) org.osmf.qos.VideoQoSPluginMetadata.CURRENT_FPS
     It is up to you how to use / display QoS data.
2) As you said StrobeMediaPlayback has already built for many QoS parameters so I might be just easier to use that.  I saw your post to SMP so you are on the right track as Andrian is the person you want to talk regards to SMP.
3) Air APP is an application platform as oppposed to an web application such as a HTML based app.  You can download it from here.
http://get.adobe.com/air/  and install the debug console or run it from your flex builder.   The readme file has an instructions to the debug console.
Basically, you launch the debug console first, then run OSMF player and play a video.  (Turn on the Logging option on : -define CONFIG::DEBUG true -define CONFIG::FLASH_10_1 true),    The debug message will be displayed on the debug console as the video plays.
Ryan