Looping to Live Stream - onPublish?

Hello everyone,
I'm an extreme newbie, and I finally have my videos looping, but I want them to stop looping and cut to a live stream whenever we go live with our broadcast. Can someone go into detail as to the code I need to switch from the looping videos to the live stream? I'm pretty sure it's done with onPublish, but again, I'm a newbie so I need all the help I can get.
Here is my main.asc. Thanks in advance!
application.onAppStart = function(){
this.clientStream = Stream.get("clientPlayStream");
this.clientStream.play("myfile", 0, -1);
application.onStatus = function(info){
if(info.code=="NetStream.Play.Stop") {
//do some code in here to restart the stream
this.clientStream.play("myfile", 0, -1);
}

Yes... you can use application.onPublish and application.onUnpublish to handle it.
application.onPublish = function(client, stream){
if(stream.name == "therightlivestream"){
this.clientStream.play("therightlivestream", -1, -1);
application.onUnpublish = function(client, stream){
if(stream.name == "therightlivestream"){
this.clientStream.play("myfile", 0, -1);

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application.allowDebug = true;
application.onAppStart = function(){
this.userID =0;
this.playObj = new Object();
this.timObj = new Object();
this.passCli = new Object();
this.couObj = new Object();
this.couObj.count = 1;
application.so0 = SharedObject.get("so",false);
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this.dates.dat1 = new Date().valueOf()+"b";
this.dates.dat2 = new Date().valueOf()+"c";
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this.myStream.st = Stream.get (this.dates.dat0.toString());
this.myStream.st1 = Stream.get (this.dates.dat1.toString());
this.myStream.st2 = Stream.get (this.dates.dat2.toString());
this.myStream.st3 = Stream.get (this.dates.dat3.toString());
this.int0
this.int1
this.int2
this.int3
this.int4
this.lock0=0;
this.lock1=0;
this.lock2=0;
this.lock3=0;
this.lock4=0;
listen();
function listen(){
clearInterval(application.int3);
application.int0 = setInterval(time,1000,application.myStream.st);
application.myStream.st.onStatus = function(info){
if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop"&&application.lock0==0){
trace("code0"+info.code);
clearInterval(application.int0);
application.timObj.tim = 0;
application.int1 = setInterval(time,1000,application.myStream.st1);
application.couObj.count = 2;
playcurr(application.passCli.cli);
switchStream(application.so0);
listen1(application.myStream.st1);
application.lock0=1;
function listen1(mystreamst1){
mystreamst1.onStatus = function(info){
if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop"&&application.lock1==0){
trace("code1"+info.code);
mystreamst1 = null;
clearInterval(application.int1);
application.timObj.tim = 0;
application.int2 = setInterval(time,1000,application.myStream.st2);
application.couObj.count = 3;
playcurr(application.passCli.cli);
switchStream(application.so0);
listen2(application.myStream.st2);
application.lock1=1
function listen2 (mystream2){
mystream2.onStatus = function(info){
trace("code2"+info.code);
if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop"&&application.lock2==0){
clearInterval(application.int2);
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application.timObj.tim = 0;
//application.int3 = setInterval(time,1000,application.myStream.st3);
application.couObj.count = 4;
playcurr(application.passCli.cli);
switchStream(application.so0);
     application.lock2=1;
listen3(application.myStream.st3);
function listen3(mystream3){
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trace("code3"+info.code);
if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop"&&application.lock3==0){
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application.couObj.count = 1;
mystream3 = null;
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application.lock1=0;
application.lock2=0;
application.lock3=0;
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application.dates.dat1 = new Date().valueOf()+"f";
application.dates.dat2 = new Date().valueOf()+"g";
application.dates.dat3 = new Date().valueOf()+"h";
application.myStream.st = Stream.get (application.dates.dat0.toString());
application.myStream.st1 = Stream.get (application.dates.dat1.toString());
application.myStream.st2 = Stream.get (application.dates.dat2.toString());
application.myStream.st3 = Stream.get (application.dates.dat3.toString());
application.myStream.st.play(application.playObj.vid[0],0,-1,0);
application.myStream.st1.play(application.playObj.vid[1],0,-1,0);
application.myStream.st2.play(application.playObj.vid[2],0,-1,0);
application.myStream.st3.play(application.playObj.vid[3],0,-1,0);
listen();
///here next
application.onConnect = function(client){
application.acceptConnection(client);
application.passCli.cli = client;
client.call("setUserID",null,this.userID);
this.userID++;
if(application.clients.length == 1 ){
videoArray = new Array();
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playlist.ignoreWhite = true;
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if(playlist.loaded == true) {
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for (var aNode = playlist.firstChild.firstChild; aNode != null; aNode=aNode.nextSibling) {
if (aNode.nodeType == 1) {
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application.myStream.st2.play(application.playObj.vid[2],0,-1,0);
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function pass0(videoArray){
//receive array
//play intial video
if(application.clients.length == 1){
// application.playObj.vid=videoArray;
playcurr(application.passCli.cli);
for (var key in application.playObj){
trace(key + ": " + application.playObj[key]);
   //put currently playing videio into object
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//listen to currently playing stream with onStatus
//change to next video in playlist
//use onStatus and current duration and seek to scrub to cuurently playin video each time a user connects.
//continue untill playlist is played then loop back to first video in playlist.
    //onConnect play currently playing video
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if(application.couObj.count == 1){
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currlen = application.playObj.vid[0].length;
    nextlen = application.playObj.vid[1].length;
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currlen = application.playObj.vid[1].length;
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Message was edited by: asaweb2013

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..."The recording format is determined by the filename you pass to the Stream.get()
method."
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Client.prototype.sendDataEvent = function(data) {
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Thanks

My apologies on the s.play() confusion. I had been trying different versions of the code and posted the one without it.
Whether I include s.play() or not the file gets created. Here are the various versions of the onPublish() function I've tried (differences in red):
1.
application.onPublish = function(client, stream) {
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Can you try this using the record() code snippets in the live docs Stream.record() section?
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All you'd need is the code snippets there to record your live stream and another server side function to inject commands into that live stream. Here is that function:
Client.prototype.sendDataEvent = function(data) {
    trace("Call to sendDataEvent...");
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    this.newStream.send("onTextData",data);
Do something simple like call onTextData and pass some text in the data parameter. Then on the client side viewer, handle the onTextData method. It will receive the text. Display it in a text area or something.
If you record while injecting this text into your stream, the text should display on playback of the archived file. It will if you encode VP6/FLV, but not if you encode H.264/F4V.
Let me know what you discover.

Clearing application buffer after a live stream ends

Hi there, I'm sure this has been asked and answered a million times, but searching for "application" "buffer" "cache" "live" and "hls" isn't giving me any answers, so let's get to it...
After I end a live stream (which I do using FMLE 3.2 and FMS 4.5) and I then start a new live stream with the same application name, the HLS stream just loops the last 30 seconds of the old stream. To prevent this, after I end a stream, I have to go to applications\livepkg\streams\_definst_\ and delete the buffered data there. Only then can I start a new stream with the same name as the old stream. Now... that can't be normal, can it? Is there a switch somewhere I can set to tell FMS to cut it out and stop buffering old streams?
Thanks,
Raul

You can use "record" mode rather than default mode of "append". You just need to publish using streamname - livestream%i?adbe-live-event=liveevent&adbe-record-mode=record.
Though "append" should also work - can you let me know what do you see in FMS core logs / application logs. Also are you changing encoding settings when you republish/restart?

Live Streaming from static video file

Hi everybody,
I'm using Amazon Cloud & Flash MMedia Server 4.5.
I would like to take one of my exits videos (a static file), and turn it into a live stream. People can view this video (synchronous). I'm using Flash Media Live Encoder 3.2, but it only capture video from devices as camera...
How I can do it?
Cheers.

Hi Huy,
Please find the zip attached where I have written the scripts for you to deploy on your local FMS server, in context of option 2:
You may like to follow these steps:
1. unzip the folder.
2. deploy FLVpublishonLoad (in case your recorded file is a FLV use case) on your lcoal server
3. deploy toPublish on your remote aws server
4. make sure to correct the path for aws in FLVPublishonLoad application @ line#19:
// Please mention your aws instance hostname instead of localhost , and application name ....
nc.connect("rtmp://localhost/toPublish");
5. go to admin console of your local development server and load the instance of FLVPublishonLoad as shown in the howtoLoadfromAdminConsole.png image attached for refrence purpose.
6. it will automatically connect to the "toPublish" app on your remote server and start publishing your local vod file as a live stream to your aws instance
7. start your subscriber app and subscribe to the stream you have used in FLVPublishonLoad app for Stream.get() method, see line#29 and the subscriberScreenExample.png file attached for the illustration purpose.
few points to note here:
1. I have removed the sample.flv and "sample1_1500kbps.f4v" for keeping the zip size lower.
2. You need to put your stream name at line#55 where you call mystream.play()
3. The stream name that you specify in Stream.get() will be used by subscribers.
4. if your use case is mp4, then please use "MP4PublishonLoad" instead of "FLVPublishonLoad" application.
=============
As I am unable to attach the files here therefore copy-pasting the code for you and others to be re-used:
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main.asc code for FLVPublishonLoad:
var nc;
var ns;
application.onAppStart = function()
    trace("hello client: ");
    publishIt();
function publishIt()
    trace("publishing");
    nc = new NetConnection();
    // Please mention your aws instance hostname instead of localhost , and application name ....
    nc.connect("rtmp://localhost/toPublish");
    nc.onStatus = function(info)
        trace(info.code);
    ns = new NetStream(nc);
    // Exact stream name available for subscribers .....
    mystream = Stream.get("myvodfile");
    mystream.onStatus = function(sinfo)
        trace("mystream.onStatus: "+sinfo.code);
        if(sinfo.code == "NetStream.Publish.Start")
            attach_retVal = ns.attach(mystream);
            if(attach_retVal==true)
                    trace("stream attach was successful ...");
                    startPublish();
            else
                trace("The attempt to attach stream source to NetStream failed");
    // Please put the stream name here inside double-quotes that you want to publish and is available there in streams/_definst_ folder ......
    mystream.play("sample",0,-1,true);
function startPublish()
    ns.publish(mystream.name,"live");
main.asc code for MP4PublishonLoad:
var nc;
var ns;
application.onAppStart = function()
    trace("hello client ");
    publishIt();
function publishIt()
    trace("publishing");
    nc = new NetConnection();
    // Please mention your aws instance hostname instead of localhost , and application name ....
    nc.connect("rtmp://localhost/toPublish");
    nc.onStatus = function(info)
        trace(info.code);
    ns = new NetStream(nc);
    // Exact stream name available for subscribers .....
    mystream = Stream.get("mp4:myvodfile.f4v");
    mystream.onStatus = function(sinfo)
        trace("mystream.onStatus: "+sinfo.code);
        if(sinfo.code == "NetStream.Publish.Start")
            attach_retVal = ns.attach(mystream);
            if(attach_retVal==true)
                    trace("stream attach was successful ...");
                    startPublish();
            else
                trace("The attempt to attach stream source to NetStream failed");
    // Please put the stream name that you want to publish and is available there in streams/_definst_ folder ......
    mystream.play("mp4:sample1_1500kbps.f4v",0,-1,true);
function startPublish()
    trace("#### " + mystream.name);
    ns.publish("mp4:" + mystream.name,"live");
main.asc code for "toPublish" app
=====================
application.onPublish = function(clientObj, streamObj)
    trace("published: " + streamObj.name);
=====================
Please revert back to me in case of further query.
Regards,
Shiraz Anwar

Encode archive of live stream on FMS 4

I thought by what I have initially read that this was possible, but I am not sure.
What we would like to do is create an archive (f4v or mp4) on the FMS 4 server any live stream that is pushed from our endpoints. Primarily as a backup and if necessary - an editable file within CS4 or CS5.
We are at a University and capture lecture powerpoints natively and sometimes need to edit the files. flv is not enough and we would like to take afvantage of mp4 and the FMS server while we use it for overflow as a recorder.
Can anyone clarify if this can be done?
Thanks
-Brian

Recording can be triggered via client-side publish call, or via server-side script. From the publish cmd, you specify "record" option. For example,
ns.publish("mp4:foo", "record"); // ns is a NetStream, "mp4:" prefix tells FMS to record using MP4 container
Otherwise, if you want to trigger the record via server-side as Jay says, you can simply publish the stream as,
ns.publish("mp4:foo");
then from server-side AS, do something like,
// this handler is called when a stream is published
// clientObj is the client that is publishing the stream
// streamObj is the stream that is being published
application.onPublish = function(clientObj, streamObj)
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