More FMS & Flash CS3 not loading FLV

Question

I consider myself an intelligent fellow, but getting Flash
CS3 to stream vis FMS is killing me. I've read the posts here where
people are describing similar situations. I've read several
websites that show kinda similar methods of getting this done, but
none are working! The docs on FMS & CS3 are like in an infinite
loop "see AS2.0/3.0 documentation on how to stream videos" &
when you get there "See FMS documentation on how to stream
videos"!!
I've read this & did it all, no dice:
http://www.mcalister.cc/ddd/flv/index.html
Read this which linked me to above, no dice:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveD ocs_Parts&file=00003495.html
Here is my config:
SERVER running FMS2, Windows Server 2003, IIS6, offsite, but
am able to RDP in.
File structure:
C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash Media Server
2\applications\ForRentFlash\streams\small\Cosmo_Small.flv
C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash Media Server
2\applications\ForRentFlash\main.asc (sole content being:
load(components.asc))
Where: ForRentFlash = appName
small = instanceName
Flash CS3 development locally & testing movie produces
WHITE SCREEN.
Component Inspector for FLVPlayBack AS3.0 dropped on stage:
Source Content Path:
rtmp://1.2.3.4/ForRentFlash/small/Cosmo_Small.flv (of course with
correct IP)
No matter how I go about this, I end up with: FAILED TO LOAD
rtmp://1.2.3.4/ForRentFlash/small/Cosmo_Small.flv.
Port 1935 was opened on the firewall of the remote
server.

Answer 1

Try placing your flv files in a _definst_ directory.....
Here is how mine are set up:
C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash Media Server
2\applications\aniridia\streams\_definst_\V032v.flv
I don't use any .asc files, but I'm fairly certain that they
would be in the root of the " aniridia " directory (which is the
application), rather than in the " aniridia\streams\_definst_ "
directory.
My videos would not stream until I put them in the _definst_
directory.
I use an xml playlist with my flv player to call my videos.
My stream syntax looks like this:
rtmp://mydomain.com/aniridia
Don't reference the flv file name.
Good luck!