Multicast video player with FMS 4.0

Question

I am trying to create a video player in Flash Builder using the new Flash Media Server 4.0 capabilities but I am not able to. The only thread I've seen out there is regarding the P2P player which is not what I want as seen here:
http://www.swfgeek.net/2010/08/10/multicast-streaming-in-flash-player-10-1-revisited/
I want to create a custom player that can retrieve a multicast broadcast.
Here is my code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Group xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
         xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
         xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" width="650" height="250">
    <fx:Declarations>
        <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
    </fx:Declarations>
    <fx:Script>
    <![CDATA[
    import mx.core.UIComponent;
    import spark.components.Group;
    private const SERVER:String = "rtmfp://172.22.2.150/multicast";
    private const DEVKEY:String = ""; //removed for now
    [Bindable]
    private var connected:Boolean = false;
    private var video:Video;
    private var netConnection:NetConnection;
    private var stream:NetStream;
    public function init():void{
    writeText("Broadcaster:");
    video = new Video(320,240);
    video.x = 10;
    video.y = 10;
    var uic:UIComponent = new UIComponent();
    uic.addChild(video);
    addElement(uic);
    connect();
    private function connect():void{
    netConnection = new NetConnection();
    netConnection.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatus);
    netConnection.connect(SERVER+DEVKEY);
    private function onNetConnectionNetStatus(event:NetStatusEvent):void
    switch(event.info.code){
    case "NetStream.Connect.Success":
    event.info.stream.dispatchEvent(event);
    break;
    private function netStatus(event:NetStatusEvent):void{
    writeText(event.info.code);
    switch(event.info.code){
    case "NetConnection.Connect.Success":
    setupStream();
    break;
    case "NetStream.Connect.Success":
    // not using a camera, using another live video source
    //var cam:Camera = Camera.getCamera();   
    //stream.attachCamera(cam);
    //stream.publish("multicast");
    //video.attachCamera(cam);
    stream.attach(netConnection);
    stream.publish("myStream");
    video.attachNetStream(stream);
    break;
    private function setupStream():void{
    //var groupspec:GroupSpecifier = new GroupSpecifier("myGroup/multicastOne");
        var groupspec:GroupSpecifier = new GroupSpecifier("fms.multicast.example");
    groupspec.serverChannelEnabled = true;
    groupspec.multicastEnabled = true;
    groupspec.groupspecWithoutAuthorizations()
    stream = new NetStream(netConnection,groupspec.groupspecWithAuthorizations());
    stream.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatus);
    private function writeText(txt:String):void{
    txtHistory.text += txt+"\n";
    ]]>
    </fx:Script>
    <s:TextArea top="10" bottom="10" id="txtHistory" width="250" right="10"/>
</s:Group>

Answer 1

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