Rookie here: My first flash - to - server upload
Hi All,
New to FLASH, so please bear with me...
I subscribed to one of them flash template places and
purchased a template.
After manipultaing and publishing (here is yet another
question "publishing vs. control+enter (test)" which is the right
way to get a final result or they the same?) my flash file, I ran
it through dreamweaver to get it up to my server.
So here is my main question:
"html VS. swf" Which one is called when someone is trying to
view my site?
And if I DO keep the (MyCompanyName.HTML &
MyCompanyName.SWF) "my_company_name.extension" naming convention as
it was published from "MyCompanyName.FLA" file , then nothing seems
to work.
Do I have to rename the "MyCompanyName.HTML" to "index.html"
and use that?
The company I bought it from makes NO MENTION of having to
rename anything, but MyCompanyName.HTML definitely doesn't work.
If i change the MyCompanyName.HTML name to index.html it
works, but it does not center it nicely like the .swf file does.
Is there a way to make the "swf" file the index file?
Explanations of any of the above will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
G.
The flash swf file by itself will not show on the web without
being contained in a html page. It is an object and would be
downloaded without the html. Flash is nice to create the html page
to contain it. You could always insert it into any html page with
dreamweaver. You have to have the swf file uploaded to your host
along with the html page it resides in. Typically, the file is in
the same folder as the html file although it doesn't have to be, as
long as your path to the swf is correct in the html page.
Personally, I creat the swf with flash, and place it in my
site at the root. Then I place the swf file in the pages I want.
Look at
this page. If you
view the page source you will see the file is in the same folder as
the html page. ( <param name="SRC" value="presentation_1_01.swf"
/> /> ) If I were to contain it in another folder I would
have the folder included in the path.
And as Nickels55 suggested, if you are going to use your
flash page as you home page you will need to rename the html file
which contains it to index.html. The swf file name can stay the
same.
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Hi,
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thanks
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http://flashmog.net
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Hi All,
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Some Questions and concerns:
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3) Does it need its own dedicated machine? Can you run a virtual server with Flash Server?
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Thanks for your help.Hi riquigley,
Following are quick answers on a few of your questions. Hopefully other folks will add their thoughts and also answer the questions I have skipped over.
4) Which of the different flavors of Flash Server are best?
-- FOR STRAIGHT VIDEO STREAMING USE Flash Media Streaming Server. THE PRICE POINT IS LOWER THAN Flash Media Interactive Server (aka FMIS. FMIS IS ONLY NEEDED FOR INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS, E.G. MULTIUSER, CHAT, ETC.)
-- COMPARE EDITIONS PAGE HERE:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/compare/
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-- YES. FMS IS A SERVICE THAT RUNS ON AN OS. WINDOWS AND RED HAT LINUX ARE SUPPORT. FULL REQUIREMENTS HERE:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediastreaming/systemreqs/
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-- SEE LIST OF HOSTING PARTNERS, AKA CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) HERE:
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g -
Please somebody help Flash Media Server 4
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please somebody helpAre you sure that you are using adminconsole from location which mamata specified and not using some old adminconsole from you previous installation or something. I suspect you might be using older adminconsole.swf
You can also get same information using getLicenseInfo Admin command.
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<AdminServer>
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<Enable>${USERS.HTTPCOMMAND_ALLOW}</Enable>
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<!-- every command. -->
<Deny>All</Deny>
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<!-- deny list. -->
<Order>Deny,Allow</Order>
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</AdminServer>
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Now change above content to below content:
<AdminServer>
<HTTPCommands>
<!-- Enable or disable using HTTP requests to execute admin commands. -->
<!-- Set to "true" to enable, otherwise it will be disabled. The -->
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<!-- users can be set in the Allow and Deny elements. -->
<Enable>${USERS.HTTPCOMMAND_ALLOW}</Enable>
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<Allow>All</Allow>
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<!-- Add multiple commands seperated by commas. "All" indicates -->
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<Deny></Deny>
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Once you made the change , restart FMS and FMS Admin Server.
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http://<serverip>:1111/admin/getLicenseInfo?auser=<AdminUserId>&apswd=<AdminUserPassword>
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Re-encode and send to Flash Media Server?
Hi all,
I hope this is not a basic question - I'm in a bit of a loop
with this.
I need to do two things:
grab a live video feed from a
professional DV camera - the feed would be a standard BNC
(composite) video cable + XLR mic cable or similar. I need to take
that feed and somehow convert it to feed and broadcast live through
Flash Interactive Streaming server (...a reliable hardware solution
would be great!)
I will also be receiving Windows
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Also - just in case it makes a difference, the camera is PAL
- not NTSC. So far I've had no problem running tests with a camera
connected directly via firewire.
Thank you for any help you can offer.My first message got screwed up - so trying again.....
Hi all, I hope this is not a basic question - I'm in a bit of
a loop with this.
I need to do two things:
1. grab a live video feed from a professional DV camera - the
feed would be a standard BNC (composite) video cable + XLR mic
cable or similar. I need to take that feed and somehow convert it
to feed and broadcast live through Flash Interactive Streaming
server (...a reliable hardware solution would be great!)
2. I will also be receiving Windows Media MMS feeds from our
parent company - can I re-encode live and send through Flash
Streaming Server in real-time?
Also - just in case it makes a difference, the camera is PAL
- not NTSC. So far I've had no problem running tests with a camera
connected directly via firewire.
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Hi there,
I'm Very sorry for asking this. I guess it's a very basic problem, but I'm very new to Flash and Flash media Server and I need a very fast answer...
Currently I'm working on a Director project using a flash program which connects to Flash Media Server (I guess version 3, it's quite old). Unfortunately they forgot to make a flash method to send the actual userlist (or a notification when someone logged in or out) to Director. AND, unfortunately, they lost the source code of that flash programm, so I cannot look into it or alter it *sigh*.
Now I want to do a new flash programm which covers the old one, letting all known methods "pass trough" and building an additional method to gain the user list (or login/out notification).
How do I get the login information from Flash Media Server? (Would be good if you could provide an idea already for flash code... as I said I'm a tard at flash till now)
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Janahparmar : yes, that's what I feared... I hoped it would be possible to tell the server from which application I do need the login information. What a mess.
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Beginners guide to integrating Flash Media Server 2?
I'm a newbit to Flasha dn flash media server and need some
help with integrating the two products. We've just purchased Flash
Media Server 2 to stream user created videos to a website. Idealy
we would like to use the FlvPlayBack component placed on the stage
to display the FLV file from the media server, but cannont get the
component to access the FLV file.
Media Server Configuration:
On the Media Server we created an application (testapp) with
an default instance (_definst_). The directory path for the
Appliation looks like this W:\MediaApps\testapp\streams\_definst_\
The name of the server is MediaServer
The application and instance are appearing in the Media
Server Admin manager.
I've placed an FLV file (Movie.flv) In the _devinst_
directory.
Flash FLA file
Placed FLVPlayback component on the stage
Set contentpath= rtmp:\\MediaServer\testapp\_definst_\Movie
Set islive=true
When I test publish the file, the video does not display?
Does anyone have any guidance on what I need to do? There
seems to be a lack of documentation on integrating the media
server. I looked a sample app called "SimplePB" that works, but
does not use the FLVPlayback component.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
John WallworkJohn,
For an FLV to stream from FMS, it must be placed in the
streams/_definst_ directory...
applications/myApplication/streams/_definst_/myFlv.flv
Then you would type in the rtmp connection information in the
contentPath of the FLVPlayback component like this
rtmp://myRTMPConnectionInfo/myApplication/myFlv
without the flv extension.
The documentation comes from the FMS components when you
install them.
Here it is...
To set up your FCS for streaming FLV files:
Create a folder in your FCS application folder, and give it a
name such as my_application.
Copy the main.asc file into the my_application folder.
Create a folder named streams in the my_application folder.
Create a folder named _definst_ inside the streams folder.
Place your FLV files in the _definst_ folder.
To access your FLV files on the Flash Communication Server,
use a URL such as rtmp://my_servername/my_application/stream.flv.
For more information on administering the Flash Communication
Server, including how to set up a live stream, see the FCS
documentation at
www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashcom/. When playing
a live stream with FCS, you need to set the FLVPlayback property
isLive to true. For more information, see FLVPlayback.isLive.
Regards,
Bill -
I currently have WAMP(Windows, Apache,MySQL,PHP) installed as
my primary server; I do not want to change this. What I would like
to do is use Flash Media Server as my primary streaming server and
be able to host media files on it. I have been informed that if I
broadcast from the Media Server on Port 80 I will run into trouble
when I start the WAMP server (because it works on Port 80). The
resolution that I've been told is to put the Media Server on Port
:8080. What I am trying to find out is if any one here is running
the Flash Media Server as a second server using Port 8080 or is it
smarter to just assign Flash Media Server it's own port. By the
way, I am trying to set up a test environment that will replicate
what the real server and application will have to do. Any advice is
greatly appreciated. Thank You
In2mobilewhat version of windows are you running?.......try shutting down fms service before making changes.......I know in windows 7 you have to right click choose properties of the folder fms.ini resides in and adjust the security settings.
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Integrating Flash Media Server with other formats
I would like to create a standard screen/player that can play
any of the following formats:
windows media files, all flash files, quick time files, real
player files.
So, for example, lets say I want to manipulate the screen to
be an exact aspect ratio and have the same skin, and exact same
controls as my flash files, but I don't want to work with Real
Server or a Windows Media Server to serve these files what is the
best approach to take ? i.e. a "Standardized" look and feel for all
the formats listed.
Where would I be able to get information that will help me
achieve this ?There are two parts to this,
Flash Media Server application - both client and server side. Check out the video conference app here http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/sample_apps.html.
The client side app will be a .swf file which you can develop in Flash/Flex.
Second, you will have to embed this swf file in your asp.net page that will be delivered to browsers. I am not an expert in asp.net but googled a bit and get a feeling it's possible using
tag.
Also don't forget to check this link http://renaun.com/blog/2006/10/28/139/ for video conferencing app using flex and FMS. -
Hi,
Is it possible to use smart seek functionalities to play files local files without using flash media server(FMS).
I am currently using videoDisplay components but can switch to netStream component if it is possible without FMS.
As I have to seek frame by frame but the current seek() function doesnot provide that functionality.
Any kind of suggestion is most welcome.
Thanks in Advance.I'd like to revive this topic as I just purchased an ATV. I do like it but I am becoming very familiar with the limitations of the ATV.
I used to have a Snyology NAS server but it did not serve/stream the iTunes well enough to my stereo. I have a lot of photos of my children as well as movies and wanted to see more of them so I purchased the ATV as I knew the Syno server/NAS would be bricking soon.
Once the ATV is loaded it is fine for that content. But if there is other content on other computers well, they have to stream and the content on the ATV is not accessible to anything other than the stereo or TV that the ATV is connected to. So, finally, here is my question:
Which NAS streams VERY WELL with the ATV? Correct me if I am wrong but the NAS has to have iTunes imbedded within the server; yes? Secondly, is the best solution for serving an ATV as well as having all media content accessible to all LAN computers a Mac Mini?
So which is it? Please recommend an NAS that can serve iTunes media (music, photos, video) to an Apple TV or is the best solution a Mac Mini which acts like a NAS and streams all media content to the Apple TV and ATV will stream it to HDTV through HDMI , etc.
The ATV is great with the High Def.., wide screen, Dolby 5.1, HDMI port , etc. Just need a way to have the media accessible to everyone on the LAN as well as serve/stream to an already purchased Apple TV.
Thanks for the help,
Cc -
Thanks for looking! i am making my first flash site, and im
not sure what to do next in regards to navigating through the site.
I have different sections, home, info, hardware, equipment, etc,
but im not sure how to make each section appear when you click the
corresponding navigation link. i have an idea but im not sure how
to execute it.
Should i make a movie clip for each section (home, info,
hardware, contact), then place each movie clip in its own frame on
the main time line, and on each navigation link button (each one is
a movie clip) use action script and put a gotoAndPlay() code with
the frame number of the corresponding section? so when you click
it, it goes to that frame which has the movie clip that has the
content for that part of site, say contact, or info?? if so how can
i do this?
that sounds really confusing and im sorry but please help out
a beginner! Thank you and happy halloween!
-Matt
here is a link so you can see the.swf
[url]http://www.filedorm.com/show.php/7839_INTOUCH.swf.html[/url]
and also here is a link for the .fla
[url]http://public.me.com/mattsh*t[/url]
your going to have to copy and paste that in your browser
since the world filter on here. just repleace the " * " with an " i
"Targeting specific timelines in a flash movie can be daunting
in the beginning. But if you start from the main timeline (_root)
and build brom there, it becomes easier to understand.
For eg:
If you have 2 movieclips on your main timeline (_root).
Navigation and Pages.
Inside Navigation you have the buttons, and each button is a
separate movieclip.
Inside Pages you have each page, each a separate movieclip.
to target a specific page number, from a button, there are 2
ways you can go about it. The method that Ned suggested is called
RELATIVE.
-meaning that you target FROM WHERE YOU ARE.
the second method is ABSOLUTE.
-meaning you target FROM MAIN TIMELINE.
Relative is good, but can be confusing when using dot syntax.
Absolute is straight forward and easy to understand, and can
be used from anywhere in the whole movie. The downside, is that it
generally requires a bit more typing.
In the example I stated above, it does not require more
typing. simply say:
_root.page.gotoAndStop(number);
This line can be used from anywhere in your movie, at any
timeline depth, and will work with no worries.
You can also have ALL navigation code on the main timeline on
the first frame. Simply designate the path to the specific button
like so:
navigation.home_btn.onPress = function(){
doSomething;
this tells Flash that the button named "home_btn" located
inside the movieclip called "navigation" will have to doSomething
when Pressed.
I hope this helps you understand targeting a bit more.
Good Luck. -
Calling Flash Gurus-
I am building my FIRST flash site. I have been doing effects,
headers, and basic flash elements for websites now for almost 2
years. I have MX 2004, but have just bought (today) Studio 8. I am
scared to death, but sometime I have to jump head first into flash
site design. I am excited. However, I am also scared out of my
mind. I have a few questions:
#1-Is a site set to the size of 780 W by 480 H a good size? I
see so many TINY flash sites, and that is not something I want. How
can I optimize it for the fastest load time at that size? Any
tutorials or books that can help me there?
#2-Navigation-I wanted to build a nav that slide out from the
side of the site like on the Gucci site, I know it is javascript,
but I have seen this done with Flash before (
http://www.gucci.com/us/index2.html),
and instead of rollovers, there is a tsunami effect that I like
that could be found here:
http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/advanced/Building_a_tsunami/index.shtml.
HOW would I create buttons? Invisible buttons? How can I get them
to move out with the menu?
#3-Am I biting of more than I can chew?
#4-Where can I get the advice I need that explains the basic
actionscript and standards of flash site design? I just need
something to help me along. I am determined and will work day and
night to make this happen. I have a VERY basic understanding
already, I bought a flash template and looked at all the code to
see how everything worked. I need something a little beyond basic
that give comprehensive explanations about the actionscripting
behind all the effects. I am not a copy and paste guy, I need to
understand what is going on.
That is it for now, I am sure here in the next few weeks, you
will all be so sick of seeing my posts here that you may even avoid
the forums until I finish my site. Lol. Seriously though, thanks in
advance for all the help. I need every bit I can get.First when you finish with the site, go to publish
settings> HTML tab> Dimensions> Percent (width and Height
must be 100)
Then go down to scale> No scale (from drop down menu).
Select publish. Now when you go to publish preview select
view>source. In the code insert the following in the head tab.
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
-->
</style>
Save and refresh the page. This makes the window fill without
you having to resize your fla file. I usually make mine 800/600. On
the other stuff, I'm gonna have to get back with you,
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