Running a live stream from an XML playlist

Question

I have just successfully installed Adobe FMS on my server.
I would now like to know how to program a script to run a continuous live stream, of MP4 videos, from an XML playlist.
Can anyone tell me how to do this? ...or provide me a good tutorial? (I am a complete newbie to ActionScript.)
Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

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);
this.dates = new Object;
this.dates.dat0 = new Date().valueOf()+"a";
this.dates.dat1 = new Date().valueOf()+"b";
this.dates.dat2 = new Date().valueOf()+"c";
this.dates.dat3 = new Date().valueOf()+"d";
this.myStream = new Object;
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);
  application.mystream2 = null;
  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){
mystream3.onStatus = function(info){
trace("code3"+info.code);
if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop"&&application.lock3==0){
  trace("yes yes yes yes yes yes");
  clearInterval(application.int3);
  application.couObj.count = 1;
  mystream3 = null;
  application.timObj.tim = 0;
  //application.int4 = setInterval(time,1000,application.myStream.st);
  playcurr(application.passCli.cli);
  switchStream(application.so0);
  application.lock0=0;
  application.lock1=0;
  application.lock2=0;
  application.lock3=0;
application.dates.dat0 = new Date().valueOf()+"e";
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();
var playlist = new XML();
playlist.ignoreWhite = true;
//parse xml play list for individual elements
playlist.onLoad = function( success ) {
if(playlist.loaded == true) {
if (playlist.firstChild.hasChildNodes()) {
for (var aNode = playlist.firstChild.firstChild; aNode != null; aNode=aNode.nextSibling) {
if (aNode.nodeType == 1) {
//create array from parsed xml elements.
videoArray[aNode.attributes.id] = aNode.attributes.name ;
//pass array out of onload function
application.playObj.vid = videoArray;
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);
pass0(videoArray);
//play first video on playlist
playlist.load("http://www.privatechatnow.com/fmsuser/playlist.xml");
}//end onetime if statement
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
  //isolate playlist switching loop for each connected client
  //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
if (application.clients.length >1){
playcurr(application.passCli.cli);
//message client with currently play flv
//message client when flv changes
//message client with metadata
application.onPublish = function(clientObject, streamObject){
trace("Stream name :: "+streamObject.name);
function switchStream(so0){
if(application.couObj.count == 1){
    clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[0].length;
    nextlen = application.playObj.vid[1].length;
so0.send("playSecond",application.playObj.vid[0],clength,currlen,nextlen);
if(application.couObj.count == 2){
    clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[1].length;
nextlen = application.playObj.vid[2].length;
    so0.send("playSecond",application.playObj.vid[1],clength,currlen,nextlen);
if(application.couObj.count == 3){
clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[2].length;
  nextlen = application.playObj.vid[3].length;
    so0.send("playSecond",application.playObj.vid[2],clength,currlen,nextlen);
if(application.couObj.count == 4){
    clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[3].length;
  nextlen = application.playObj.vid[0].length;
    so0.send("playSecond",application.playObj.vid[3],clength,currlen,nextlen);
function playcurr(client){
trace("count = "+application.couObj.count.toString());
if(application.couObj.count ==1){
    clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[0].length;
  nextlen = application.playObj.vid[1].length;
    client.call("playZero",null,application.playObj.vid[0],clength,currlen,nextlen); 
if(application.couObj.count ==2){
    clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[1].length;
  nextlen = application.playObj.vid[2].length;
    client.call("playZero",null,application.playObj.vid[1],clength,currlen,nextlen); 
if(application.couObj.count ==3){
    clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[2].length;
  nextlen = application.playObj.vid[3].length;
    client.call("playZero",null,application.playObj.vid[2],clength,currlen,nextlen); 
if(application.couObj.count ==4){
    clength = application.timObj.tim-3;
currlen = application.playObj.vid[3].length;
  nextlen = application.playObj.vid[0].length;
    client.call("playZero",null,application.playObj.vid[3],clength,currlen,nextlen); 
application.onDisconnect = function(oldclient){
if(application.clients.length ==0){
this.userID--;
function time(myStream){
application.timObj.tim = myStream.time;