Scheduled flv playback in fms

Hello,
Is there any way to stream videos based on a time schedule?
For example, I'm looking to play one video at 8 am, another video
at 10 am, etc. and everyone who views the stream will be at the
same point in the video, regardless of when they loaded it.

Create a stream on the server side based on the time of day
(use the date object on the server side) and play the file you
want. Then when a client connects up, have them play the stream
that the server is playing.
This seems to be a common request on this forum.... here's a
link to an article I wrote that does that for MP3 files on FMS.
Same idea, just use FLV files:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/articles/live_dj_app.html

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Hello,
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http://asp-gb.secure-zone.net/v2/index.jsp?id=1879/2428/6978&lng=en&startPage=7
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