Setting Up VOD

Hello All,
I am new to FMS and having a bit of trouble. I was able to setup a test VOD video in:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Media Server 3.5\applications\vod\media
Using using test.html in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Media Server 3.5\webroot
test.html is as below
<object width='640' height='377' id='videoPlayer' name='videoPlayer' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000' >
<param name='movie' value='swfs/videoPlayer.swf' />
<param name='quality' value='high' />
<param name='bgcolor' value='#000000' />
<param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' />
<param name='flashvars' value= '&videoWidth=0&videoHeight=0&dsControl=manual&dsSensitivity=100&serverURL=rtmp://MyServer /vod/legend.flv&DS_Status=true&streamType=vod&autoStart=true'/>
<embed src='swfs/videoPlayer.swf' width='640' height='377' id='videoPlayer' quality='high' bgcolor='#000000' name='videoPlayer' allowfullscreen='true' pluginspage='http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer' flashvars='&videoWidth=0&videoHeight=0&dsControl=manual&dsSensitivity=100&serverURL=rtmp: //MyServer/vod/legend.flv&DS_Status=true&streamType=vod&autoStart=true' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'> </embed>
</object>
I am able to get the flash player and the content. If i try from another device I only get the outline of the player.
This is a defsult insatll, no changes have been made. Any ideas?
Thanx!

You will need write some server side script for this. The video tutorial is helpful. However, I have no luck by following the video. I wonder if AS3 handle NetConnection and NetStream differently.
http://fmsguru.com/showtutorial.cfm?tutorialID=12
Please let me know if you get it working ^_^

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You will need write some server side script for this. The video tutorial is helpful. However, I have no luck by following the video. I wonder if AS3 handle NetConnection and NetStream differently.
http://fmsguru.com/showtutorial.cfm?tutorialID=12
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Is there a way for me to set the default VOD directory from:
c:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Media Server
3\samples\applications\vod
To:
c:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\httpdocs\files
This is because all of my user loaded FLV files are located
at c:\Inetpub path instead of c:\Program Files\Adobe.
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When connecting FMS to a Network Drive in Windows:
The FMS service must have permission to read the network
drive. Generally, FMS as a system service does not have permissions
to read network drives. You can create a user in Computer
Management > Groups and Users that matches the permissions
required of the networked drive.
Keep in mind that you must also ensure read rights on the
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VOD_DIR = \\<name of networked computer>\<name of
shared folder>
such as: VOD_DIR = \\192.169.0.100\streams or VOD_DIR =
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right-clicking the Shared Folder on the remote server/computer:
Properties>Sharing Tab. The name of the shared resource appears
right there.
As stated above by other fine contributors to this thread,
your VOD link will be:
eg:
rtmp://www.mywebsite.com/vod/mp4:FallSemester/ClassInterviews/JohnBoy.mp4.
Check the file structure on the remote (networked) directory for
your exact location.
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How to set config for content protection using Adobe Access for an HLS VOD stream?

Hi,
I am trying to do content protection for HLS VOD stream using AdobeAccess in AMS 5.0.1,
I have followed the steps mentioned in the below documentation.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/adobemediaserver/devguide/WS52621785137562 06-4b6aabd1378392bb59-7fe8.html
Here is my configuration snippet from httpd.conf :
<Location /hls-vod>
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    HLSDrmLicenseServerCertFile "../creds/cert-trial.der"
    HLSDrmPackagerCredentialFile "../creds/cert-trial.pfx"
    HLSDrmPackagerCredentialPassword <plain text password>
    HLSDrmPolicyFile "../creds/ad-policy.pol"
    HLSDrmKeyServerURL "http://faxs.adobe.com"
    Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks
</Location>
When i hit the video url from desktop chrome browser,apache error log says:
[warn] Error fetching encryption params:/mnt/webroot/vod/sample_video.mp4
[error] mod_hlshttp [403]: Encryption error while processing /mnt/webroot/vod/sample_video.mp4, Ref: [6:Key uri missing]
And when i tried the video url on ipad device using the AccessPlayer Sample given by Adobe, the error log came as:
DRM error Major[3363] minor[0]NSerror:[(null)]
Any idea where i am going wrong?
Is the configuration i am going at httpd.conf accurate?
Any help is greatly appreciated !!
Thanks in advance,
Maria

Hi Rodrigo,
Though both Azure Blob and Azure applications support custom domain, one domain could have only one DNS record (in this case is CNAME record) at one time. For Steve's case, he has 3 domains, blog.smarx.com, files.blog.smarx.com and cdn.blog.smarx.com.
> I would like to find a way to storage my html page that I need to edit under the same domain.
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Thanks.
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What's wrong with VOD??

Why do movies I rent keep stopping while running. The screen goes black and shortly the set goes back to regular programming. SOme of the time I can hit VOD and go back to the movie and sometimes I can resume and some times I have to fast forward. I have the "new" set top box and it still keeps happening. I AM TIRED of this. I ruins the whole show.
FIX IT. Tell me when you will fix it. Be soon or you can take your internet, telephone and TV service BACK and I'll find another provider. Plenty of them offer me better deals every week.

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I can't get a f4m to play to save my life. It also doesnt help that i have yet to find a resource that has a proper f4m structure. Every single one, from Adobe.com to Lynda.com all set it up differntly and none of them are for AMS 5. I keep getting error messages from the StrobeMediaPlayback.swf saying that the f4m is not formed correctly.
Also, all of the tutorials use LOCALHOST, which does not apply to me because i have access to a server with AMS 5 on it.
I can get a single video to stream if i do a direct path to the video rather than a path to the F4M file, but that's not what i am trying to do.
IN MY PLAYER, i have a full URL for the VOD.f4m. For privacy reasons, i removed it.
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?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns="_http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/1.0">
     <id>dynamicStream</id>
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     <streamType>recorded</streamType>
     <baseURL>http://XX.XXX.XX.XXX/vod/</baseURL>
     <media url="sample1_1500kbps" bitrate="1500" />
     <media url="sample1_700kbps" bitrate="800" />
     <media url="sample1_150kbps" bitrate="400" />
</manifest>
Source:Adobe.com/forums
This does not work:
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<media href="http://10.100.34.145/hds-vod/sample1_150kbps.f4v.f4m" bitrate="150"/>
<media href="http://10.100.34.145/hds-vod/sample1_700kbps.f4v.f4m" bitrate="700"/>
<media href="http://10.100.34.145/hds-vod/sample1_1500kbps.f4v.f4m" bitrate="1500"/>
</manifest>
Source:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/adobemediaserver/devguide/WS36639d9e8574ac3f4741126212dea232fa 8-8000.2.3.html#WS196aaf3cddfd5bd77166280a1304ebf733f-7fff.2.3
Also used by Jodie B in the youTube video that Adobe is still using despite its 3 years old.
This does not work:
manifest xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/2.0">
    <baseURL>http://XX.XXX.XX.XXX/hds-vod/</baseURL>
    <media href="sample1_150kbps.f4m" bitrate="150"/>
    <media href="sample1_500kbps.f4m" bitrate="500"/>
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Source:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flashmediaserver/devguide/WSeb6b7485f9649bf23d103e5512e08f3a33 8-8000.html
Also used on Lynda.com
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<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0"
width="470" height="320">
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            value="src=vod.f4m
                &streamType=recorded
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                &autoPlay=true
                &playButtonOverlay=false
                &controlBarAutoHide=false"> </param>
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    <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>
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        type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
        allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="320"
        flashvars="src=vod.f4m
            &streamType=recorded
            &loop=true
            &autoPlay=true
            &playButtonOverlay=false
            &controlBarAutoHide=false">
    </embed>
</object>
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How do I set-up Linksys E3000 with Actiontec MI424WR

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Major160 wrote:
For the past few weeks, I keep getting an error message whenever I try to watch anything on VOD. The message says try again later but after repeated attempts it ususally doesn't work. Although, on one or two occasions I finally got the program to load and play. I've called the technical assitance number and after about 20 minutes answering questions to a machine I finally gor a human on the phone who had me reset the STB and then said it was a technical error on their side and nothing they could do and no ETA on when it would be fixed. This seems to happen a lot on weekend nights so I dont know if its a capacity issue but it's very fustrating especially when I'm paying for premium channels but can only watch them in real time.
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going to this link (and selecting Troubleshoot Now) for further steps: http://www22.verizon.com/support/residential/tv/fiostv/guide/video+on+demand/questionsone/123196.htm
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second, when i click Setup>Set Up Wizard> Email Setup im sure theres meant to be an option to make a new address? but mine only says "i want to use a work email account with a Blackberry Enterprise Server" and when i click next it asks for an activation password ?
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i have set the ams conf file and have in the past use a unc paths for my VOD_Dirs
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VOD_DIR = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Media Server 5\applications\vod\media
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