MACROMEDIA FLASH MEDIA SERVER 2-DEVELOPING MEDIA Develop Manual page 12

Flash Player
Make sure that you are using the latest version of Flash Player. You can
download Flash Player from the Macromedia website at
getflashplayer.
If you are running Flash Media Server on Linux, you'll need a Windows or Macintosh
computer with Flash to create your media applications, and you'll need to install the
authoring extensions on your authoring computer. You'll also want to install Flash Player
on your UNIX server computer to use the administration tools.
Camera and microphone
accompany your device. For a list of cameras that are known to be compatible with Flash
Media Server, see the
Cameras that aren't on that list may be compatible with Flash Media Server, but haven't been
tested by Macromedia.
Many cameras contain a built-in microphone. You can also install a separate microphone, or
for best results, a microphone-headset combination.
After you've installed your devices, you can specify which camera or microphone Flash should
use by default. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) while any
Flash application is playing, select Settings from the context menu, click the Microphone or
Camera panel, and select your preferred device from the pop-up menu.
Using a JavaScript editor
code, which you'll store in files with an extension of .asc or .js. You may prefer to use software
specifically designed for writing web-based applications, such as Flash Professional or
Dreamweaver. To create an .asc file in Flash, choose New > ActionScript Communication
File.
To include non-ASCII text in your server-side scripts, such as double-byte characters used in
Asian languages, you must use an editor that supports UTF-8 encoding. Flash Media Server
requires UTF-8-encoded ASC files to pass double-byte characters from one client to another.
For more information, see
12 Getting Started
To install a camera or microphone, follow the instructions that
documentation on camera compatibility
You can use any text editor to write server-side ActionScript
"Writing double-byte applications" on page
www.macromedia.com/go/
on the Macromedia website.
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