Summary of Contents for Adobe 38000511 - Macromedia Flash Basic
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ADOBE FLASH MEDIA ® ® SERVER INSTALLATION GUIDE...
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The content of this guide is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Adobe Systems Incorpo- rated.
Adobe® Flash® Media Server provides streaming media capabilities and a scripting engine that enable you to create and deliver a wide range of interactive media applications. Use Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server to create tradi- tional media delivery applications, such as video on demand, live web event broadcasts, and audio streaming. Use Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server to deliver communication applications like video blogging, video messaging, and multimedia chat environments.
ADOBE FLASH MEDIA SERVER Installation Guide • Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server Plug-in API Reference documents the C++ API you use to create plug-ins. Support You may want to explore these other sources of support for Flash Media Server: •...
Chapter 2: Installing the server To install Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server 3, Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 3, or Adobe Flash Media Development Server 3, review the system requirements, back up existing data, and run the installer. Note: For information about differences between server editions, see Server editions in the Technical Overview.
ADOBE FLASH MEDIA SERVER Installation Guide Some antivirus programs, such as Panda Antivirus, and programs that install their own wrappers for system-level socket calls may cause Flash Media Server to fail. (Other antivirus programs, such as Norton AntiVirus™, are compatible with Flash Media Server.) If you are experiencing problems with Flash Media Server and have antivirus software installed, try removing the antivirus program.
Windows, use MicrosoftVisual Studio .NET 2003 or Microsoft Visual C++ 2005. On Linux, use GNU Compiler Collection 3.4.x. For more information, see Working with plug-ins in Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server Plug- in Developer Guide. • Copy any applications you want to deploy on Flash Media Server 3 to the RootInstall/applications folder.
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ADOBE FLASH MEDIA SERVER Installation Guide If you have a Flash Media Server 3 license (LIC) file, place it in the RootInstall/licenses folder and restart the server. To verify your installation, see Verifying installation. Install the server on Linux Log in as a root user (required to install Flash Media Server).
Start the server from the Start menu Choose Start > All Programs > Adobe > Flash Media Server 3 > Start Adobe Flash Media Server 3 Choose Start > All Programs > Adobe > Flash Media Server 3 > Start Flash Media Administration Server 3 Stop the server from the Start menu Choose Start >...
Do one of the following: • Select Start > Programs > Adobe > Flash Media Server 3 > Uninstall Adobe Flash Media Server 3. • Choose Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs, select the version of Flash Media Server or Flash Communication Server you want to remove and click Remove.
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ADOBE FLASH MEDIA SERVER Installation Guide At the shell prompt, enter cd /opt/adobe/fms By default, is the directory where Flash Media Server is installed. If you installed the server /opt/adobe/fms in a different directory, replace with the actual installation location.
Verifying installed files Installed files on Windows If you chose the default folder in the installer, the installation folder is C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Media Server 3. Note: The documentation refers to the default folder as RootInstall. The Flash Media Server 3 folder contains the following items:...
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Server-Side ActionScript engine (Mozilla SpiderMonkey). Installed files on Linux If you chose the default directory in the installer, the installation directory is /opt/adobe/fms/. Note: The documentation refers to the default folder as RootInstall. The fms directory contains the following items:...
Administration Console and connect to the Administration Server. To open the Administration Console on Windows: Choose Start > All Programs > Adobe > Flash Media Server 3 > Flash Media Administration Console. Enter the Server Address. If the Administration Console is on the same computer as Flash Media Server, you can use localhost.
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ADOBE FLASH MEDIA SERVER Installation Guide To open the Administration Console on Linux: If you aren’t running a GUI desktop environment, copy the RootInstall/fms_adminConsole.swf and RootIn- stall/fms_adminConsole.htm files to a computer running a Linux GUI desktop environment or to a computer running a Windows or Mac operating system and open the fms_adminConsole.htm file in a browser.
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ADOBE FLASH MEDIA SERVER Installation Guide • Verify that the RootInstall/applications/live directory is installed and contains the following files: allowedHTMLdomains.txt, allowedSWFdomains.txt, Application.xml, and main.far. If it doesn’t, uninstall and reinstall the server. • Use the Services window (Windows) or the service window (Linux) to verify that Flash Media Server and Flash Media Administration Server are running.
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INDEX 15 Index streaming video 13 adaptors. See plug-ins support 2, 3 Administration Console 12 connecting on Linux 13 connecting on Windows 12 third-party software conflicts 3 community 2 uninstalling conflicts, software 3 from Linux 8 from Windows 8 upgrade paths 4 data, backing up 4 documentation 1 video on demand.See vod service...
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