Using The Vod Service - Adobe 65029121 - Flash Media Streaming Server Developer's Manual

Modify the live service
Duplicate the RootInstall/applications/live folder in the applications folder and give it a new name, for example,
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live2. In this case, the new live service is located here: RootInstall/applications/live2.
You can create as many instances of the live service as you need.
2 Open the fms.ini file (located in RootInstall/conf) and add a new entry to set the content path for the new service,
for example,
LIVE2_DIR = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Media Server 3\applications\live2
Open the Application.xml file in RootInstall/applications/live2 and change the virtual directory entry to
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<Streams>/;${LIVE2_DIR}</Streams>
4 Restart Flash Media Server.
Clients can connect to the publishing point at the URL
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If the client is the FLVPlayback component, set the
plus the stream name and set the
Disable live services
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Move any live services folders out of the applications folder.

Using the vod service

About the vod service
The vod (video on demand) service lets you stream recorded media without building an application or configuring
the server. You can use the Flash CS3 and Flash 8 FLVPlayback components as clients. Copy MP4, FLV, and MP3
files into the vod application's media folder to stream the media to clients.
Test the vod service
1 Do one of the following:
• Double-click the RootInstall/samples/applications/vod/vodtest.swf file to open a client in the stand-alone
Flash Player.
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Double-click the RootInstall/samples/applications/vod/vodtest.html file to open a client in Flash Player in a
web browser.
Click Go.
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3 (Optional) To play other versions of the sample file, select the file from the pop-up menu and click Go.
Modify the vod service
1 Duplicate the RootInstall/applications/vod folder in the applications folder and give it a new name, for example,
vod2. In this case, the new vod service is located here: RootInstall/applications/vod2.
You can create as many instances of the vod service as you need.
Open the fms.ini file (located in
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service, for example,
VOD2_DIR = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Media Server
3\applications\vod2\media
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contentPath
parameter to
isLive
/conf) and add a new entry to set the content path for the new
RootInstall
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rtmp://flashmediaserver/live2/streamname
parameter to the URL of the publishing point
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