• How to use the Adobe Flash Media Playback player with Wowza Media Server

    Published on 10-01-2010 05:18 AM      Number of Views: 18721  
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    The Flash Media Playback Player is a configurable live and on demand media player that is offered by Adobe Media Systems. The player is based on the Open Source Media Framework technology. The player files are accessed remotely so no files need to be copied to your web server.

    To use this player with Wowza Media Server, follow these instructions:

    First, setup an application for streaming by following one of these tutorials:

    Video On Demand

    Live: RTMP based encoder

    Live: RTSP/RTP based encoder

    Live: MPEG-TS based encoder

    Live: Native RTP (SDP file) based encoder

    Live: IP Camera, RTSP/RTP re-streaming

    1. Go to media player configuration page: http://www.osmf.org/configurator/fmp/
    2. Make the following configuration changes:


      1. Change the Video Source (URL) to the full RTMP URL of the stream you wish to play.

        For example, to play the sample.mp4 sample file video on demand:
        Code:
        rtmp://[wowza-ip-address]/vod/mp4:sample.mp4
        For example, for live:
        Code:
        rtmp://[wowza-ip-address]/live/myStream
      2. Under the Advanced tab, keep Stream Type at Live or recorded (default) for either video on demand or live streams. It is not necessary to change the Stream Type popup to Live if playing a live stream or Recorded if playing a video on demand stream.
      3. Under the Advanced tab, change the Optimize buffering? setting to No and we suggest an Intial buffer length setting of between 2 and 5 seconds


    3. Click the big Preview button
    4. To play the movie, click the play button in the player
    5. To add the player to your site, copy and paste the code in the Preview Embed Code into your HTML page


    Flash HTTP (Sanjose) Streaming

    This player can also play Flash HTTP (Sanjose) streams. Check the box labeled "In the Flash Media Playback configurator, you have to check "Are you using HTTP Streaming or Flash Access 2.0?". Then enter a URL like:
    Code:
    http://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/vod/mp4:sample.mp4/manifest.f4m

    Note: If you are using stream names with path elements, the application instance name must be included in the RTMP URL. See this forum post for more details:

    http://www.wowzamedia.com/forums/content.php?55


    1. Categories:
    2. Adobe Flash,
    3. Live,
    4. Video On Demand
    Comments 1 Comment
    1. rrlanham - 07-22-2011, 04:02 AM
      Added step to play Flash HTTP (Sanjose) with Flash Media Playback

      Richard