Category Archives: Java

Remote debugging Red5 applications

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Posted by Carl Sziebert on September 16, 2007 – 12:53 pm
Filed under Eclipse, Java, Red5, Tutorials

Red5[1] contributor Paul Gregoire recently added a new server startup script targeted specifically at application debugging. The script is quite simple in nature and is provided in both Windows and Unix flavors. Take note, however, that this script is exclusive to the standalone version of Red5. Debugging the WAR version of the server is quite a different task. To demonstrate the ease of debugging your applications, I’ll walk through a simple example using Eclipse[2] and the source code from my stream recording tutorial. Read More »

Server-side stream recording with Red5

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Posted by Carl Sziebert on September 4, 2007 – 7:48 pm
Filed under ActionScript, Flash Media Server, Java, Red5, Software, Tutorials

This tutorial has been updated. Please check out the new post.NetStream.publish(“streamName”, “record”) API, it is sometimes useful to take FLV snippets from the publishing stream instead. In my opinion, this is one of the greatest features of Flash Media Server (FMS) and Red5. Utilizing this strategy allows the application developer to precisely control when and how much of the video is recorded. While recording via the NetStream function has been available in Red5 since the beginning, recording video from the server-side application has not. In this post, I’ll demonstrate Red5′s ability to record an FLV with a very simple pair of publish and subscribe flash applications. Read More »

Red5 + Hibernate

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Posted by Carl Sziebert on August 23, 2007 – 10:07 am
Filed under ActionScript, Hibernate, Java, Red5, Software, Tutorials

This tutorial has been updated. Please check out the new post.

Having followed the growth of the Red5 Media Server[1] from it’s fledgling 0.3 days, I’ve become fairly familiar with its offerings. One of the most frequently asked questions on the Red5 mailing list pertains to database connectivity for user authentication and application security. I’ll attempt to tackle one solution here using Hibernate[2], an object/relational persistence framework. Read More »