As the Red5 media server continues to mature, new and exciting additions are announced with greater frequency. Once such addition to Red5 is the Jedai project. Anyone familiar with Flash Media Server knows that it provides a solid component library for rapid development of collaborative media applications. With the introduction of the Jedai project, Red5 is no longer lacking in the area. Read More
Category Archives: Red5
Remote debugging Red5 applications
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
Filed under ActionScript, Flash Media Server, Java, Red5, Software, Tutorials
While most developers are content to record video using the 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
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
