User guide

Getting started

Last updated 8/28/2014

http://public-dns/strobe/StrobeMediaPlayback.html

Live streaming with DVR

To add DVR functionality to a live stream, do the following:

1 Download the DVRCast application from www.adobe.com/go/ams_toolsand unzip it.

Note: The DVRCast application was developed for Adobe Media Server 5, but it supports Adobe Media Server on

Amazon Web Services as well.

2 Copy the DVRCast application to the following location on the instance:

/mnt/applications/dvrcast_origin

Use the instructions at Connect to an instance and copy files from a Windows computeror Connect to an instance

and copy files from a Linux/UNIX computer.

3 Open Flash Media Live Encoder and enter the following:

• For AMS URL, enter:

rtmp://public-dns/dvrcast_origin

Use the Public DNS value of the instance from the AWS Management Console.

• For Stream, enter:

livestream

• Click Start to publish a stream to the dvrcast_origin application on the instance.

4 Go to the Strobe Media Playback page at http://sourceforge.net/projects/smp.adobe/files/and do the following:

a For Video Source, enter:

rtmp://public-dns/dvrcast_origin/livestream

For example, if the Public DNS of the instance is ec2-184-72-148-15.compute-1.amazonaws.com, the Video

Source is:

rtmp://ec2-184-72-148-15.compute-1.amazonaws.com/dvrcast_origin/livestream

b Click the Advanced tab and select Stream Type: DVR.

c Click Preview to update the Embed Code.

d Click the Play button to play the video from your Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services instance.

You can select other options in the Strobe Media Playback page. After you change an option, click Preview to update

the embed code.

To embed Strobe Media Playback in your own web page, copy the Preview Embed Code, and paste it into your

HTML page.

5 When you terminate the instance, the data is deleted. To keep the recorded stream, copy it to a storage volume (EBS

or S3). The stream is recorded to /mnt/applications/dvrcast_origin/streams/_definst_/. For information about

transferring files, see

Managing content.

Live HTTP Dynamic Streaming

Note: This tutorial assumes that you’ve completed the on-demand streaming tutorial and know how to launch an instance

and connect to an instance.