I. Term Interpretations You May Want to Know:

Streaming Media are multimedia that are constantly received by, and normally presented (the term “presented” is used in a general sense that includes audio or video playback) to, an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider……from Wikipedia

RTMP (Real Time Messaging Protocol) is a proprietary protocol developed by streaming provider Adobe Systems, for streaming audio, video and data over the Internet, between a Flash player and a server……from Wikipedia

Moyea RTMP Stream Plugin, developed by Moyea Software, is capable of playing live streaming videos, SMIL presentations, and streaming videos from kinds of RTMP servers in RTMP FLV player customized by Moyea Web Player……from playerdiy.com.

The combination of above 3 concepts comes the topic of this article: how to play LIVE streaming video imported from RTMP stream plugin in customized RTMP FLV player on site.

II. Typical Cases it May Apply but not only Limit to:

A. You have a webcam and you want to show whatever it’s capturing live via RTMP FLV player on internet.

B. Your friend has a DV recorder and he wants to display everything it’s recording live via RTMP FLV player on internet.

III. Essential Programs You have to Have:

1. Flash Media Server 3.5 (FMS)
Download here

2. Flash Media Live Encoder 3 (FMLE)
Download here

3. Moyea Web Player and Moyea RTMP Stream Plugin
Click here and here to download

IV. Let’s Do It!

Step 1: Make sure your webcam or DV recorder is attached to computer and working.

Step 2: Install FMS in your server and launch it afterwards. Usually it operates at background rather than at desktop, but you can easily check its working status from “Control Panel” → “Administrative Tools” → “Services”.

Note: We will have an upcoming article soon introduces the solution of how to implement live streaming video playback in case your server is not accessible from local.

Step 3: Install FMLE in your computer and have a glance at the launch interface below.

Input area on the left, where it receives datas from camera and you can customize video and audio settings. Output area on the right where you can stream those datas to FMS and set other output-relative parameters.

Step 4: Click the green “Start” button to begin the video encoding and streaming process. The interface switches to show you the log accordingly like below. Start moving, acting, talking now in front of the webcam or DV recorder.

Step 5: Go back to FMLE interface, you will see the connection between FMLE and FMS is already established. Copy the FMS URL for the next step.

Step 6: Launch Moyea Web Player with Moyea RTMP Plugin installed, paste the FMS URL from the following interface.

Step 7: Proceed to the next RTMP FLV player customization procedures until it’s published. Then it’s time to enjoy the live streaming videos in your own player on any website.

Another two Moyea plugins- RTMP Stream and Video Search- are upgraded to the latest version with optimized functions and new setting options.

Shenzhen P.R.C – Feb, 04th, 2010 - Moyea Software Co., Ltd. (http://www.moyeamedia.com): a rising developer of flash applications for the internet and multimedia software, today officially announces the upgraded version V1.2 and V1.1 with optimized functions and new setting options for RTMP Stream and Video Search Plugin respectively.

Moyea RTMP Stream and Video Search Plugin are two useful plugins of Moyea Addons family. The former plugin enables users to create RTMP FLV player with Moyea Web Player to play live streaming videos, SMIL presentations and streaming videos from kinds of RTMP servers. While the latter plugin can perform the video search from video-sharing sites like YouTube, Video.Google etc and display the searching results and then play them in the customized flash video player on website.

Upgraded Features of Moyea RTMP and Video Search Plugin

New Moyea RTMP Plugin V1.2 is capable of:

1. Playing the complete streaming videos, including the last few seconds - in the previous version, it may be incompetent to play the last few seconds of streaming videos. However, the new version this time can play the streaming videos completely from the very beginning to the end.

New Moyea Video Search Plugin V1.1 is capable of:

1. Relating the video search with controlbar - “Relevant with Controlbar” option creates a certain interaction between searching performance and play action. It will auto-return to the searching result during video playback when clicking “Stop”, accordingly, it will auto-minimize when clicking “Play”.

2. Keeping the searching result list visible while minimizing - aiming to provide clear and convenient video browsing and navigating, the newly added “ Do not Hide List when minimizing ” option will remain the searching result visible even the searching panel is minimized.

3. Hiding automatically during the playback of added advertisement - just appear at the right time! The plugin won’t interfere with the added advertisements in order to ensure a better ad presentation.

4. Disabling plugin duplication - in order to avoid the confusion of having two plugins alike, only one video search plugin can be added and surely can serve the customers better in this way. Kindly note that it has to work with Moyea Web Player V2.3.0.3 and up versions to implement this function.

Price and Availability of Moyea RTMP and Video Search Plugin

Moyea RTMP Plugin is totally free to use and can be downloaded via the below link. Video search plugin also has a free trial version but with a watermark hyperlinked to Moyea website. Just pay a little extra to remove the watermark and enjoy the lifelong updates and prior technical supports.

System Requirement of Moyea RTMP and Video Search Plugin

Those two plugins occupy hardly any space and work well with Moyea Web Player V2.0 and up versions under Windows 7 and Windows XP/2000/NT/Vista.

Links:

Company Website: http://www.moyeamedia.com/
Product&Price&Download:
http://www.playerdiy.com/configuration/addons/rtmp.html
http://www.playerdiy.com/configuration/addons/vidsearch.html

Contact Person:
Steven
Moyea Software Co., Ltd.
Chief Executive Officer
Email: contact@moyeamedia.com