Adobe MEDIA SERVER User manual

Using ADOBE®MEDIA SERVER on
Amazon Web Services

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Contents
Chapter 1: Getting started
Create an account and connect to the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Tutorials: on-demand and live streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2: Using Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services
Supported features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Securing the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Managing the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Managing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Working with applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 3: Getting Help and Support
Adobe Help and Support resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Amazon Help and Support resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Chapter 1: Getting started
Adobe® Media Server (AMS) on Amazon Web Services is a pre-configured instance of Adobe Media Server Extended
running on hardware in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Use Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web
Services to stream live and on-demand media to Adobe® Flash® Player and Adobe® AIR®.
Note: The latest AMS version available on AWS is AMS 5.
To get started, complete the tasks in “Create an account and connect to the server” on page 1. Then complete the
“Tutorials: on-demand and live streaming” on page 6 to start streaming media.
To watch a video of an Amazon Web Services Evangelist explaining how to create an account and connect to the
server, see Using the AWS Management Console with Amazon EC2.
Create an account and connect to the server
Create an Amazon Web Services account and order Adobe Media Server
1Sign up for an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account at aws.amazon.com/ec2/.
For detailed instructions, see Sign up for EC2 in “Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Getting Started Guide”.
2To order Adobe Media Server for Amazon Web Services with your AWS account, go to
www.adobe.com/go/learn_fms_aws_order_en.
3Read the pricing terms and click Place your order.
There is a $5.00 monthly subscription fee. This fee allows you to run an unlimited number of Adobe Media Server
instances. In addition to the monthly subscription fee, there is a fee for hourly usage and a fee for data transfer.
Note: Read the product license agreement at adobe.com/products/eulas/.
Launch an instance of Adobe Media Server
To start using Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services, launch a virtual server, known as an Amazon EC2
instance.
For additional information and screenshots, see Launch an Instance in “Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Getting
Started Guide”.
1Sign in to your Amazon Web Services account at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2.
The AWS Management Console launches with the EC2 tab open.
2In the AWS Management Console, click Launch Instance.
3Click Community AMIs (Amazon Machine Images).
According to Amazon, “An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) contains all the information needed to create a new
instance of a server. For example, an AMI might contain all the software to act as a web server (e.g., Linux®,
Apache, and your web site), or all the software to act as a Windows® database server (e.g., Windows and SQL Server).”
4Locate the latest Adobe Media Server AMI IDs on this page.

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5From the Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) page, locate the AMI in the Community AMI pane and click Select.
Optionally, you can search for the AMI ID and locate the AMI.
6On the Instance Details screen, do the following and click Continue:
•Enter the number of instances.
•Select the Availability Zone of the server hosting the instance.
•Select the Instance Type.
The instance type determines the number of RTMFP connections that the server supports. See “Supported Flash
Media Server features” on page 21. The instance type also determines the pricing.
•Leave Launch Instances selected.
Note: Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services does not support Spot Instances or Virtual Private Clouds (VPC).
7On the Advanced Instance Options screen, do the following and click Continue:
•Select the default Kernel ID.
•Select the default RAM Disk ID.
•You can optionally enable CloudWatch Monitoring. CouldWatch Monitoring may incur additional charges.
•You can optionally copy a shell script to the User Data field. The shell script runs when the instance launches.
See “Using Amazon Simple Storage Solution (S3) to store content” on page 35.
8Adobe Media Server does not require that you add any tags. However, you may choose to add tags. Use the value
of the Name tag to identify the instance in the AWS Management Console, for example, you could the Name value
to My First AMS Instance. Click Continue.
9Do one of the following to choose a Key Pair, and click Continue:
•If you’ve already created a key pair, you can Select Choose from your existing Key Pairs. Select a key pair from
the drop-down list. You can use one key pair for an unlimited number of instances.
•Select Create a new Key Pair. Enter a name for the key pair. Click Create & Download your Key Pair. Save the
.pem file to a safe place on your computer and click Continue.
From the Amazon documentation, “A key pair is a security credential similar to a password, which you use to
securely connect to your instance once it's running. If you're new to Amazon EC2 and haven't created any key pairs
yet, when the wizard displays the Create Key Pair page, the Create a new Key Pair button is selected by default.” For
general information about key pairs, see Using Public Keys for Authentication.
10 Select Create a new Security Group. A Security Group is a firewall. Do the following to define how clients can
connect to the instance:
Note: If you’ve already defined a Security Group for Adobe Media Server instances, you can select it. You can use one
Security Group for an unlimited number of instances. When an instance is running, you cannot change the Security
Group it belongs to. However, you can modify the rules of a Security Group at any time.
aSelect HTTP from the pop-up menu and click Add Rule.
bSelect SSH from the pop-up menu and click Add Rule.

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Create a Security Group in the Request Instances wizard.
Important: To stream media, you must open port 1935 for the RTMP protocol for TCP and UDP. You cannot add
this rule in the Request Instances wizard. You will add it in the AWS Management Console.
11 Review the information for the instance. When you’re satisfied with the settings, click Launch.
Your instances may take a few minutes to launch. Click View your instances on the Instances page to go to the AWS
Management Console.
Note: From the Amazon EC2 FAQ: It typically takes less than 10 minutes from the issue of the RunInstances call to
the point where all requested instances begin their boot sequences. This time is dependant on a number of factors
including: the size of your AMI, the number of instances you are launching, and how recently you have launched that
AMI. Images launched for the first time may take slightly longer to boot.
12 To add port 1935 to the Security Group, do the following:
aIn the AWS Management Console, in the Navigation pane, click Security Groups.
bSelect the Security Group you want to modify.
cSelect Connection Method: Custom, Protocol: TCP, From Port: 1935, To Port: 1935, Source (IP or Group):
0.0.0.0/0 and click Save.

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Open port 1935 in the Security Group
dSelect Connection Method: Custom, Protocol: UDP, From Port: 1935, To Port: 1935, Source (IP or Group):
0.0.0.0/0 and click Save.
Verify that Adobe Media Server is running
1In the AWS Management Console, select the instance to verify.
2In the bottom pane, select the Description tab and scroll down to the Public DNS (domain name system). Copy the
Public DNS.
The public DNS is the address the public uses to connect to the instance. For example, the public DNS of the Adobe
website is www.adobe.com. For more information, see Domain Name System at Wikipedia.

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Public DNS entry in the AWS Management Console.
3Open a web browser and paste the public DNS into the address field:
http://public-dns
For example, the address will look something like this:
http://ec2-184-72-81-199.compute-1.amazonaws.com
The Adobe Media Server Start Screen loads and begins streaming content.
4If the Start Screen doesn’t load or stream content, do the following:
•Verify that the instance is running in the AWS Management Console. In the My Instances panel of the console,
the Status column should have a green light and say “running”.
•Verify that the correct Allowed Connections are set. For information about which connections to allow, see
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•Verify that TCP ports 1935 and 80 are open in the firewall of the computer running the web browser. Use the
port test hosted by flashcomguru.com. If you see the line “RMTP Port 1935 Success”, you know that port 1935
is open.
After you’ve verified that the server is running, complete the “Tutorials: on-demand and live streaming” on page 6.
You can manage administrators and reset passwords by using the Administration Console. For more information, see
Manage administrators
Tutorials: on-demand and live streaming
Important: When you terminate an instance, any changes you made to the instances and any content you copied to the
instance are permanently deleted. Copy content from the instance to an S3 bucket or an EBS volume before you terminate
the instance.
On-demand streaming
Flash Player 10.1, AIR 2
Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services has a built-in vod application that streams video on demand content
to video players running in Flash Player and AIR. These tutorials use video players built with the Open Source Media
Framework (OSMF). OSMF simplifies the development of video players for the Flash Platform.
The first tutorial uses a video player called Flash Media Playback. Flash Media Playback is hosted by Adobe and you
can embed it into any web page.
The second tutorial uses a video player called Strobe Media Playback. Host Strobe Media Playback on your own web
server.
On-demand streaming with Flash Media Playback
1Log in to AWS Management Console and do one of the following:
•If you already have an instance running, in the Navigation pane, click Instances.
•If you don’t have an instance running, follow the steps to “Launch an instance of Adobe Media Server” on
page 1.
2In the AWS Management Console, select the running instance and copy the Public DNS from the details pane.
3Do one of the following to copy an FLV or F4V/MPEG-4 file to the instance:
•(Windows) See “Connect to an instance and copy files from a Windows computer” on page 31 to use WinSCP
to connect to the instance.
In the left pane of WinSCP, browse to a video file on your local computer. In the right pane, browse to the
/mnt/applications/vod/media directory on the remote instance. Drag the file from the left pane to the right
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WinSCP graphical user interface. Local files are in the left pane. Files on the Adobe Media Server instance are in the right pane.
•(Linux) Open an SSH client installed on your computer and use the scp command to copy a file to the instance:
scp -i keypair.pem sample.mp4 root@public-dns:/mnt/applications/vod/media
For example, if the filename of the video is sample.mp4, the command is:
scp -i amsdocs.pem sample.mp4 [email protected]
1.amazonaws.com:/mnt/applications/vod/media
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Copying a file from a local computer to an instance
Note: Adobe Media Server and Apache HTTP Server run as amsuser:amsgroup. You may need to modify the
uploaded content to allow access to it.
4Go to the Flash Media Playback Setup page at http://www.osmf.org/configurator/fmp/ and do the following:
aFor Video Source, enter:
rtmp://public-dns/vod/filename
For example, if the filename of the video is sample.mp4, and 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/vod/mp4:sample.mp4
The following table shows how to create a URL based on the file format of the media.
Note: For F4V/MPEG-4 files, always use the prefix mp4:, but use the file extension of the file (.f4v, .mp4, and so on).
bClick Preview to update the Embed Code.
cClick the Play button to play the video from your Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services instance.
File format URL
FLV rtmp://public-dns/vod/filename
F4V rtmp://public-dns/vod/mp4:filename.f4v
rtmp://public-dns/vod/mp4:subdirectory/filename.f4v
MP4 rtmp://public-dns/vod/mp4:filename.mp4
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Flash Media Playback Setup page. Copy and paste the Preview Embed Code into an HTML page to use the video player. The video player
is hosted by Adobe.
You can select other options in the Flash Media Playback Setup page. After you change an option, click Preview to
update the embed code.
To embed Flash Media Playback in your own web page, copy the Preview Embed Code, and paste it into your
HTML page.
5When you terminate the instance, the data is deleted. To keep the recorded stream, copy it to a storage volume (S3
or EBS). For information about transferring files, see “Managing content” on page 30.
On-demand streaming with Strobe Media Playback
1Follow steps 1-3 of the “On-demand streaming with Flash Media Playback” tutorial.
2Download Strobe Media Playback.
3Open the file strobe_root_folder/10.1/StrobeMediaPlayback.html in a text or HTML editor.
4Locate the following URL:
"http://mediapm.edgesuite.net/strobe/content/test/AFaerysTale_sylviaApostol_640_500_short.flv"
Replace the URL with the URL of the file you copied to the instance and save the file. Use the following syntax:
"rtmp://public-dns/vod/mp4:filename.mp4"
File format URL
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5Open the StrobeMediaPlayback.html file in a browser and click Play.
The file streams from Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services to the local version of Strobe Media Playback.
6You can also serve Strobe Media Playback and its supporting files from the Apache web server installed with Adobe
Media Server on Amazon Web Services. Copy the Strobe Media Playback files to the following directory:
/mnt/webroot
For example, create a folder /mnt/webroot/strobe. Copy the following files from the strobe_root_folder/10.1 folder
to the /mnt/webroot/strobe folder:
StrobeMediaPlayback.html, SampleMediaPlayback.swf, the images folder, the scripts folder, and the playlists
folder.
Load the following URL into a browser and click play:
http://public-dns/strobe/StrobeMediaPlayback.html
7When you terminate the instance, the data is deleted. To keep the recorded stream, copy it to a storage volume (S3
or EBS). For information about transferring files, see “Managing content” on page 30.
Live streaming
Flash Player 10.1, AIR 2
Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services has a built-in live application that streams live content to video players
running in Flash Player and AIR. These tutorials use video players built with the Open Source Media Framework
(OSMF). OSMF simplifies the development of video players for the Flash Platform.
The first tutorial uses a video player called Flash Media Playback. Flash Media Playback is hosted by Adobe and you
can embed it into any web page.
The second tutorial uses a video player called Strobe Media Playback. Host Strobe Media Playback on your own web
server.
Live streaming with Flash Media Playback
1Log in to AWS Management Console and do one of the following:
•If you already have an instance running, click Instances in the Navigation pane.
•If you don’t have an instance running, follow the steps to “Launch an instance of Adobe Media Server” on
page 1.
2In the AWS Management Console, select the running instance and copy the Public DNS from the details pane.
F4V rtmp://public-dns/vod/mp4:filename.f4v
rtmp://public-dns/vod/mp4:subdirectory/filename.f4v
MP4 rtmp://public-dns/vod/mp4:filename.mp4
rtmp://public-dns/vod/mp4:subdirectory/filename.mp4
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3Open Flash Media Live Encoder and enter the following:
•For AMS URL, enter:
rtmp://public-dns/live
Substitute the Public DNS value you copied from the AWS Management Console.
•For Stream, enter:
livestream
•Click Start to publish a stream to the live application on the instance.
Flash Media Live Encoder.
4Go to the Flash Media Playback Setup page at http://www.osmf.org/configurator/fmp/ and do the following:
aFor Video Source, enter:
rtmp://public-dns/live/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/live/livestream
bClick Preview to update the Embed Code.
cClick the Play button to play the video from your Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services instance.
You can select other options in the Flash Media Playback Setup page. After you change an option, click Preview to
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To embed Flash Media Playback in your own web page, copy the Preview Embed Code, and paste it into your
HTML page.
Live streaming with Strobe Media Playback
1Complete the steps 1-3 in the Live streaming with Flash Media Playback tutorial.
2Download Strobe Media Playback from osmf.org and unzip it.
3Open the file strobe_root_folder/10.1/StrobeMediaPlayback.html in a text or HTML editor.
4Locate the following URL:
"http://mediapm.edgesuite.net/strobe/content/test/AFaerysTale_sylviaApostol_640_500_short.flv"
Replace the URL with the URL of the file you copied to the instance and save the file. Use the following syntax:
"rtmp://public-dns/live/streamname"
5Open the StrobeMediaPlayback.html file in a browser and click Play.
The file streams from the Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services to the local version of Strobe Media
Playback.
6You can also serve Strobe Media Playback and its supporting files from the Apache web server installed with Adobe
Media Server on Amazon Web Services. Copy the Strobe Media Playback files to the following directory:
/mnt/webroot
For example, create a folder /mnt/webroot/strobe. Copy the following files from the strobe_root_folder/10.1 folder
to the /mnt/webroot/strobe folder:
StrobeMediaPlayback.html, SampleMediaPlayback.swf, the images folder, the scripts folder, and the playlists
folder.
Load the following URL into a browser and click play:
http://public-dns/strobe/StrobeMediaPlayback.html
Live streaming with DVR
Flash Player 10.1, AIR 2
To add DVR functionality to a live stream, do the following:
1Download 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.
2Copy 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 computer” on page 31 or “Connect
to an instance and copy files from a Linux/UNIX computer” on page 34.
3Open Flash Media Live Encoder and enter the following:
•For AMS URL, enter:
rtmp://public-dns/dvrcast_origin
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•For Stream, enter:
livestream
•Click Start to publish a stream to the dvrcast_origin application on the instance.
4Go to the Flash Media Playback Setup page at http://www.osmf.org/configurator/fmp/ and do the following:
aFor 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
bClick the Advanced tab and select Stream Type: DVR.
cClick Preview to update the Embed Code.
dClick the Play button to play the video from your Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services instance.
You can select other options in the Flash Media Playback Setup page. After you change an option, click Preview to
update the embed code.
To embed Flash Media Playback in your own web page, copy the Preview Embed Code, and paste it into your
HTML page.
5When 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” on page 30.
Live HTTP Dynamic Streaming
Flash Player 10.1, AIR 2
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.
Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services includes an application called livepkgr that packages published streams
for delivery using HTTP Dynamic Streaming.
1Open Flash Media Live Encoder and enter the following:
•In the Encoding Options panel, from the Preset pop-up menu, choose Multi Bitrate - 3 Streams (1500 Kbps) -
H.264.
•Click the wrench next to Format to open Advanced Encoder Settings. For Keyframe frequency, select 4 seconds.
Note: The Preset changes to Custom when you select this setting.
•For Bit Rate, choose 100, 200, and 350.
•For AMS URL, enter:
rtmp://public-dns/livepkgr
Use the Public DNS value of the instance from the AWS Management Console.
•For Stream, enter:
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•Deselect Save to File.
•Click Start to publish a stream to the livepkgr application on the instance.
2Go to the Flash Media Playback Setup page at http://www.osmf.org/configurator/fmp/ and do the following:
aFor Video Source, enter:
http://public-dns/live/events/livepkgr/events/_definst_/liveevent.f4m
For example, if the Public DNS of the instance is ec2-184-72-148-15.compute-1.amazonaws.com, the Video
Source is:
http://ec2-184-72-148-15.compute-1.amazonaws.com/live/events/livepkgr/events/_definst_/liveevent.f4m
bAre you using HTTP Streaming or Flash Access 2.0? Select Yes.
cClick Preview to update the Embed Code.
dClick the Play button to play the video from your Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services instance.
You can select other options in the Flash Media Playback Setup page. After you change an option, click Preview to
update the embed code.
To embed Flash Media Playback in your own web page, copy the Preview Embed Code, and paste it into your
HTML page.
On-demand HTTP Dynamic Streaming
Flash Player 10.1, AIR 2
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.
To package an on-demand file for HTTP Dynamic Streaming, use the File Packager tool.
1Do the following to copy an FLV or F4V/MPEG-4 file from your local computer to the /webroot/vod directory on
the Adobe Media Server instance:
•Open an SSH client and issue the following command to copy a file to the instance:
scp -i keypair.pem filename.xxx root@public-dns:/mnt/webroot/vod
For example, the following command copies the file sample.f4v to an instance:
scp -i amsdocs.pem sample.f4v [email protected]:/mnt/webroot/vod
Note: Use the Key Pair file you downloaded when you created the instance.
2Connect to the instance:
ssh -i keypair.pem root@public-dns
3Change directories to the File Packager directory:
cd /opt/adobe/ams/tools/f4fpackager
4Run the following command:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.
Note: If you aren’t in the f4fpackager directory, specify the full path to the f4fpackager.
5Run the following command to package the sample.f4v file and copy the output files to the vod application’s media
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./f4fpackager --input-file=/mnt/webroot/vod/sample.f4v --output-path=/mnt/webroot/vod
For more information, see Package content on Linux.
6Go to the Flash Media Playback Setup page at http://www.osmf.org/configurator/fmp/ and do the following:
aFor Video Source, enter:
http://public-dns/vod/filename.f4m
For example, if the video you packaged was sample.f4v, the Video Source is:
http://ec2-184-72-148-15.compute-1.amazonaws.com/vod/sample.f4m
bAre you using HTTP Streaming or Flash Access 2.0? Select Yes.
cClick Preview to update the Embed Code.
dClick the Play button to play the video from your Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services instance.
Note: See the On-demand streaming tutorial for more information about Flash Media Playback and Strobe Media
Playback.
7When you terminate the instance, the data is deleted. To keep the recorded stream, copy it to a storage volume (S3
or EBS). For information about transferring files, see “Managing content” on page 30.
Multicast streaming
Flash Player 10.1, AIR 2
Important: Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services supports peer-assisted multicast streaming. It does not support
IP multicast or fusion multicast.
Copy the multicast tools to the webroot folder
Adobe Media Server includes a Multicast Configurator tool and a Multicast Player. To access these tools from a web
browser, move them to the webroot directory on the instance.
1Connect to the instance. Follow the steps in “Connect to an instance and copy files from a Windows computer” on
page 31 or “Connect to an instance and copy files from a Linux/UNIX computer” on page 34.
2The following directory contains the multicast tools:
/opt/adobe/ams/tools/multicast/
Move the multicast directory to the following location:
/mnt/webroot/

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Using WinSCP to move the /multicast directory to the /mnt/webroot directory
Configure a multicast event
To multicast a live stream, use the Multicast Configurator to configure the streaming event. The Multicast
Configurator generates a Publisher Stream Name that you’ll use to publish a stream from Flash Media Live Encoder.
The Multicast Configurator also generates an F4M (Flash Manifest) file that you’ll use to play the stream in the
Multicast Player.
to generate a stream name and a manifest file for the Multicast Player
1Open the following URL in a web browser:
http://public-dns/multicast/configurator/configurator.html
For example:
http://ec2-174-129-151-131.compute-1.amazonaws.com/multicast/configurator/configurator.html
2Select Peer to Peer multicast.
Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services does not support Fusion or IP Multicast.
3Enter the server name (or IP address) and the full path to the multicast application:
rtmfp://public-dns/multicast
4Enter the name of the live stream. This tutorial uses livestream.
5Enter a publish password.
The password ensures that only the multicast server can publish a multicast stream into the group. Other peers do
not have the publish password and can only play the stream, not publish a stream.
6Enter a name for the group. This tutorial uses the default name, ams.multicast.example.
You can leave Make Unique unchecked.
7Click Generate. The Multicast Configurator generates the following:
•A name for the live stream. To publish a stream, you’ll click Copy and paste this value into the Flash Media Live
Encoder Stream field.
•An F4M file to use with the client multicast player. To view the F4M file, click View Manifest File.
8Click Save Manifest File and do the following:
aSave the manifest.f4m file to your local computer.

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bConnect to the instance. Follow the steps in “Connect to an instance and copy files from a Windows computer”
on page 31 or “Connect to an instance and copy files from a Linux/UNIX computer” on page 34.
cCopy the manifest.f4m file from your local computer to the following location:
/mnt/webroot/multicast/multicastplayer/
Using WinSCP to copy the manifest.f4m file to the instance
Publish a stream from Flash Media Live Encoder
1Launch Flash Media Live Encoder 3.1 or later and do the following:
2From the Preset menu, select a single stream preset. The multicast solution does not support multi-bitrate (also
called “adaptive” and “dynamic”) streaming.
3For AMS URL, enter the URL of the multicast service:
rtmp://public-dns/multicast
Note: Flash Media Live Encoder connects to Adobe Media Server over the RTMP protocol, not over the RTMFP
protocol.
4Return to the Multicast Configurator and click Copy next to the Publisher Stream Name.
5In Flash Media Live Encoder, paste the Publisher Stream Name into the Stream text box.
6Click Start to connect to the multicast service and start streaming.