05 July 2007

.FLV and Server 2003

...that rhymes

For whoever runs flash video on IIS6

Created a video player control... worked fine everywhere i tested it, expect on a box with Server 2003, spent 2hrs thinking it was my code screwing up... coworker figured out why.

Turns out that Windows Server 2003 IIS 6 requires you to identify "mime-type"s that stream.

when you go into IIS right-click on "local computer server" and click properties and click on the mime tab basically add: ".FLV" extension "flv-application/octet-stream" type


Here's the link:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_19439&sliceId=1

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04 June 2007

FLV Player

If you're looking for a great, free, opensource FLV player for your website check out FlowPlayer at http://flowplayer.sourceforge.net

I've tried a couple of others but have not found one to be more compatible and script-able as this one. It seems to have a very clean implementation.

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