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Setting Up Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder to Publish a Live Stream

Adobe Flash Media Server on Amazon Web Services includes an application called livepkgr that packages published streams for delivery using HTTP Streaming.

The following procedure shows how to set up Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder (FMLE) to publish your live stream to the livepkgr application on Adobe Flash Media Server.

To specify live-streaming settings in Flash Media Live Encoder

  1. Log on to the computer that you'll use to broadcast the live stream on the day of the event.

  2. Open a web browser, and browse to the Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder page, http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/flashmediaencoder.

  3. Download and install the Flash Media Live Encoder.

    [Note]Note

    Flash Media Live Encoder is free, but you need an Adobe account (also free) to download it.

  4. Run Flash Media Live Encoder.

  5. On the Encoding Options tab, in the Preset dropdown list, click Medium Bandwidth (300 Kbps) - H.264.

  6. In the Video section of the Encoding Options tab, click the wrench icon on the right side of the Format list to open the Advanced Encoder Settings dialog box.

  7. In the Advanced Encoder Settings dialog box, in the Keyframe Frequency list, click 4 Seconds.

  8. Click OK to save the setting and return to the main page. The value of the Preset list changes to Custom.

  9. In the Video section of the Encoding Options tab, under Bit Rate, select the bit rate that you specified when you created the AWS CloudFormation stack for live streaming. The default bit rate for an AWS CloudFormation live-streaming stack is 350 Kbps.

  10. Open the AWS CloudFormation console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/.

  11. Check the checkbox for the stack that you created for live streaming.

    If you also created a stack for a backup live stream, check the checkbox for the primary stream.

  12. In the bottom pane of the AWS CloudFormation console, click the Outputs tab.

  13. Copy the value of the FMSURL key, for example, rtmp://companymeeting.example.com/livepkgr.

  14. In Flash Media Live Encoder, in the Stream to Flash Media Server section, in the FMS URL field, paste the value of the FMSURL key that you copied from the AWS Management Console.

  15. If you created a second AWS CloudFormation stack for a backup stream:

    1. In the AWS Management Console, in the top pane of the AWS CloudFormation console, check the checkbox for the backup stack that you created for live streaming

    2. Copy the value of the FMSURL key for the backup AWS CloudFormation stack, for example, rtmp://companymeetingbackup.example.com/livepkgr.

    3. In Flash Media Live Encoder, in the Stream to Flash Media Server section, in the Backup URL field, paste the value that you copied from the AWS Management Console in the previous step.

    4. In the AWS Management Console, in the top pane of the AWS CloudFormation console, check the checkbox for the primary stack for live streaming.

  16. In the AWS Management Console, copy the value of the Stream key, for example, livestream?adbe-live-event=liveevent.

  17. In Flash Media Live Encoder, in the Stream field, paste the value of the Stream key that you copied from the AWS Management Console.

  18. Uncheck the Save to File checkbox.

  19. To publish a stream to the livepkgr application on the Adobe Flash Media Server instance, click Start.

Next: Embedding Flash Media Playback for an Amazon CloudFront Live Stream in a Web Application

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