Question : Do I need an addon to stream Flash FLV from a windows 2000 server

HI,

I've been asked to stream (i.e. user to start seeing the movie without having to download it all first) Flash FLV movies from a Webserver.  (Win 2000).

Looking on the Internet I;ve found a page that says FLV doesnt need additional Server software to Stream but looking at the Adobe site it looks like it does need Media Streaming Server which runs on Win 2003 Server Enterprise/

Anyone able to clear this up?

Thanks!

Answer : Do I need an addon to stream Flash FLV from a windows 2000 server

You only need to make sure that mimetype of FLV extension has been added in your windows webserver
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Adding .flv MIME type in IIS

1) Select the site to configure in IIS, right click and select "Properties"
2) Under HTTP Headers Tab, select "File Types" under the MIME Map section and select "New Type"
3) Type ".flv" as the associated extension and "video/x-flv" as the content type.
4) Select "OK" and you're ready to fly!
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secondly,
there are difference in normal streaming and Streaming media using Media Streaming server

Normal Streaming:
 - No additional server requires, you can publish FLV videos directly from any webserver whether it is Windows or Linux..
 - in such case, FLV will start playing on user systems as streaming video but will also gets cached in browser cache files, means user can actually get a copy of .FLV video in IE cache files.. as other media files, for example: .jpg, .gif, or .swf

Streaming using Media Server:
 - only difference here is, streaming using media server provides protection of media, means media files does not gets cached it browser cache because in actually media data has been streamed in pieces and has volatile nature.