Just wanted to post up quickly that there is an FMS Usergroup meeting tomorrow at 9am PST. Kevin Towes is heading this up so it should be interesting! Details are here:
http://groups.adobe.com/posts/e06590f7c3
What: Adobe’s Flash Media Interactive Server and Large Scale Deployments
When: September 10th at 9am Pacific Time
Who: Presenter is going to be Nick Hippe who currently works at Adobe within their mobile and device division.
Where: Call in details will me available here at this link on the day of the event http://groups.adobe.com/posts/81ef708026
If you have a large scale deployment of Adobe’s Flash Media Interactive Server when should you move to set up a clustered deployment? When should an origin/edge configuration be deployed? Nick Hippe will discuss the basics behind implementing Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server in a large scale deployment. He will cover the fundamentals of an origin/edge configurations as well as recommendations for matching configurations to solutions. If you are want to learn more about the capabilities of FMIS in large scale deployments, this is the FMSUG meeting for you.
Here's a usergroup post, being that I'm an FMS usergroup leader.
Adobe is offering a special benefit to members of FMS usergroup from now (and a bit before..) through May 31, 2009. To get the details of this special discount, members should contact me (Graeme Bull) by email [graeme AT solid-thinking.com] and you’ll receive a copy of the details. Or check out this page on the user groups site, which is much easier :)
Just wanted to make sure everybody is aware that another great usergroup meeting for FMS is coming up! We've got Andy Beach giving the preso this time around and he's going to be talking about Transcoding/Video Compression in the Adobe Suite. It's on April 15th, 2009 from 9am - 10:30am PDST.
Here is the link to the details and where to go.
FMS 3.5 for the Absolute Beginner
Date and Time: February 27, 2009 from 9:00am - 10:00am PST
Call-in Details: Check Back day of event
Speakers:
For those just getting started with streaming and want to start from square one, or just know enough to be dangerous, this session will cover streaming fundamentals, FMS 3.5 capabilities, server installation, and building a basic streaming media player in Flash CS4. Bring your questions, and walk away with a better understanding of streaming and real-time interactivity with Flash Media Server 3.5.
Lisa Larson-Kelley began her career in print design, but was soon lured to digital media by a little application called Flash 4. In addition to hands-on development projects, she enjoys writing and teaching, with a knack for breaking down complex concepts and making them accessible. She has authored whitepapers, tutorials and e-seminars for Adobe, editorials and features for StreamingMedia.com; and co-authored the book Flash Video for Professionals, published by Wiley in 2007. Lisa has also presented at numerous industry conferences and user groups around the world, and is an active member and co-manager of the FlashCodersNY study group.Lisa is currently consulting, teaching, and developing iFoxCam, a consumer video monitoring product using Flash Media Server. She has worked with many video-centric start-ups as well as companies like Adobe, Microsoft and L’Oreal. She shares news and musings about Flash video, web development and life in the big city on her blog, www.flashconnections.com.
Agenda:
Intros,
- The foods of FMS from the beginning,
- Big Thanks to Lisa Larson-Kelley
- Back to work.
Link: FMS 3.5 for Absolute Beginners
Just wanted to quickly post that we have the recording up of today's Flash Media Server User Group meeting. Details on the meeting are here on the Adobe User Group website. The recording link is in there but here is a link to it straight from here to save you time:
January FMS User group meeting recording
It was a pleasure being able to present for the first 40 mins or so on server side coding. Thanks again to Laurel and Kevin from Adobe to talk about the Flash Media Live Encoder and take questions on FMS3.5. Great meeting! Looking forward to more of these in the near future.