Setting Up Flash Media Server

This article assumes that you are running Flash Media Server locally, but the application setup would be the same if you were using a remote server:

1. Create a folder under the applications folder in Flash Media Server called VideoSource.
2. Create a streams folder inside VideoSource.
3. Create a _definst_ folder inside the streams folder.
4. Place the Flash video files that you wish to appear in your playlist in this _definst_ folder.

That’s all the setup required on the server side.

In a bit, you’ll construct the VideoSource.as ActionScript code. However, let’s first take a look at the XML file you will use to dynamically build your video playlist.