For non-native bandwidth detection

If native bandwidth detection is not available from your Flash Video Streaming Service provider but you need bandwidth detection, you must add the main.asc file to your Flash Media Server FLV application. You can find the main.asc file in your Flash application folder under Adobe Flash CS3/Samples and Tutorials/Samples/Components/FLVPlayback/main.asc.

To set up your Flash Media Server for streaming FLV files:

  1. Create a folder in your Flash Media Server application folder, and give it a name such as my_application.
  2. Copy the main.asc file into the my_application folder.
  3. Create a folder named streams in the my_application folder.
  4. Create a folder named _definst_ inside the streams folder.
  5. Place your FLV files in the _definst_ folder.