Hi there,
I have a custom flv player that loads an flv url. This all works fine in the ide and on my server (which is Apache/php) based. However, when i transfer to the client server (which is windows2003/iis6). The progressive download functionality is killed for some reason. I have stripped everything out of the site so its just the flv player loading a single url. The two versions can be viewed on the links below (it has a Google Analytics overlay on this but ignore that):
Dev server version (apache/php) - http://www.thewoom.co.uk/clients/axis/v … layer.html
Client server version (windows2003/iis6) - http://www.axisweb.org/artmaps/test/vid … layer.html
On the dev server all is well. On load the video begins the preload (indicated by the lilac preload bar) and you can hit play to play the video pretty much instantly. However, on the client server version the flv is forced to download in its entirety before any playing of the flv can occur. I’m just completely stumped by this. In my endeavors to find a solution i did seem to come across the same tech-note several times (allbeit quite dated) - http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/194/tn_19439.html. However, when i passed this onto the client they assure me that they have implemented this on the server and this is backed up by the fact they have other flv’s running elsewhere on the server.
By using Firebug with firefox i can see the network activity and this shows what i describe above i.e. on the dev server (apache/php) this functions fine i.e. the preload occurs instantly as the file downloads allowing for true ‘progressive download’. On viewing the client server version (windows2003/iis6) in Firebug i can see that the Get request for the flv loads the whole flv before playback can occur. The effects are best served viewed with a cleared cache each time.
Any help with this issue should anyone have experienced anything similar would be very much appreciated whether this be the approach in actionscript or whether somebody can tell me that this is definitely a server issue with the clients server running windows/iis6 and if so whether this can be remedied.
Kind Regards
Brendan Randall
