## Chapter 3. Frequently Asked Questions

The best way you can help make this FAQ more useful is by asking questions: either in any of the places above, or by leaving your questions in the comments below.

- Bugs and requests for new features can be submitted to JIRA.

- Ideas for new features can be talked about in the discussion space

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## 3.1. Questions

### 3.1.1. GENERAL

- What is Red5?

- What does Red5 stand for?

- Is there a migration guide from FMS to Red5?

- applications? How do I create new applications?

- What are configuration files?

- Is there a mailing list?

- What is the mailing list etiquette? (TODO)

- What Ports does Red5 use?

- How can I help? I'm interested in helping the project. How can I help?

- Who is on the Red5 Team?

- Are there any benchmarks? (TODO)

### 3.1.2. DOCUMENTATION

- Where is the official documentation?

- Can I get the documentation in PDF format?

- Where can I find the latest javadocs?

### 3.1.3. CONFIGURATION

- How to disable Socket policy checking for 443 (rtmps and https)?

### 3.1.4. STREAMING

- How do I stream to/from custom directories?

- How to detect the end of recording?

- How can I record RTMP streams from Red5?

- Does Red5 support multicast streaming?

- Can Red5 stream using UDP?

### 3.1.5. CODECS

- What_Codecs_does_Red5_Support?

- _is_RTMFP_and_when_will_it_be_available_in_Red5? What is RTMFP and when will it be available in Red5?

### 3.1.6. DATABASE

- What databases are supported?

- Can I use Hibernate with Red5?

### 3.1.7. SCRIPTING

- What scripting languages are available?

- Does Red5 support Actionscript 1?

- Does Red5 support Actionscript 3?

### 3.1.8. SHARED OBJECTS

- How do you setup a Remote SharedObject?

- How can I set a Remote SharedObject from the server (TODO)

- How can I make a Remote SharedObject persistant on the server?

- What are remote SharedObject slots?

### 3.1.9. LEGAL STUFF

- Licence Information

- Is Red5 Legal?

- Codec Licenses (TODO)

- Third Party Licenses (TODO)

### 3.1.10. Red5 WAR version

- Is there any documentation on the Red5 war version?

### 3.1.11. MISC

- Is there an IRC channel?

- Are there forums?

- Are there any frameworks that I can start with?

- What is Paperworld3D?

- What is Jedai?

- there free tools Are there free tools (TODO)

- Are there development tools?

- there video tutorials Are there video tutorials (TODO)

- Are there any examples on the web?

- Is there professional support?

- Are there hosting solutions?

- What Red5 groups can I join?

### 3.1.12. TROUBLESHOOTING

- Why am I receiving "closing due to long handshake?

## 3.2. Answers

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### 3.2.1. GENERAL

WHAT IS RED5?

Red5 is an open source Flash RTMP server written in Java that supports:

- Streaming Audio/Video (FLV and MP3)

- Recording Client Streams (FLV only)

- Shared Objects

- Live Stream Publishing

- Remoting

---- What does Red5 stand for?

Originally referenced to Star Wars.&nbsp; Red5 was the "one who did the impossible".&nbsp;

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Is there a migration guide from FMS to Red5?

Yes: Migration Guide

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How do I create new applications?

Creating New Applications

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What are configuration files?

see: Configuration Files In Red5

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Is there a mailing list?

- Announcements mailinglist

- Users mailinglist

- Developers mailinglist

- Tickets mailinglist

- SVN Commits mailinglist

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What Ports does Red5 use?

http.port=5080 // tomcat or jetty servlet container rtmp.port=1935 // traditional rtmp rtmpt.port=8088 // rtmp tunneled over http mrtmp.port=9035 // used with an edge/origin setup proxy.source_port=1936 // used to debug

These default ports can be changed in " RED5_HOME\conf\red5.properties"

Additionally, most users only forward port 1935 and 5080

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I'm interested in helping the project. How can I help?

You can create a new JIRA ticket for any contributions you want to make, attach the files there or link it. make sure you signup on the mailinglist as well..

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Who is on the Red5 Team?

The Red5 Project (red5 AT osflash.org)

#### 3.2.1.1. Project Managers

Chris Allen (mrchrisallen AT gmail.com) John Grden (johng AT acmewebworks.com)

#### 3.2.1.2. Active Members

Dominick Accattato (daccattato AT gmail.com) Steven Gong (steven.gong AT gmail.com) Paul Gregoire (mondain AT gmail.com) Thijs Triemstra (info AT collab.nl) Dan Rossi (electroteque AT gmail.com) Anton Lebedevich (mabrek AT gmail.com)

#### 3.2.1.3. Inactive Members

Luke Hubbard (luke AT codegent.com) Joachim Bauch (jojo AT struktur.de) Mick Herres (mickherres AT hotmail.com) Grant Davies (grant AT bluetube.com) Steven Elliott (steven.s.elliott AT gmail.com) Jokul Tian (tianxuefeng AT gmail.com) Michael Klishin (michael.s.klishin AT gmail.com) Martijn van Beek (martijn.vanbeek AT gmail.com)

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### 3.2.2. DOCUMENTATION

Where is the official documentation?

Users Reference Manual

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'Can I get the documentation in PDF format?

TODO

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Where can I find the latest javadocs?

http://red5.newviewnetworks.com/hudson/docs/ http://api.red5.nl

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### 3.2.3. CONFIGURATION

How to disable Socket policy checking for 443 (rtmps and https)?

You can change the port to something over 1024 like 8443 or comment out the RTMPS section.

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### 3.2.4. STREAMING

How do I stream to/from custom directories?

Customize Stream Paths

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How to detect the end of recording ?

see: http://red5.newviewnetworks.com/hudson/docs/org/red5/server/api/stream/IStreamAwareScopeHandler.html

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How can I record RTMP streams from Red5?

see: http://ptrthomas.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/how-to-record-rtmp-flash-video-streams-using-red5

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Does Red5 support multicast streaming?

It should be noted that multicasting support is not available in the Flash Player. For that reason, no media server can deliver a multi-casting solution to the Flash Player. In addition, many networks have multicasting turned off so it may not be realiable for other platforms either such as Windows Media Player. These solutions usually fall back to unicasting when clients cannot receive muliticasted media. In regards to Unicasting, Red5 already has this functionality. In addition, we have an edge-origin solution sometimes referred to as stream-reapeating.

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Can Red5 stream using UDP?

No. Even though Java can stream using UDP, the Flash Player can not receive data sent using UDP.

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### 3.2.5. CODECS

What Codecs does Red5 Support?

Video codecs: ScreenVideo On2 VP6 Sorenson H.263 H264

Audio codecs: ADPCM NellyMoser MP3 Speex AAC

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[span( What is RTMFP and when will it be available in Red5?, style=color: #006699;)]]

RTMFP stands for "RTMFP (Real Time Media Flow Protocol". You can read more about it in the release notes. Just search the following page: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/releasenotes.html

To understand what this protocol is and does, read the following FAQ: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_rtmfp_faq_071708.pdf

Red5 does not support RTMFP. At the moment, there isn't enough exposure to RTMFP and discussion can resume once it is released and more is known about the protocol.

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### 3.2.6. DATABASE

What databases are supported?'

Red5 is built with Java. So any database that has a JDBC driver will work.

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Can I use Hibernate with Red5? Yes.

Red5 And Hibernate Example

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### 3.2.7. SCRIPTING

What scripting languages are available?

Scripting support (JavaScript, Groovy, Beanshell, JRuby, Jython)

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Does Red5 support Actionscript 1?

Not yet, but there is development in this area and proof of concepts have been presented at conferences.

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Does Red5 support Actionscript 3?

Not yet, but there is development in this area and proof of concepts have viewed by Red5 team members.

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### 3.2.8. SHARED OBJECTS

How do you setup a Remote SharedObject?

see: http://livedocs.adobe.com/fms/2/docs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00000607.html

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How can I make a Remote SharedObject persistant on the server?

see: http://livedocs.adobe.com/fms/2/docs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00000607.html

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### 3.2.9. LEGAL STUFF

Licence Information

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php

For an easier explanation, please see: http://jira.red5.org/confluence/display/docs/Red5+License+%28LGPL%29

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Is Red5 Legal?

Please read our response: http://osflash.org/red5/fud

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### 3.2.10. Red5 WAR version

Is there any documentation on the Red5 war version?

read: Deploying To Tomcat

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### 3.2.11. MISC

Is there an IRC channel?

Yes: #red5 on irc.freenode.net

Flash non-IRC based chat: http://red5.newviewnetworks.com/iChatBar2/#

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Are there any examples on the web?

Below is a list of applications that use Red5. Feel free to add your own !

- [ http://www.snappmx.com/ a Rapid Application Development System that supports the creation of Red5 applications.

- [ http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings by Sebastian Wagner.

- [ http://www.dokeos.com videconf module by Sebastian Wagner.

- http://spreed.com

- http://www.videokent.com/videochat.php

- [ http://www.weekee.tv an online video editing site by Weekee team.

- [ http://blipback.com BlipBack is a video comment widget that you can embed on any number of social network sites or blogs you]have. Blipback lets you or your friends record short video comments directly to your page.

- [ http://artemis.effectiveui.com Bridge AIR applications to the Java runtime.

- [ http://jooce.com Jooce is your very own, private online desktop - with public file sharing capabilities. A highly-secure, on]ine space to keep, view, listen to - and instantly share with friends - all your files, photos,music and video.

- [ http://facebook.com/video Video uploading/recording/messaging system that allows you to record a video on the upload page or]send a private message to another user and attach a video.

- [ http://www.f-ab.net F-ab is a simple browser for Flash movies. F-ab has "FLVPhone", which is a video conferencing telephone ]sing the Flash movie. Red5 is embedded in F-ab to communicate with the remote FLVPhone.

- Streaming video chat software script is a RED5 based system that allows you to build comprehensive pay per minute / pay per view video chat site.

- [ http://pixelquote.com Huge Pixelwall where visitors can simply add Pixels with their Messages - by Simon Kusterer.

- [ http://nonoba.com/chris/fridge-magnets Classical fridge magnet toy.

- [ http://www.quarterlife.com Video blogging

- [ http://www.avchat.net Red5 Flash Audio/Video Chat Software

- [ http://www.avchat.net/fms-bandwidth-checker.php Red5 bandwidth checker with upload/download and latency tests

- [ http://www.justepourrire-nantes.fr Red5 Flash Video streaming

- [ http://www.nielsenaa.com/TV/tv.php Red5 Flash Php/MySql/Ajax driven scheduled & streamed multi channel TV - VOD

- [ http://www.videoflashchat.com VideoFlashChat - Red5 version for Web Based Video Chat

- [ http://www.videogirls.biz VideoGirls BiZ - Red5 version for Pay Per View Video Chat Software

- [ http://www.ligachannel.com Ligachannel.com - Italian singer site. Red5 used for VOD Protected Streaming and audio/video reco]ding widgets

- [ http://www.sticko.com/ Video portal with widgets for popular social networking sites

- [ http://www.zingaya.jp/ VOIP server built on Red5 for Flashphone

- [ http://www.gchats.com/red5chat/visichat/ Visichat, flash video and audio chat with red5

- [ http://www.agileagenda.com/ The AgileAgenda web service was written with Red5

- [ http://www.videoondemandsoftware.com RED5 based Video on demand HD-TV quality pay per view/minutes software

- [ http://www.videochatsoftware.org Flash red5 video chat software

- [ http://www.hubbabubba.com/ HubbaBubba world

- [ http://www.deltastrike.org/ DeltaStrike - free online realtime multiplayer strategy game

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Is there any professional support?

Companies Listed:

- Infrared5 ( www.infrared5.com)

- Red5Server ( http://www.red5server.com)

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Are there hosting solutions?

- Red5Server ( http://www.red5server.com)

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Are there forums?

see: http://red5server.com/forum/

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What is Jedai?

see: http://jedai.googlecode.com

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Are there any frameworks that I can start with?

- see: http://jedai.googlecode.com

- see: http://paperworld3d.googlecode.com

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Are there development tools?

see: http://www.red5.org/projects/red5plugin/

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What is Paperworld3D?

see: http://www.paperworld3d.org

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What Red5 groups can I join?

Linked in Red5 group: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/64004/24689F7691AB

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### 3.2.12. TROUBLESHOOTING

Why am I receiving "closing due to long handshake?

issue: Closing RTMPMinaConnection from IP_ADDRESS : 2610 to IP_ADDRESS (in: 3415 out 3212 ), with id 512231886 due to long handshake

solution: Have you installed the example your trying to connect to? The examples are installed on demand starting with Red5 0.8. Just check the welcome page http://localhost:5080/ and look for a link that allows you to install them. After an example is installed, you should be able to run the examples.

notes: We are improving this so that if an example is chosen, it will be installed.

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