I have successfully setup recording webcam to FLV using FMS 4.5 developer edition, so I wanted to attempt recording to an Mp4 next. I am doing a silent save of the video file because the goal here is to be able to have these videos playable outside of Flash/FMS. I set the program up to save the Mp4 file generated by FMS, but the quality is terrible. I am seeing green distortion when movement is captured, and heavy pixelation. Here is my test application code that saves the video file after 5 seconds of recording. Can anyone please point out where I am going wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.
package com
{
import flash.display.*;
import flash.net.*;
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.filesystem.File;
import flash.media.*;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
private var nc:NetConnection;
private var ns:NetStream;
private var nsPlayer:NetStream;
private var vid:Video;
private var vidPlayer:Video;
private var cam:Camera;
private var mic:Microphone;
private static const LOCAL_VIDEO:String = "myCamera";
private static const VIDEO_FPS:uint = 30;
private static const SAVE_FOLDER_NAME:String = "Saved_Videos";
private static const PATH_TO_FMS:String = "C:/Program Files/Adobe/Flash Media Server 4.5";
private var timer:Timer = new Timer(5000, 1);
public function Main()
{
addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
}
private function init(evt:Event):void
{
removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
nc = new NetConnection();
nc.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, onNetStatus);
nc.connect("rtmp://localhost/PublishLive/myCamera");
}
function onNetStatus(evt:NetStatusEvent):void
{
if(evt.info.code == "NetConnection.Connect.Success")
{
publishCamera();
displayPublishingVideo();
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, timerCompleted);
timer.start();
}
}
private function timerCompleted(evt:TimerEvent)
{
trace("timer completed");
timer.stop();
ns.close();
ns = null;
var saveFile:File = new File(PATH_TO_FMS + "/applications/PublishLive/streams/" + LOCAL_VIDEO + "/" + LOCAL_VIDEO + ".mp4");
var fileName:String = "Video" + ".mp4";
var dir:File = File.documentsDirectory.resolvePath(SAVE_FOLDER_NAME);
dir.createDirectory();
var fileToSave = dir.resolvePath(fileName);
if(fileToSave.exists)
{
fileToSave.deleteFile();
}
saveFile.copyTo(fileToSave, true);
}
private function publishCamera()
{
var h264Settings:H264VideoStreamSettings = new H264VideoStreamSettings();
h264Settings.setProfileLevel(H264Profile.BASELINE, H264Level.LEVEL_3_1);
cam = Camera.getCamera();
cam.setMode(stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight, VIDEO_FPS, true);
cam.setQuality(0, 90);
cam.setKeyFrameInterval(15);
cam.setMotionLevel(100);
mic = Microphone.getMicrophone();
mic.setSilenceLevel(0);
mic.rate = 11;
ns = new NetStream(nc);
ns.videoStreamSettings = h264Settings;
ns.attachCamera(cam);
ns.attachAudio(mic);
ns.publish("mp4:myCamera.mp4", "record");
}
private function displayPublishingVideo():void
{
vid = new Video();
vid.width = stage.stageWidth;
vid.height = stage.stageHeight;
vid.attachCamera(cam);
addChild(vid);
}
}
}
Ok, so I am answering my own question. I found the answer here along with the link to the tool to process: adobe help site
You must convert the files after recording them using a post-processing tool so they can be viewed in other video players.
Edit: VLC can actually play the unprocessed file, so I thought it was a quality issue at first!