Adobe FLVCheck & Info For FMS Error In Log Files

By Stefan Richter
Expert Author
Article Date: 2007-05-18

New FMS Tool: Adobe FLVCheck

Adobe have just released a new tool by the name of FLVCheck which allows publishers to 'clean up' malformed FLV video files. FLVCheck will ensure that your files are properly formed.

The FLVCheck tool will verify internal timestamps, metadata, and message headers to help identify FLV files that may have trouble playing back from Flash Media Server.

The FLVCheck tool is a commandline utility and as of now Windows only. You can download it here.

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Info for FMS Error in Log Files: Assert failed

Very briefly: a quick heads up on an error that many users encounter when studying the admin logs files of Flash Media Server. It looks somewhat like this:

(e)2581279 Assert failed in serveradminFCSAdminServer.cpp line 358

This is nothing to worry about, as one of the FMS engineers explained: "[...] the bandwidth measurement used for license checking there cannot go negative. Unfortunately I missed a case where it can, and then will stay negative. Fortunately, we don't check license bandwidth that way anyway, did it another way. All that's left is the annoying assert, sorry."

So now it's on record: this failed Assert can be ignored.

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About the Author: Stefan is a certified Flash Developer who has been involved with Flash Media Server since its very early days. From his home office in the UK he has handled a variety of projects, specializing in Flash Video and Rich Internet Applications for clients that include CNET, USA Network and Unilever. Stefan is the author of a series of Adobe Developer Center articles, has spoken at several industry events and contributes a regular column on Flash Video to Streaming Media Magazine. His site www.flashcomguru.com is one of the largest online resources on Flash Video.

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