Use You Own RED5 or FMS
We use Red5 as the default video cam server in our chat. As Red5 is a free software, we cannot promise the current version in our chat is the latest version. In order to promote the quality of your video cam, You can use the new stable version of red5 on your own server, I’ll give you the method below:
1.Please download the new stable version of Red5 at
Red5 : Open Source Flash Server Open Source Flash
2.About how to install Red5 in your server, you can find the way in the website above, I’ll not describe.
3.After you finish the installation, enter the root folder of “Red5”, please view Picture 1. which is the Linux version:
In Windows System, it’s much easier to make it.
4.You need first close the default Red5 in your chat, please open your fcserver.xml, which is in the path of “123flashchat/server/etc/fcserver.xml.
Then you need find the parameter below:
Change “enable=”Off”,.
Open your server.xml, which is in the path of “123flashchat/server/etc/group/default/server.xml”
Then find the code below:
Change to “rtmp://your_server_ip:1935/123flashchat” (1935 should be the
real port your red5 use. Then restart your chat to make it valid.
5.Start your Red5 to make the video cam valid.
To use the FMS is similar with Red5, as FMS is not a free software, you need purchase it from Adobe first. About configuration please according to the simple below:
Flash Media Server is supposed to be installed on your server, and under <flash media installed DIR>/applications, please create a folder named "123flashchat_default", then configure FMS address in the Admin Panel, like this: targetURI="rtmp:/123flashchat_default" or make the change at server.xml. Don’t forget to restart your chat to make it valid.