title: Red 5 works with all the demo apps, but when I try to add my own, it breaks. What's going on?
body: <p>I installed Red 5 1.0 media server on my Windows 7 computer - hoping to use it for development before deploying to a server.  With great difficulty, I got the server up and running.  I am able to install the sample apps at localhost:5080 and they work.  For example, I am able to record video from my webcam using the sample apps.</p>
  
  <p>Now, I want to write my own Java app for Red 5.  I've found a couple of tutorials, but none of them works. E.g.:</p>
  
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  <li><a href="http://blog.cirtex.com/2010/06/21/creating-an-application-with-flash-and-red5-is-simple-with-this-tutorial/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.cirtex.com/2010/06/21/creating-an-application-with-flash-and-red5-is-simple-with-this-tutorial/</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://sunil-gupta.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-create-sample-application-using.html" rel="nofollow">http://sunil-gupta.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-create-sample-application-using.html</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>None of these fully works on its own, but I managed to cobble together a composite of these into a simple demo app that compiles fine in Eclipse or ANT, has a JAR file, and a directory structure that looks just like the demos.</p>
  
  <p>Here's the funny thing.  When I copy this into the webapps directory and restart the service, ALL of the demos break.  (To restart, I'm just using Services Manager in Admin tools.)  The server still responds on port 5080 and shows the sample webpage -- but none of the media works.  All of the demo apps throw an error along the lines of "Can't connect", and even the welcome movie doesn't play.</p>
  
  <p>This is the case with every home-made application I've dropped in there -- even the simplest Hello World app.</p>
  
  <p><strong>So:  Can anybody help me figure out what's going on?</strong></p>
  
  <p>Also, what's the latest tutorial, demo, etc. for 1.0.  Everything I can find seems to apply to older versions and it's extremely hard to put it together into any coherent picture of how Red5 works.</p>
  
  <p>By the way, I installed Red5 using the installer for Windows -- not building it on the machine.  I'm only trying to build the apps on the machine and copy them into the running server.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any help you can provide.  You'd be a life saver!</p>