Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server 4
Adobe® Flash® Media Interactive Server 4 software enables protected, scalable delivery of live and on-demand media streaming, along with real-time multiway communication. Take advantage of network efficiencies with new IP multicast and HTTP Dynamic Streaming for superior playback quality. Enable consistent, secure interactive playback experiences across the broadest range of platforms and devices.
WHO IS FLASH MEDIA INTERACTIVE SERVER FOR?
- Medium to large businesses that can benefit from flexible delivery methods (protocols) and complex deployment requirements (Edge/Origin/C++/SSAS/ACL/LDAP)
- Social networks requiring real-time communication such as video chat, VoIP, multiplayer games, or text chat
- Educational institutions that want to create virtual classrooms or broadcast live interactive experiences
- Government agencies that want to implement real-time communication or interactive training
- Anyone seeking scalable, secure streaming with custom server-side application logic
Top new features
Full 64-bit support new
Maximize your server resources with full 64-bit support. Install on a wider range of platforms, now with support for Linux® CentOS 5.3, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 5, and Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008.
Protected multiprotocol streaming enhanced
Choose to deliver live and on-demand streams using the industry-standard HTTP protocol with HTTP Dynamic Streaming support or the industry-standard RTMP/RTMPE protocol. 혻랙 HTTP delivery, Flash Media Server 4 enables live stream packaging including optionally adding DRM protection with Adobe Flash Access® software.혻 Deliver live and on-demand streams using the integrated HTTP server as an origin service, which can use standard HTTP caching and network infrastructures. Realize higher network efficiencies with new IP multicast support, saving bandwidth and network costs within the enterprise.
IP multicast broadcast new
Publish a secure multicast broadcast into your network to increase the quality of your live video communication.혻림노 Media Interactive Server 4 can broadcast high-quality streams to the Adobe Flash Player 10.1 runtime that significantly reduce the network load. Use prebuilt tools and Open Source Media Framework to get started quickly and easily.
Enhanced playback performance new
Take advantage of enhanced functionality in Flash Player 10.1, which gives interactive access to media held in the buffer — enabling features such as faster seeking and trick mode playback (fast motion, slow motion, and frame stepping) as well as allowing the video player to reconnect to the server if the connection is lost while still playing out the contents of the buffer.
Faster switching with RTMP Dynamic Streaming enhanced
Enjoy faster switching between streams when using RTMP Dynamic Streaming for adaptive bitrate delivery, which improves the user experience during bandwidth fluctuations to provide the best playback experience.
Absolute timecode new
Ensure that existing timecodes persist within media files to allow for richer synchronization between streams, improving interactive experiences (such as switching audio tracks or camera angles) with multibitrate and multistream video and synchronized playback events.
RTMP quality of service (QoS) improvements enhanced
Take advantage of support for Differentiated Services to allow QoS for RTMP communication and media streaming. This functionality enables administrators to ensure that RTMP communication can be prioritized and limits disruption caused by other network activity.
Simplified player development enhanced
Easily implement the latest player features such as HTTP Dynamic Streaming, protection with Flash Access, RTMP Dynamic Streaming, and DVR functionality, with a choice of prebuilt player (Strobe Media Playback), a hosted player (Flash Media Playback), or the full Open Source Media Framework.
Interactive features
Multiuser experiences for your audience enhanced
Deliver breakthrough, engaging environments with enhanced multiuser experiences (such as video chat, VoIP, video overlays, server-side playlists, and server-side recording), plus deeper interactivity through an extensible development architecture.
AMF3 support
Take advantage of richer possibilities for interactive applications deployed through Flash Player and the Flex environment.
Rich server-side scripting support
Enjoy support for a rich server-side scripting engine that lets you customize your media deployment with more access controls or add rich interactive applications such as server-side video recording user controls or stream management.
Video features
IP multicast broadcast new
Publish a secure multicast broadcast into your network to increase the quality of your live video communication. Flash Media Interactive Server 4 can broadcast high-quality streams to Flash Player 10.1 that significantly reduce the network load. Use prebuilt tools and Open Source Media Framework to get started quickly and easily.
Enhanced buffer new
Take advantage of enhanced functionality in Flash Player 10.1, which gives interactive access to media held in the buffer — enabling features such as faster seeking and trick mode playback (fast motion, slow motion, and frame stepping) as well as allowing the video player to reconnect to the server if the connection is lost while still playing out the contents of the buffer.
Faster switching with RTMP Dynamic Streaming enhanced
Enjoy faster switching between streams when using RTMP Dynamic Streaming for adaptive bitrate delivery, which improves the user experience during bandwidth fluctuations to provide the best playback experience.
Absolute timecode new
Ensure that existing timecodes persist within media files to allow for richer synchronization between streams, improving interactive experiences (such as switching audio tracks or camera angles) with multibitrate and multistream video and synchronized playback events.
RTMP quality of service improvements enhanced
Take advantage of support for Differentiated Services to allow QoS for RTMP communication and media streaming. This functionality enables administrators to ensure that RTMP communication can be prioritized and limits disruption caused by other network activity.
Protected multiprotocol streaming enhanced
Choose to deliver live and on-demand streams using the industry-standard HTTP protocol with HTTP Dynamic Streaming support or the industry-standard RTMP/RTMPE protocol. For HTTP delivery, Flash Media Server 4 enables live stream packaging including optionally adding DRM protection with Adobe Flash Access. Deliver live and on-demand streams using the integrated HTTP server as an origin service, which can use standard HTTP caching and network infrastructures. Realize higher network efficiencies with new IP multicast support, saving bandwidth and network costs within the enterprise.
H.264 video and HE-AAC audio
Enable up to 1080p HD delivery to Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR®, with industry-standard H.264 video and HE-AAC audio streaming. Given the broad support of H.264 video in the industry, you can leverage existing content without having to re-encode, helping reduce the cost of delivery.
Live HD video streaming
Get robust, high-performance live streaming of H.264 and VP6 video in conjunction with Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder 3.1 software, enabling you to deliver around-the-clock live video feeds for news, events, and social media sites and support a high volume of subscribers in real time.
RTMP Dynamic Streaming enhanced
Keep your viewers longer with a better viewing experience, no matter what their connection speed is. Dynamic Streaming ??now enhanced with fast switching in Flash Media Server 4 ??is a QoS feature that responds to changes in viewers' bandwidth or computing resources and quickly switches between bitrates during playback without disruption.
Protected content delivery enhanced
Lock down your high-definition content and communications with enhanced stream protection and server-side security. Encrypted H.264 streaming is now supported, giving you higher performance at 128-bit encryption strength. SWF file verification helps protect files from being reused or modified and helps prevent unauthorized connections. Use the plug-in architecture to create custom, real-time rights control by validating with external services such as LDAP or SOAP. Integrate with Flash Access to encrypt live streams and media files, enabling rights-managed content delivery.
DVR functionality
Archive live, high-definition streams on the server and enable HD DVR functionality with support for H.264 stream recording for both RTMP and HTTP Dynamic Streaming. Pause a live stream, or seek backward into video that was missed.
MPEG-4 video recording
Archive high-quality live streams on the server so you can quickly deploy any live stream via on-demand after your live event is over.
H.264 video and HE-AAC audio
Enable up to 1080p HD delivery to Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR® with industry-standard H.264 video and HE-AAC audio streaming. Given the broad support of H.264 video in the industry, customers can leverage most of their existing encoded content without having to re-encode, helping reduce the cost of delivery.
Live HD/H.264 video streaming
Get robust, high-performance live streaming of H.264 and On2 VP6 video in conjunction with Flash Media Live Encoder 3, enabling you to deliver around-the-clock live video feeds for news, events, and social media sites and support a high volume of subscribers in real time.
Bandwidth detection
Detect the client connection speed and serve up video at the appropriate bitrate with RTMP Dynamic Streaming — no "choose size of video" messages to your end users to get video started quickly.
Protected streaming support enhanced
Integrate with Flash Access content protection to encrypt files for streaming or download. Protect your valuable content with custom access rules.
Deployment features
Simplified player development
Easily implement the latest player features such as HTTP Dynamic Streaming, protection with Flash Access, RTMP Dynamic Streaming, and DVR functionality, with a choice of prebuilt player (Strobe Media Playback), a hosted player (Flash Media Playback), or the full Open Source Media Framework.
Full 64-bit support new
Maximize your server resources with full 64-bit support. Install on a wider range of platforms, now with support for Linux CentOS 5.3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and Windows Server 2008.
Simple publishing workflows
Reduce your publishing workflow thanks to full support for MP4 or FLV streams and files in multibitrate experiences. Files can be delivered with real-time encryption and protection measures without touching the original assets.
Integrated HTTP server
Help ensure that your content is easily and reliably delivered, even when RTMP delivery is not supported. Use this integrated solution to deliver all components of your video application over HTTP, and use Flash Media Server as your HTTP origin for HTTP Dynamic Streaming.
Consistent delivery across all screens
Deliver both live and video-on-demand streams to a growing number of mobile devices that support Flash Player 10.1. The same video experience in the browser can now be delivered smoothly to mobile devices.
Ultimate efficiency new
Deliver more streams and users per server, lowering your delivery and infrastructure costs. Live streaming capacity is improved with multicast and HTTP Dynamic Streaming in Flash Media Interactive Server 4, which can be configured as an Edge caching server for RTMP to enable maximum scalability.
Plug-in architecture
Integrate with other servers, back-end services, and workflows with a server-side plug-in architecture. Three classes of plug-ins for authorization, server access, and file access let you extend Flash Media Interactive Server 4 with custom connectivity, security, and deployment options.
Edge caching
Bring your content closer to your user with advanced RTMP edge caching services. The closer the content is to your audience, the lower the demand on your origin server, which improves playback experience with less buffering. Edge caching also improves the performance of your distributed networks because content can be delivered from servers closer to the user.
Easier implementation enhanced
Get started right away with easy out-of-the-box deployment. Flash Media Interactive Server 4 makes it simple with prebuilt features for live and VOD streams, multicast, HTTP Dynamic Streaming, delivery of encrypted media to Flash Player and AIR, and support for more platforms.
Stream splitting
Use stream splitting (multipoint publishing) to publish to multiple delivery networks or office locations from a single encoder. Inject new live or prerecorded streams into your media stream to quickly add time-sensitive content or deliver linear playlists. This is most useful for working with multiple content delivery networks (CDNs) or distributed servers.
Server redirection handling
Automatically provide clients with new or alternate locations of missing content. Stream redirection in RTMP behaves much like HTTP 302 redirection.
Logging
Help ensure that you have all the tools you need to track and generate reports on your audience's content usage thanks to W3C-compliant ASCII logs, a real-time usage monitor, and a complete API for server and stream events.
FLASH MEDIA SERVER FOR YOU
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Engage your employees and facilitate collaboration — across the hall or across the globe — with scalable, stable, and protected streaming solutions such as live training, HR briefs, and custom video/audio communication applications.
Easily connect with and inform citizens, businesses, and other agencies, even while budgets are tightening. Whether it's through real-time training, live event broadcasts, or simple video streaming, Adobe can help you enrich the business of government.
Deliver a smooth streaming experience on your campus with Flash Media Server software. Easy out-of-the-box implementation and the ubiquity of Flash Player provide a seamless solution for school communications — from journalism classes to teacher training, and from sports to student government.
Build new revenue models — from large screens to very small screens — with innovative, high-quality streaming applications.
Build innovative, profitable social media applications with Flash Media Server software. Enhanced features like chat, bugs, and VoIP make your service interactive and engaging without requiring downloads of additional software.
Create and deliver innovative, effective ads with improved click-through rates and high brand recognition with the Flash Media Server family of software.
NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS
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