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Adobe® Media Server 5 White Paper

Inroducing Adobe® Media Server 5Secure video experiences consisen across devicesBy Lisa Larson-Kelley

he Adobe Media amily o producs revoluionizes media delivery, wih suppor or secure, consisen

sreaming on he wides array o devicesables, mobile devices, IPV, and he deskop. Deliver and now

encryp a single sream across muliple plaorms and proocols, reaching iOS devices as well as plaorms

ha suppor Flash echnologiesso you can ully moneize your video, reaching he mos people wih he

leas hassle. Adobe Media Server (ormerly Flash Media Server) coninues o be he indusry-leading

soluion or inegraing sreaming video and real-ime communicaion wih RMP, RMFP (peer-o-peerneworking), HP Dynamic Sreaming, and SIP suppor.

New content protection solutions

Providing conen proecion ha is righ or he siuaion, Adobe Media Server now suppors enhanced

sream encrypion or more sophisicaed proecion wih business rules applied hrough Adobe Access®.

When simple conen proecion rules are needed, Proeced HP Dynamic Sreaming (PHDS) or Flash

and AIR-based cliens, and Proeced HP Live Sreaming (PHLS) or iOS enable easy, robus conen

encrypion wihou an addiional DRM license server. For mobile devices, Adobe Access or proeced

sreaming can be used wihin AIR applicaions or naive iOS applicaions.

Enhanced server management and media preparation

Wih he release o Adobe Media Server 5 soware, cusomers benei urher rom new eaures such as:• More robus media origin services

• Advanced disk managemen or HP sreaming

• Offline sream packaging

• Dynamic copy proecion

Real-ime daa sharing, server-side plug-ins, logging, and monioring APIs provide developers and I eams

wih he ools hey need o develop and adminiser rich media applicaions on a massive scale.

Adobe® Media Server 5 soware provides a simpliied HP publishing worklow ha allows you o deliver

video o iOS, AIR and Flash Player quickly and easily. Flexible delivery mehods can save signiican

bandwidh coss and lighen nework load. Enhancemens in inegraed real-ime communicaion open up

new business opporuniies, wih high qualiy voice and video capabiliies providing access o a universeo SIP-enabled devices. From user-generaed conen o movies and elevision shows o corporae raining

and large-scale inernal broadcass, Adobe Media Server oers enerprise-level soluions or delivering

conen and communicaions. Improved perormance and qualiy o service merics enhance playback

qualiy, while included prebuil media players make deploymen easier han ever.

his whie paper oulines he powerul eaures o Adobe Media Server 5, explains proecion opions,

inroduces he various ediions, and discusses he eaures available in each and how hey can lower your

oal cos o delivery and simpliy your conen preparaion worklows. You will learn abou he muliple

delivery proocols suppored by Adobe Media Server, and gain he knowledge you need o make inormed

choices abou how o deliver and moneize video and communicaion services o he larges online audience.

Table of contents

1: Introduction

2: What’s new in Adobe

Media Server 5

3: Adobe Media Server 5

Family

4: MultiProtocol delivery

6: Delivery Methods

7: Video Player

Development

8: Glossary

9: Online Resources


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2Adobe® Media Server 5 White Paper

Wha’s New in Adobe Media Server 5Adobe Media Server 5 is a scalable, real-ime media origin server ha packages and delivers high qualiy

(up o HD level), on-demand and live audio/video conen wih grea eiciency and superior qualiy-o-

service (QoS) o reach he larges possible audience, regardless o he clien plaorm. I can deliver prerecorded

video, live video, playliss, music, video blogging, video messaging, mulimedia cha environmens,

real-ime daacasing, muliuser gaming, and more, via muliple delivery proocols.

Adobe Media Server now sreams securely o Apple iOS, Flash Player, and Adobe AIR across plaorms,

browsers, and devices, wih muliple proocols available. Enhanced real-ime communicaion now eaures

SIP Gaeway suppor in Flash Player and Adobe AIR, along wih RMP and RMFP proocols.Adobe Media Server 5 has many improvemens and new eaures, including:

Expanded media streaming options

• Proeced RMP (pRMP)

• 24/7 live sreaming suppor

• Adobe Access key roaion and oupu proecion (Adobe Access license required)

• Proeced HP Dynamic Sreaming or Adobe Flash and AIR (PHDS)

• Proeced HP Live Sreaming or Apple iOS (PHLS)

• Adapive birae manies suppor

• Muli-proocol manies generaor/pre-packaging ools (Flash and iOS)

• Adobe Access 4 DRM ready

• 608/708 closed capioning suppor

Enhanced communication features

• On-demand sream packaging or HP (Flash and iOS)

• Audio exracion or HLS (required or Apple App Sore approval)

• SIP Gaeway suppor wih G711 coding in Flash Player

• High qualiy audio/video capure suppor

• Scalable P2P inroducion services or Flash• Mulicas inges and recording

Server platform

• Robus HP Media Origin services

• Advanced disk managemen or HP (Flash and iOS)

• Opimized Server configuraion or live HDS

• Naive 64-bi only

hese improvemens represen he coninued evoluion o Adobe Media Server, giving developers he

advanced eaures hey need o creae eecive rich media applicaions across plaorms and devices. In

addiion, OSMF reduces he learning curve and speeds up your ime o marke.

Adobe Media Server 5 Familyhere are our Adobe Media Server 5 ediions available:

• Adobe Media Server 5 DevelopmenSar er (ree rom Adobe)

• Adobe Media Server 5 Sandard

• Adobe Media Server 5 Proessional

• Adobe Media Server 5 Exended

Adobe Media Server 5 Proessional and Adobe Media Server 5 Exended can operae as eiher an origin

or an edge server o disribue raic load. Enhanced media origin services allow greaer conrol over

media publishing worklows or HP sreaming o Adobe AIR, Flash Player and Apple iOS. For moredeails on origin and edge coniguraions, see he “Scaling he server” secion o he Adobe Media Server

5 echnical Overview whie paper (www.adobe.com/go/ams_echguide).


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he ollowing able provides a quick overview o suppored eaures in each ediion. Feaures suppored in

all ediions are highlighed in bold.

Feaure

Adobe Media

Server 5

Exended

Adobe Media

Server 5

Proessional

Adobe Media

Server 5 Sandard

Adobe Media

Server 5 Sarer

HD live sreaming

24/7 Live streaming support

using DRM key rotation

• • • •

HTTP Live Streaming for iOS

(HLS)• • • Limied o 10 min

Sream reconnec • • • •

Live sream meadaa (daa

keyrames)• • • •

Live adapive birae

sreaming (HP)• • • Limied o 10 min

Mulicas inges and

recording• • •

Live 608/708 closed capion

suppor • • • •

High qualiy video capure • • 1 way only •

Live sream spliing • • •

Live adapive birae

sreaming (RMP) • •

Limied o 10

simulaneous

connecions

DVR uncionaliy (HP) • • Limied o 10 min

DVR uncionaliy (RMP) • • •

Insan replay (RMP) • • •

Linear server playliss

(VOD>live) • • •

IP Mulicas • • Limied o 10 min

Applicaion-level mulicas • • Limied o 10 min

Mulicas usion (peer assis) • Limied o 10 min

HD on-demand sreaming

Standalone offline packaging

utilities (HDS and HLS)• • • •

Sream reconnec

Available in all versions o Adobe Media Server 5

o enable high qualiy sreaming across he whole produc oering

In-buering seeking (RMP)

Fas orward

Slow moion

Framesepping

Back buer or insan replay

VOD adapive birae

sreaming (HP)• • • Limied o 10 min

VOD 608/708 closed capion

suppor• • • •

VOD adapive birae

sreaming (RMP) • • •

Limied o 10

simulaneous

connecions


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Feaure

Adobe Media

Server 5

Exended

Adobe Media

Server 5

Proessional

Adobe Media

Server 5 Sandard

Adobe Media

Server 5 Sarer

Conen Proecion

Offline packaging and

encryption (HDS and HLS)• • • •

Protected RTMP (pRTMP)• • • •

Proeced HP Dynamic

Sreaming or Flash (PHDS) • • Limied o 10 min

Proeced HP Live

Sreaming or iOS (PHLS) • • Limied o 10 min

Adobe Access 4DRM ready• • •

Encryped RMP (RMPe) • • • •

SWF veriicaion • • • •

Adobe Access sreaming • • • •

RMFP (encryped)•

Limied o 500

peers

Limied o 50

peers

IP mulicas (encryped) • • Limied o 10 min

Server plaorm and securiy

64 bit Windows®, Linux only • • • •

Whie/Black lis domains • • • •

IPV4, IPV6 • • • •

C++ access conrol

exensibiliy• •

Access C++

plug-in only•

Pre-conigured HP originor HP Dynamic Sreaming

• • • •

LDAP Acive Direcory

suppor• • •

Scalable process scopes • • •

RMP edge caching • • •

C++ ile managemen

exensibiliy• • •

Qualiy o service

Robus logging • • • •

Enhanced buer conrol • • • •

Bandwidh deecion • • • •

RMP QoS (DiServ) Linux only Linux only Linux only Linux only

Enhanced caching • • •

Licensing

Processor (CPU) limis None None None None

Bandwidh limis None None None None


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Feaure

Adobe Media

Server 5

Exended

Adobe Media

Server 5

Proessional

Adobe Media

Server 5 Sandard

Adobe Media

Server 5 Sarer

Connecion limis • 25 SIP

connecions

• 15,000

simulaneous

RMFP peers

• 5 SIP

connecions

(developmen

only)

• 500

simulaneous

RMFP peers

• 10 simulaneous

RMP

connecions

• 50 simulaneous

RMFP peers

• 10 minues o IP

mulicas

• 10 minues o

HDS, HLS, pHDS,

and pHLS

• 5 SIP

connecions

Ineracive programming

Server-side record • • •

Shared objecs • • •

Daa push • • •

Socke server inges • • •Server proxy programming • • •

Peer inroducion orwarding • • •

Peer-assised neworking

(RMFP)

Limied o 15,000

peers

Limied o 500

peers

Limied o 50

peers

Cusom server-side

programming• • •

AMF3 suppor • • •

Unified communicaions

SIP gaeway services Limied o 25

simulaneousconnecions

Limied o 5


Limied o 5


VoIP • • •

Webcam cha • • •

RMFP unicas•

Limied o 500

peers•

RMFP peer inroducion

services

Limied o 15,000

peers

Limied o 500

peers

Limied o 50

peers

RMFP objec replicaion•

Limied o 50

peers

RMFP posing/direced

rouing •

he ollowing secions explore he capabiliies o each server o help you selec he bes soluion or your

speciic applicaion.

Adobe Media Server 5 Starter

Adobe Media Server 5 Sarer enables developers o es and develop using he eaures o Adobe Media

Server 5 Exended. Full uncionaliy wih a ew conneciviy limiaions allows you o es drive eaures

such as proeced HP sreaming, SIP gaeway services, peer assised neworking, mulicas usion

sreaming, and new mulicas inges and recording. his ree ediion is available rom www.adobe.com/go/

ryadobemediaserver. I can be used in producion or anyone who wans o implemen basic low-volume

sreaming or social communicaion soluions. I has a capaciy limi o 50 simulaneous inbound RMPconnecions, 50 peer inroducions, 30 minues o IP mulicas, 5 SIP pors, and 30 minues o coninuous

HLS and HDS proeced sreaming.


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Adobe Media Server 5 Standard

Adobe Media Server 5 Sandard is an economical soluion ha enables you o sar sreaming live and on

demand conen quickly and easily o a wide variey o plaorms and devices, including iOS. I provides all

he eaures you need o sream video and audio, and works in unison wih he Adobe Flash Media Live

Encoder o sream live video. his ediion is ideal or:

• Basic video on demand (VOD) and live sreaming

• Publishers who wish o simpliy heir conen preparaion workflow

• Small o medium-size businesses ha wan o implemen raining or broadcas

• Bloggers who wan o broadcas live or on-demand sreams

• Videographers who need o allow cliens o securely view heir videos on he web

• Company-wide video messages

• Websie owners who wan o embed and proec high-qualiy sreaming video

• One-way, secure video sreaming

Adobe Media Sreaming Server 5 ships wih hree services ha make i easy o sar sreaming righ ou o

he box:

Live video streaminghe included live video RMP sreaming applicaion allows you o sar publishing

live video righ away. I works wih he Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder or live sream capure. You can

use Flash Media Playback, Srobe Media Playback, and cusom OSMF-based players or o play he

sreams.

Video on demandhe sandard RMP VOD applicaion eaures server-o-clien bandwidh deecion,

domain-based auhenicaion, ull suppor or Flash Media Playback and cusom OSMF-based players. he

server ships wih sample media iles or esing.

HTTP Live Packagerhe HP Live Packager (livepkgr) applicaion ingess sreams, such as rom Flash

Media Live Encoder, packages hem ino ragmens, and delivers he ragmens o cliens in real-ime.

Boh he live and VOD applicaions suppor he sream daa access eaure in Flash Media Server 3 and

laer (all ediions), which allows you o access he bimap daa o a sream. his eaure has a myriad o

uses, such as aking snapshos rom a webcam eed or creaing humbnails or video previews dynamically.

Adobe Media Server 5 Professional

ake advanage o even greaer levels o conen proecion across more devices wih Proeced HP

sreaming – which akes advanage o Adobe Access 4 (a separae server purchase) – and deliver rich

ineracive experiences wih added peer assised neworking suppor. Enhance your applicaions wih

cusom uncionaliy, record sreams, uilize remoe shared objecs, leverage peer assised neworking,

and access addiional scalabiliy eaures.

Adobe Media Server 5 Proessional oers powerul nework e iciencies wih suppor or IP mulicas,

RMFP, HP Dynamic Sreaming or he Flash plaorm, and HP Live Sreaming or Apple iOS.

Auomaed packaging enables delivery o iOS, Flash Player 10.1 enabled browsers and devices, and AIRwih no addiional worklow complexiy. his ediion provides consisen, secure ineracive playback

experiences and real-ime communicaion across he broades range o plaorms and devices. I is ideal or:

• Medium o large businesses ha can benefi rom flexible delivery mehods

• Publishers who wish o simpliy heir conen preparaion workflow, wih enhanced DRM proecion

• Social media companies requiring muliuser experiences

• Companies ha need o maximize delivery capaciy while minimizing nework coss

• Large-scale deploymen

• Developing cusom video soluions, including sream recording and DVR uncionaliy

• Developing communicaion experiences


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• Supplemening live or on-demand video sreaming services wih ineracive eaures

Adobe Media Server Proessional les you include value-added muli-way soluions o help you socialize

your sreaming media wih advanced real-ime communicaion and collaboraion services. I’s he only

high-perormance and scalable server on he marke ha suppors muli-way applicaions, including

webcam video cha, recording, VoIP, and online games. Adobe Media Server Proessional is he workhorse

o he Adobe Media amily, and even eaures suppor or peer assised neworking (RMFP).

Adobe Media Server Proessional can also be used o inerac wih specialy daa servers such as LDAP or

auhenicaion, Simple Objec Access Proocol (SOAP), or XML, and inegraes wih Adobe Flash Media

Live Encoder. For even more cusomizaion, you can also implemen cusom server-side AcionScrip anddevelop plug-ins in C++ ha urher exend he uncionaliy o he server.

In addiion o he eaures in he Adobe Media Server Sandard ediion, Adobe Media Server 5 Proessional

includes addiional sreaming and communicaion eaures such as:

• Applicaion-level mulicas

• IP mulicas broadcas

• Mulicas Fusion (or more inormaion, see he “Benefis o Each Delivery Mehod” secion laer in his

documen)

• Scalable RMFP peer inroducion and rouing services or Flash (500 peers)

• Proeced HP sreaming or Apple iOS, Android, Flash Player, and Adobe AIR.

• Scalabiliy wih Edge caching

Adobe Media Server 5 Extended

Adobe Media Server 5 Exended provides maximum reach wih minimum nework load hrough peer

assised neworking suppor. Adobe Media Gaeway uncionaliy is inegraed wih his ediion enabling

connecion beween Flash and SIP-enabled devices. Designed o use he nework more eicienly or

large-scale media delivery and real-ime communicaion, Adobe Media Server 5 Exended is ideal or:

• Large broadcasers who wan o reach he wides audiences wih proeced conen, including Apple iOS

• Large enerprises wih large global neworks

• Massive social media applicaions

• VoIP services ha wan o inegrae radiional calls wih Flash applicaions

• Companies ha need o maximize delivery capaciy while minimizing nework coss

• Large enerprises wih media requiremens over muliple locaions and neworks

• Cusomer-acing markeing (such as press conerences or produc demos)

• Enerprises ha wan complee conrol over heir media delivery

• Companies ha wan o reach he wides range o plaorms and devices and auomae conen preparaion

In addiion o he eaures in oher ediions, Adobe Media Server 5 Exended includes advanced sreaming

and communicaion eaures such as:• Suppor or SIP-enabled devices (25 connecions)

• Scalable RMFP peer inroducion and rouing services or Flash Player and AIR (15,000 peers)

Muliproocol DeliveryAdobe’s radiional sreaming proocol, RMP, has served and proeced millions o hours o video and

enabled revoluionary ineracive experiences. Adobe Media Server 5 inroduces suppor or an even

wider range o delivery proocols and ormas, providing a consisen, secure playback experience across

plaorms and devices.


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Video delivery and consumpion is becoming increasingly ragmened and complex, wih cliens o

diering proocols, screen sizes, and processor capabiliies. Delivering video wih Adobe Media Server

reduces he complexiy o media publishing, oering he publisher a very simple worklow o publish and

encryp video across Apple iOS, Android, conneced Vs, and he deskop. Wih on demand packaging

ha will auomaically conver sreams or HP delivery, you can depend upon consisen codec suppor,

proecion, and a high-qualiy experience regardless o he device or plaorm.

he ollowing able oulines suppored ranspor proocols, delivery mehods, and associaed server versions.

ransporProocol

Delivery Mehod Adobe MediaServer Sandard

Adobe Media

ServerProessional

Adobe MediaServer Exended

Adobe MediaServer Sarer

RTMFP Unicas Limied o 500

peers

• Limied o 50

peers

Naive IP

mulicas

• • Limied o 30 min

Peer-assised

(applicaion-level

mulicas)


Mulicas usion • • Limied o 30 min

Mulicas inges

and recording

• • •

HTTP Progressive

download

• • • •

HP Dynamic

Sreaming (HDS)

• • • Limied o 30 min

HP Live

Sreaming or

Apple iOS (HLS)

• • • Limied o 30 min

Proeced HP

Dynamic

Sreaming (pHDS)

or Flash Playerand AIR


Proeced HP

Live Sreaming

(pHLS) or Apple

iOS


RTMP pRMP • • • •

RMP • • • •

RMPE • • • •

RMP • • • •

RMPS (SSL) • • • •

The Flash Platform for video deliveryFlash Player has evolved along wih Adobe Media Server. Wih Flash Player 10.3 and laer, he clien

runime suppors an array o new video-relaed eaures. Coupled wih Adobe Media Server 5, he Flash

Plaorm now has he abiliy o sream video and enables communicaions o more screens han ever

beore. You can achieve maximum reach wih he ubiquious Flash Player in he browser, Flash Player 10.1

on selec devices, and Adobe AIR on he deskop and devices.


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Inroduced in Flash Player 10.3, Media Measuremen or Adobe® Flash® allows companies o measure video

usage more easily. Ge real-ime, aggregaed reporing o how video conen is disribued, wha he

audience reach is, and how much video is played. Wih Adobe Flash Player 10.3 and Adobe SieCaalys®,

powered by Omniure®, developers can implemen video analyics or websies wih as lile as wo lines o

code. Analyics soluion providers can use a se o new open APIs o easily implemen consisen video

analyics regardless o implemenaion or delivery proocol.

Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 now suppor major video enhancemens, including muli-hreaded video

decoding and H.264/AVC video encoding. Muli-hreaded video decoding enables improved playback

perormance and increased rame raes o high birae conen, or boh live sreaming and real-ime video

chas on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Enjoy higher-qualiy video capure wih H.264/AVC video encoding

righ in he browser.

Recen audio enhancemens include G.711 audio compression or SIP Gaeway communicaion in Flash

Player 11 and laer, and acousic echo cancelaion in he deskop version o Flash Player 10.3 and laer.

Suppor ineroperabiliy wih legacy phone sysems via he Adobe Media Gaeway (AMG) and oher

hird-pary cliens (hrough he open RMP proocol) wihou he need or ranscoding. Creae real-ime

online collaboraion experiences wih high-qualiy audio, such as elephony, in-game voice cha, and group

conerencing applicaions or deskop PCs. Developers can ake advanage o acousic echo cancellaion,

noise suppression, voice aciviy deecion, and auomaic compensaion or various microphone inpu

levels. End users will be able o experience higher qualiy audio, aciliaing smooher conversaion low,

wihou using a headse.

Adobe Media Server support for versions of Adobe Flash Player

FeauresVersions

8 and 9

Versions

9,0,115,0

Version

10

Version

10.1

Version

10.2

Version

10.3

Version

11

G.711 audio compression or

elephony (SIP Gaeway

suppor)

•

H.264/AVC soware

encoding or cameras

•

Muli-hreaded video

decoding

•

Proeced HP DynamicSreaming (pHDS)

• •

Media Measuremen

(deskop only)

• •

Acousic echo cancellaion

(deskop only)

• •

IP Mulicas • • • •

HP Dynamic Sreaming • • • •

RMFP Groups • • • •

RMFP • • • • •

Mulicas usion • • • •

Adobe Access Proecion • • • •

Sage Video GPU hardware

acceleraion (including Mac

suppor)

• • • •


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FeauresVersions

8 and 9

Versions

9,0,115,0

Version

10

Version

10.1

Version

10.2

Version

10.3

Version

11

Sream Reconnec/Buer

access/rick modes (as

orward, rewind, back buer)

• • • •

Sorenson Video (H.263) wih

Nellymoser audioplay and

capure

• • • • • • •

On2 VP6 video codec: playonly

• • • • • • •

H.264 and High Eiciency

AAC: play only

• • • • • •

RMPE / RMPE • • • • • •

SWF Veriicaion • • • • • •

Limied GPU hardware

acceleraion

• • • • • •

Mulicore suppor • • • • • •

Smar buering (in-buer

seeking)

• • • • • •

RMP Dynamic Sreaming

(Adapive Birae)

• • • • •

XMP meadaa • • • • •

Speed audio codec • • • • •

Flash Player support in versions of Adobe AIR

Flash Player 9 Flash Player 10 Flash Player 10 .1 Flash Player 10 .3 Flash Player 11

AIR 1.0 •

AIR 1.5 • •

AIR 2.0 • • •

AIR 2.5 • • •

AIR 2.7 • • • •

AIR 3.0 • • • • •

Adobe AIR (version 1.0 or later) for playback clients

Adobe AIR is a cross-operaing sysem runime ha enables you o use your exising HML, Ajax, Flex,

or Flash web developmen skills and ools o build and deploy rich Inerne applicaions (RIAs) across

plaorms and devicesincluding Android™, BlackBerry®, iOS devices, personal compuers, and elevisions.

Adobe AIR applicaions suppor naive operaing-sysem inegraion, including clipboard and drag-and-

drop suppor, local ile inpu and oupu, and sysem noiicaion. AIR applicaions can connec o AdobeMedia Server o sream audio and video or share daa, jus as SWF iles do. Adobe Access conen

proecion is suppored as well.

Adobe AIR 3 compatibility

Adobe AIR 3

Flash Player 11 eaures •

Open Source Media Framework •

(Exernal plug-ins no suppored)

Adobe Access 4 Inegraion •

For more inormaion abou Adobe AIR visi hp://www.adobe.com/producs/air/. For deails abou suppored

deskop and mobile operaing sysems and speciicaions, see hp://www.adobe.com/producs/air/

sysemreqs/.


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Delivery MehodsAdobe Media Server 5 suppors delivery o Flash Player, AIR, and iOS cliens. here are wo suppored

mehods or delivering video over he Inerne o iOS:

• HP Live Sreaming (HLS)

• Proeced HP Live Sreaming or (PHLS)

here are seven mehods or delivering video over he Inerne o Adobe Flash Player and AIR cliens:

• Embedded video

• HP progressive download

• RMP sreaming (pRMP, RMPe, RMPS, RMP)

• HP Dynamic Sreaming (HDS) or he Flash Plaorm

• Proeced HP Dynamic Sreaming (PHDS)

• Mulicas sreaming (naive IP mulicas, applicaion-level mulicas, mulicas usion)

Alhough his secion ocuses on delivering video iles, hese same mehods can be used o deliver

audio-only experiences.

Embedded video adds video direcly o a SWF ile and is used or very specialized applicaions wih

low-qualiy, shor video clips.

In boh progressive download and sreaming delivery, he video conen is exernal o he SWF ile. odeploy on-demand video conen o he web, he SWF ile and he video iles are uploaded o a server.

Keeping he video exernal and separae rom he video player oers a number o beneis over he

embedded video mehod:

• High qualiy experiences wih muli-birae

• Proeced experiences

• Reduced clien memory usage

• Advanced sreaming opions ha improve he experience, such as live video, enhanced seeking, large

file suppor, and alernaive delivery such as HP Dynamic Sreaming

• Improved player perormance overall

• Lower SWF size

• Faser playback sarup ime


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HTTP Progressive downloadProgressive download has been suppored or video delivery since Flash Player 7 (released in 2004). his

mehod allows developers o load exernal video iles ino a Flash Player or Flex inerace and play hem

back during runime. In his approach, he video is downloaded like any oher ile, and hen played back.

his can be accomplished using he AcionScrip Video objec, OSMF, or by seing parameers o eaure-

rich prebuil players such as Srobe Media Playback, as shown in he ollowing igure.

Adobe Media Server has a buil-in Apache server wih coniguraions ha can make i very easy o

ransiion rom progressive download o sreaming.

Figure 1

Strobe Media Playback is an open-source implementation of the Open Source Media Framework, offering support for set-level manifests and

other OSMF 1.6 features. Configurable via ActionScript or flashvars.

Wih progressive download, when he video is played, he video ile irs begins o download o he user’s

hard drive, and playback sars when enough o i has been downloaded or buering. he video ile is

served rom a sandard web server hrough an HP reques, jus like a regular web page or any oher

downloadable documen.

In comparison o sreaming video, progressive download has only one consisen benei: You don’ need

a sreaming server o deliver he video. I can be served rom any ypical web server.

While his can be convenien and poenially cos-eecive, here are some poenial issues:• Limied seek and navigaion capabiliies

• Ofen he enire video file is downloaded, even i he viewer did no play back he enire file, wasing

bandwidh

• Viewers can access and repurpose he conen on he local hard disk.


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When to choose progressive download

Progressive download is a good choice or hobbyiss or websies ha have low raic requiremens, i hey

don’ mind heir conen being cached on a user’s compuer, hey only need o deliver videos less han 3

minues long, or heir visiors canno receive sreaming video or some reason.

You should sream your video i you need o do he ollowing:

• ake advanage o advanced eaures and conrol over video delivery

• Display higher qualiy video

• Deliver videos wih long duraions (more han 3 minues)• Deliver high volume

• rack and repor usage or viewing saisics

• Offer viewers he bes ineracive playback experience.

• Avoid cache-raiding and conen repurposing, due o he ac ha progressive delivery leaves he video

file in he browser cache.

• Deliver he highes qualiy possible wih adapive sreaming.

Speciic use cases or progressive delivery include:

• Publishers o shor video clips, such as video blogs

• Publishers who don’ need real-ime conen proecion (Adobe Access can be used o proec conendelivered via progressive delivery)

• Individuals or companies ha have low-volume media delivery requiremens

Sreaming delivery also consumes less bandwidh han progressive delivery, because only he porion o

he video ha is wached is acually delivered.

RTMP streaminghe abiliy o sream video and audio was irs available wih Flash Player 6.

Publishers use video player applicaions such as Srobe Media Playback o deliver video. Srobe Media

Playback suppors RMP sreaming, HP Dynamic Sreaming, and progressive download. Video iles are

sored exernal o he (Srobe) playback applicaion SWF or hese delivery mehods. Plug-ins ha enable

simple inegraion wih hird-pary APIs and add eaures such as in-sream adverising and analyics areavailable. Developers can use OSMF o ake advanage o he laes Adobe Media Player eaures and

urher cusomize heir player applicaions wih AcionScrip commands ha exend uncionaliy.

Flash Player manages sreaming video in a similar way o progressive downloaded video. For example,

video daa is loaded ino a video player applicaion rom an exernal source, is played back using

NeSream class, and can be conrolled via AcionScrip. However, sreaming video over RMP requires a

persisen connecion o he server and canno operae wihou a nework connecion. his connecion

provides addiional beneis, including beer memory managemen and no residen video iles on he

clien compuer.

his igh connecion beween he server and he clien, and he server’s abiliy o precisely conrol and

deliver any porion o a sream as requesed, enables he developer o ake advanage o some advanced

capabiliies.

Large-scale live streamingCreaing webcas live or recorded evens where all viewers access he same

conen a he same ime.

QoSMeasuring and racking he sream’s qualiy o delivery and swiching o a lower (or higher) birae

sream i needed (or example, i nework congesion increases).

Dynamic previewsAuomaically generaing humbnails or playing shor previews o your video clip

wihou having o creae separae images or video clips, and wihou downloading he enire video in he

background.

Dynamic chapter navigationAuomaically creaing “chapers” (wih appropriae humbnails) ha can

be used or navigaion o longer videos, wihou having o break he video ino smaller iles.

Stream swappingSeamlessly swiching midsream rom one camera angle or one sream o anoher.


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On-the-fly editingPiecing video clips ogeher o creae one coninuous video or playback. For

example, playing he irs 10 seconds o clip 1, ollowed by he conen beween he 30- and 40-second

marks o clip 2, ollowed by he las 20 seconds o clip 3.

Bandwidth detectionDeermining he clien bandwidh and serving a sream wih an appropriae birae.

RTMP streaming benefits

RMP sreaming provides he publisher many more opions or high-qualiy video and proeced media

delivery and ineracive video experiences.

he advanages o sreaming video rom Adobe Media Server are numerous:

Real-time content protectionSimple worklow o encryp and proec sreams, wih opions o increase

proecion wih Adobe Access ile encrypion.

Faster startFases way o sar playing any video on he web.

In-buffer seeking for fast response timeInsan seeking wihin he buer wih he new bu er access

eaure in Flash Player 10.1 and laer.

Stream reconnectUninerruped playback experiences when conneciviy wih he server is los; play

hrough he buer while auomaically reconnecing.

Simple content-protection workflowsProec video wih a wide range o soluions rom encryped

RMP (RMPe) o Adobe Access encrypion.Low-latency live videoDeliver live video and audio rom any conneced webcam or DV camera, and

even direcly rom some video cards, naively in Flash Player.

Advanced video controlFeaures such as bandwidh deecion, QoS monioring, auomaic humbnail

creaion, server-side playliss, and more.

Efficient use of network resourcesCusomers who pay or heir video hosing or bandwidh by he

number o bis ha are ranserred can reduce coss because only he bis ha he clien acually views are

ranserred.

More secure, protected media deliveryBecause he media daa is no saved o he clien’s cache when

sreamed, viewers can’ rerieve he video or audio ile rom heir emporary Inerne ile older. Addiional

securiy eaures in Adobe Media Server 5 also preven sream ripping and oher risks.Minimal use of client resourcesLess memory and disk space used because he clien doesn’ need o

download and sore he enire ile.

Tracking, reporting, and logging capabilitiesBecause progressive download is a simple download o a

ile, i’s no easy o log relevan saisics such as how long he video was viewed, i he user navigaed

orward, backward, or paused he video, how many imes he viewer played he video, i he viewer le he

webpage beore he video compleed playing, and so on. Sreaming enables you o easily capure his

imporan daa.

Full seek and navigationBecause viewers can seek o any poin in he video and sar playing

immediaely rom ha poin, sreaming is a grea soluion or longer-playing videos or uses such as video

blogging, classroom lecures, and conerence sessions, where viewers wan o jump o a speciic poin

raher han being required o wach rom he beginning.

Deep interactivitySreaming’s precise conrol les developers creae exensive ineracion in heir video

applicaions. For example, he abiliy o swich camera angles, have one video spawn anoher video, or

seamlessly swich o alernae endings, are all enabled by sreaming.

Video capture and record (Adobe Media Server Professional and Adobe Media Server Extended

only)Record video eiher in conjuncion wih he live sream, such as archiving an even, or on is own,

such as video messaging.

Multiuser capabilities (Adobe Media Server Professional and Adobe Media Server Extended only)In

addiion o live one-o-many sreaming, Adobe Media Server enables muliuser sreaming o audio, video,

and daa or he creaion o video communicaion applicaions.


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RMP sreaming and progressive download delivery mehods are very similar o deploy. Sreaming jus

gives he developer more power o creae rich, ineracive video applicaions. Flash Media Playback can be

used or eiher delivery mehod. I more cusomizaion or he mos curren playback eaures are required,

OSMF or Srobe Media Playback can be used.

Video publishers who have high-volume sreaming needs, popular conen, or criical upime

requiremens bu don’ wan o build heir own inrasrucure can ge he beneis o sreaming video in

Flash Player by uilizing a conen delivery nework (CDN). hese Adobe parners oer load-balanced,

redundan deploymen o Adobe Media Server over a reliable conen-delivery nework. For more

inormaion abou cdn parners, visi www.adobe.com/go/ams_parners

When to choose RTMP streaming

You can use sreaming wih Adobe Media Server in siuaions where you need o do he ollowing:

• Deliver files longer han 3 minues or larger han 100Kbps

• Proec conen in real ime wih RMPe and SWF Verificaion, and PRMP (wih Adobe Media Server 5.1

Exended).

• Broadcas low-laency live sreams

• Provide adapive birae delivery, allowing you o deliver he bes qualiy video or he available hard-

ware and connecion speed

• Monior QoS• Perorm real-ime racking

• Inegrae real-ime daa sharing and ineraciviy o your video experiences

• Sream live video and audio

• Record video and audio

• Serve more sreams wih less bandwidh

• Achieve massive scale delivery

I your websie or blog relies heavily on video, audio, or real-ime daa sharing, you can give your user he

bes experience by using he eaures o Adobe Media Server. Examples o ypical use cases or RMP

sreaming include:• Medium o large businesses ha could benefi rom complex deploymen requiremens such as edge,

origin, C++, SSAS, ACL, or LDAP

• Social neworks requiring real-ime communicaion, such as video cha, VoIP, muliplayer games, or ex

cha alongside video conen

• Educaional insiuions ha wan o creae a virual classroom or broadcas live, ineracive experiences

• Governmen agencies ha wan o implemen real-ime communicaion or ineracive raining

• News broadcasers sreaming live programming

• Podcasers who need o accuraely measure viewership and ineracion

• Spors broadcasers ha wan o enable DVR uncionaliy

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HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS) for the Flash Platform [ENHANCED]Flash Player 10.1 inroduced suppor or HP Dynamic Sreaming, enabling an adapive-birae,

proeced sreaming experience wih common HP servers, caching devices, and neworks. Funcionaliy

and perormance are similar o RMP sreaming, bu a sreaming server is no required. Using a sandard

MPEG-4 ragmen conainer orma, HP Dynamic Sreaming suppors boh live and on-demand media

conen ha adjuss o he viewer’s connecion speed and processing power. I is compaible wih sandard

HP proocol inrasrucures ha can scale eicienly and aordably.

A key enhancemen in Adobe Media Server 5 is in he jus-in-ime packager, which now provides real-ime

packaging o conen or HP sreaming delivery rom he same recording applicaion. he Apache

module (jihp.module) eicienly handles he creaion o ragmens and maniess needed or boh HP

Dynamic Sreaming and HP Live Sreaming delivery simulaneously, enabling playback across a wide

range o devices wih a single media source. For PHDS/PHLS delivery, he ragmens are now recorded

unencryped on disk, and hen encryped dynamically or HDS or HLS.

he ollowing ools o process and deliver conen via HP Dynamic Sreaming are included in he Adobe

Media Server 5 insallaion:

File Packager for VODCreaes MP4-ragmened media (F4F) and he manies ile (F4M) rom exising

conen encoded or Flash echnology. he ool also opionally encryps using Adobe Access. (in amsroo/

ools)

Live PackagerPrebuil service ha convers any RMP live sream ino proeced F4F iles o creae a

sreaming experience over HP. he ool also opionally encryps using Adobe Access. (in amsroo/applicaions)

HTTP Origin Services built on Apachehe Apache web server has been preconigured as an HP

origin server, making i easy o serve F4F iles o conen delivery neworks (CDNs) or your own HP

inrasrucure. (in amsroo/Apache2.2/modules)

Set-level F4M/M3U8 Generator (f4mconfig)SWF ile ha assiss in creaing muli-level maniess or

boh HDS and HLS delivery. (in amsroo/ools)

Video players ha are buil using OSMF, such as Flash Media Playback and Srobe Media Playback, provide

he player logic required o parse and play media ses and manies iles, reques media, monior QoS, and

render playback. Srobe Media Playback suppors he laes echnologies such as muli-level maniess

generaed via he 4mconig ool.

Benefits of HDS

HP Dynamic Sreaming reproduces much o he uncionaliy o RMP delivery, providing he publisher

a choice in delivery opions. he primary benei ha HP oers is is abiliy o cache conen, which is

imporan or enerprise cusomers who deploy inernal caching sysems o opimize nework usage o

increase capaciy o delivery over he public Inerne wihou increasing cos (wih opimized CDN

coniguraion).

HP Dynamic Sreaming can enable signiican improvemens over progressive delivery. Some o he

beneis o HP Dynamic Sreaming over HP progressive download include he ollowing:

• Delivery cos reducion by using he Inerne caching inrasrucure

• Higher bursable capaciy using sandard CDN load-balanced neworks and HP inrasrucure caching

• Suppor or adapive birae, DVR, and inegraed conen proecion powered by Adobe Access on live

sreams

• Conen proecion hroughou he disribuion chain, closing some poenial vulnerabiliies

• Rapid, cusom video player developmen hrough OSMF, which offers buil-in logic and easy inegraion

wih adverising and analyics

• Birae hrotling, adaping o available nework and hardware capaciy

• Saves bandwidh; ensuring ha only wha is wached is delivered

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HP Dynamic Sreaming consideraions include:

• Flash Player 10.1 or laer is required. For Flash Player peneraion saisics, visi www.adobe.com/

producs/player_census/flashplayer/version_peneraion.hml.

• Te F4F orma is only compaible wih HDS-compaible players or ohers ha suppor he MPEG-4

ragmen orma. Te same files canno ye be delivered using RMP sreaming or progressive download.

• Addiional workflow seps (i.e. real-ime or pre-processing o ragmens and maniess) are required o

prepare conen.

• Adobe Access 2 or laer is required or conen proecion.

• Live sreams experience increased laency when compared wih RMP sreaming due o he media

ragmen¬aion and encrypion process beore delivery.

When to choose HDS

Examples o use cases or HP Dynamic Sreaming include he ollowing:

• Adapive sreaming behind resric ive firewalls

• Massive-scale live broadcasing

• Enhanced seeking over sandard HP connecions

• Enerprise sreaming on exising nework inrasrucure

HTTP Live Streaming for Apple iOS (HLS)Flash Media Server 4.5 inroduced suppor or sreaming o Apple iOS devices such as iPhone and iPad via

Apple’s HP Live Sreaming (HLS). HLS is simple o conigure and requires no addiional seps in your

worklow. On demand and live sreams are packaged when he user requess hem, in he proper orma

or playback eiher naively in iOS or hrough HML5 in he browser. I you wish o pre-process your iles

or HLS playback, a new ool included wih Adobe Media Server 5 enables his, creaing he required

ragmen and manies iles.

o use HLS o serve live sreams o cliens over HP, publish he sreams o he HP Live Packager

service on Adobe Media Server (rooinsall/applicaions/livepkgr). he livepkgr service ingess he

sreams, hen he HLS module (mod_hlshp) repackages he ragmens ino MPEG2-S segmens, and

delivers hem o iOS cliens (via HLS). he Origin module (4hp) delivers F4F ragmens o Flash cliens

(via HDS). his is all done in real-ime.

Benefits of HLS

Wih devices becoming more and more popular or media consumpion, i is imporan or your conen o

be available on every device. Suppor or HLS packaging in Adobe Media Server 5 now enables you o

reach hose viewers using iOS wihou having o reencode your on demand conen or creae separae live

sreams.

When to choose HLS

Since no addiional encoding seps are required, you can now easily deliver HLS sreams alongside HDS

and RMP or ull compaibiliy wih every plaorm and device. Adobe Media Server even helps you

comply wih Apple App Sore guidelines by producing he required audio-only ile or each sream.

he HLS video sream can be played in HML5 in he browser, or in a naive iOS app wrien in

Objecive-C, or in AIR on iOS. When playing he sreams using an HML5 player, however, you will lose

many eaures such as sophisicaed ineraciviy, imed-ex capioning, sream encrypion, and oher

cusom aspecs you may have buil ino your Flash-based player applicaion. Some o his ineraciviy can

be rebuil using JavaScrip and HML, bu compaibiliy across browsers becomes an issue; or example,

only Saari running on a Mac or on iOS will play HLS sreams in HML5. You can sill proec your sreams

using ile encrypion wih Proeced HP Live Sreaming (see ollowing secion) across all o hese

playback mehods.

Examples o use cases or HLS include he ollowing:

• Live sreaming o evens o devices

• On demand sreaming o devices

• Adapive sreaming using a se-level varian playlis file


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Protected HTTP streaming [ENHANCED]Flash Media Server 4.5 inroduced Proeced HP Dynamic Sreaming or Flash and AIR, enabling DRM

proecion wihou requiring a license server, and Proeced HP Live Sreaming or Apple iOS, enabling

AES-128 wire proecion (bu no DRM suppor). I uilizes limied Adobe Access policies, buil righ ino he

server. Adobe Media Server 5 Proessional and Exended now suppor his level o DRM proecion or

boh HDS and HLS, or boh on-demand and live sreams. Proeced HP sreaming is an alernaive o

ull-eaured Adobe Access proecion,

In addiion o encryping conen or delivery o Flash Player and AIR, PHDS also suppors SWF veriicaion

or HP Dynamic Sreaming.

he real-ime packaging process or on-demand and live Proeced HP Sreaming generaes a license,

embeds i in he DRM meadaa, and delivers i wih he mediaeliminaing he need or communicaion

beween he clien and a License Server. his process is iniiaed when a player clien requess he

proeced sream over HP; Adobe Media Server will hen encryp he ragmens as hey are sen and

creae he required license.

Benefits of Protected HTTP Streaming

Wha is unique abou Adobe Media Server’s approach is ha he license is par o he video isel. his is a

very scalable soluion, since he keys are delivered and cached over HP. Encryping your conen wih

Proeced HP Sreaming is a relaively simple process, and i allows you o se speciic viewing

windowseven or oline playback and downloaded conen. Conen preparaion ools are included

wih Adobe Media Server, giving you a sraighorward worklow or delivering scalable proeced conenover HP o Flash, AIR, and iOS.

When to choose Protected HTTP Streaming

Examples o use cases or Proeced HP Sreaming include he ollowing:

• Conen suppored by adveris ing

• Proeced live broadcass on he deskop and devices

• Proeced live and on-demand playback on iOS

• Proeced live and on-demand playback on he deskop in AIR

• Proeced playback on Flash Player-enabled devices supporing Adobe Flash Player 11, or in-app

playback in AIR on devices.

I your conen requires more sophisicaed DRM rules, you can also use Adobe Access 4 in conjuncion

wih Adobe Media Server, or boh HDS and HLS delivery.

Multicast streaming [ENHANCED]Mulicas sreaming, inroduced in Flash Player 10.1 and Flash Media Server 4, enables he disribuion o

NeSreams across peer-o-peer connecions, and powers IP mulicas over UDP. he sream can be audio,

video, or even a daa sream. Mulicas is a nework-eicien delivery mehod ha uses exising mulicas-

enabled nework hardware o deliver large inernal broadcass wihou overwhelming he nework. he

mos common use case is live video, bu i can be used o deliver on-demand video. Adobe Media Server

ships wih a Mulicas coniguraor ool ha assiss in seing up mulicas broadcass.

Benefits over unicast (RTMP or HTTP)Mulicas can provide huge nework eiciencies, dramaically reducing he use o bandwidh and server

resources, resuling in lower oal cos o delivery. I can also provide ulra-low laency or sharing video,

audio, and daa over neworks enabled wih mulicas suppor. A major benei is ha RMFP is an

inherenly secure proocol. I uses 128-bi DH keys or all communicaion and SHA256 hash o he clien’s

DH key or peerIDs. For more inormaion abou RMFP securiy, consul he ollowing reerences:

• RMFP FAQ: “How does RMFP address securiy and end-user privacy?” htp://www.adobe.com/

producs/adobe-media-enerprise/rmp-aq.hml

• Bes pracices or real-ime collaboraion using Flash Media Server, by Josze Vass (htp://www.adobe.

com/devne/flashmediaserver/aricles/real-ime-collaboraion.hml)

• RMFP secions in he Adobe Media Server 5 Developer’s Guide.


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When to choose multicast

Mulicas is he obvious delivery soluion or enerprise, especially hose wih neworks enabled wih

mulicas suppor. I can also be useul or muliplayer gaming, because i provides very low laency.

Ulimaely, i is useul or any applicaion where muliple cliens wan o receive he same media a he

same ime, including:

• Iner-office videoconerencing

• Company-wide broadcass

• Real-ime financial or news ickers

• Medium o large companies ha need o maximize delivery capaciy while minimizing nework coss

• Large enerprises wih media requiremens over muliple locaions and neworks

Key multicast concepts

hree ypes o mulicas delivery are available:

• Applicaion-level (P2P) mulicas

• Naive IP mulicas

• Mulicas usion (An Adobe innovaion ha increases he qualiy, reach, and nework efficiency o live

video delivery.)

Applicaion-level mulicas, someimes reerred o as P2P mulicas, provides an opimized sreamdisribuion among peers, via RMFP connecions. his approach can be very cos-eecive because he

sream payload is disribued among he peers raher han axing your servers and nework. he original

sream can be disribued eiher rom a clien or rom Adobe Media Server. Applicaion-level mulicas can

help reduce bandwidh coss or produc markeing, user-generaed conen, or inernal broadcass. I is

suppored in Adobe Media Server Proessional and Adobe Media Server Exended.

Naive IP mulicas enables businesses o use exising mulicas-enabled neworks o deliver large inernal

broadcass wihou overwhelming he nework. Adobe Media Server suppors boh SSM (source-speciic)

and ASM (any source) mulicas. his approach is bes or inernal, enerprise, VPN, or LAN neworks wih

mulicas-enabled hardware in place.

Mulicas usion is an innovaive combinaion o naive IP and applicaion-level mulicas. Available in

Adobe Media Server Proessional and Adobe Media Server Exended, mulicas usion allows employees

o receive live video via IP mulicas and use hose cliens o help disribue o employees no conneced

o a mulicas-enabled nework. his approach is bes or large organizaions broadcasing boh inernally

and exernally. Figure 2 illusraes a mulicas usion deploymen, where inernal cliens are receiving he

sream via hardware-based Naive IP mulicas, and cliens ouside he nework are receiving he sream

via based Applicaion-level mulicas. he incoming live sream is published o Adobe Media Server over

RMP, and all cliens are receiving sreams over RMFP. Noice ha he cliens are also communicaing

beween each oher, helping o share he load.


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Figure 2

Multicast fusion overview

Adobe Media Server 5 ships wih a Coniguraor ool ha makes mulicas publishing very simple. he ool

les you creae an IP mulicas, applicaion-level mulicas, or mulicas usion broadcas wih he incoming

sream being sen o he server via Flash Media Live Encoder. he Coniguraor generaes a sandardmanies (F4M) ile ha can be used wih Flash Media Playback, Srobe Media Playback, or a cusom OSMF

player, so you can ge sared sreaming high-qualiy video quickly.

Figure 3

Multicast Configurator tool


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RTMFP and peer-assisted networking [ENHANCED]Adobe Media Server 5 enables peer inroducions as well as suppor or he RMFP Groups echnology in

Flash Player 10.1 and laer. his echnology reduces he demand or server bandwidh, opening up

possibiliies or new ypes o muliuser applicaions, such as video cha and oher real-ime media

applicaions ha may have been previously hindered by bandwidh coss. For more deails abou RMFP

Groups, see Peer-assised neworking using RMFP groups in Flash Player 10.1, by David Hassoun and Jun

Heider: hp://www.adobe.com/devne/lashmediaserver/aricles/p2p_rmp_groups.hml.

Peer-o-peer inroducions enable Flash Player and AIR cliens o esablish a connecion wih oher Flash/

AIR cliens o sar sharing daa and media over RMFP. his inroducion service, which had been

available only via he Cirrus service (previously named Sraus), is now a eaure o Adobe Media Server

Proessional and Adobe Media Server Exended. RMFP Groups suppor is also available in boh Adobe

Media Server Proessional and Adobe Media Server Exended.

Benefits of RTMFP and peer-assisted networking

he mos signiican benei o peer-assised neworking is he oloading o nework raic rom he

server o he clien, which resuls in signiican bandwidh and inrasrucure cos savings. While laency

migh be slighly higher han wih RMP sreaming, i is lower han wih HP Dynamic Sreaming.

RMFP Groups adds new posing and direced rouing eaures o basic peer-assised neworking, allowing

any clien paricipaing in a group o broadcas daa o he res o he group or even arge a speciic clien.

Objec replicaion, anoher powerul eaure o RMFP Groups, allows all members o a group o mainain

a consisen view o a poenially large se o objecs. his provides low-laency daa-sharing ha can beused or applicaions such as social media and real-ime games. he eicien opology o RMFP Groups

allows developers o achieve massive scale, because rouing hrough a single peer or server cluser is no

required.

Peer-assised neworking hrough Flash Player is a secure, managed communicaion soluion. he clien’s

peerID is generaed as a SHA256 hash o heir DH key, and is hereore guaraneed o be unique and

available. For Inerne-based applicaions, a server, such as Adobe Media Server or he Cirrus 2 service, is

required o connec and auhenicae cliens or any communicaion o ake place. Aer he cliens have

been auhorized, daa can be ransmied beween peers via RMFP, which is a 128-bi encryped

proocol. For addiional securiy, RMFP Groups can be conigured o require auhenicaion beore

allowing daa o be posed o he group. Beore allowing a P2P connecion, Flash Player requess explici

auhorizaion by he clien.

When to use RTMFP and peer-assisted networking

RMFP is a naural choice or real-ime communicaion and sreaming when massive scale is needed. I

eliminaes he need or huge server and nework inrasrucures o share large amouns o daa. Examples

o use cases include he ollowing:

• Webcam cha rooms

• VoIP

• Live cusomer suppor

• Daing sies

• Company-wide communicaion

• Swarming file delivery (see htp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmened_downloading)

• Massive muliplayer games

Key RTMFP concepts

RMFP communicaion is based on User Daagram Proocol (UDP). I is always encryped and can raverse

NAs and irewalls. UDP suppors a lossy ransmission o daa, which is useul or low-laency audio, video,

and daa delivery. RMFP is a managed and conrollable proocol ha requires a server o always be

presen o perorm clien inroducions and eliminae nework probing. RMFP has unique IP mobiliy

uncionaliy ha allows a connecion o be mainained even i he clien changes neworks, such as Wi-Fi

neworks or mobile owers. RMFP can be used o suppor unicas communicaion as well as IP mulicas

and mulicas usion broadcass.


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Comparing RTMP and RTMFPo clariy when i is bes o use RMFP raher han RMP, i can be useul o examine heir dierences and

similariies. he ollowing igure illusraes he basic opology o RMP, basic RMFP peer-assised

neworking, and RMFP Groups.

RMP RMFP P2P Neworking RMFP Groups

radiional RMP sreaming and

communicaion wih unicas model

RMFP in Flash Player 10.0 or Cirrus 1 RMFP in Flash Player 10.1 or Cirrus 2

radiional RMP sreaming requires

a clien o receive all daa rom a

cenralized server cluser. Scale is

achieved by adding more servers.

Firs generaion o RMFP in Flash

Player 10.0 suppored rendezvous,

wih Flash Media Enerprise Server

4.5 or inroducion services. Media

was always sourced rom he

publishing peer.

Second generaion o RMFP

supporing groups in Flash Player 10.1

and laer, wih Adobe Media Server 5

Exended or inroducion services.

Suppors applicaion-level mulicas

and reduces he load on he source

publisher.

Figure 4

Evolution of media and communication delivery on the Flash Platform

Key differences between RTMP and RTMFP

RMP is a unicas delivery mehod. I simply delivers sreams rom a server o individual conneced cliens.

Unicas consumes a large amoun o nework resources. For example, a 1 MBps sream delivered o 1,000

cliens requires 1GB upsream rom he server, which is very CPU- and nework-inensive.

While RMFP does suppor unicas delivery, is benei lies in is mulicas suppor. Naive IP mulicas

reduces he nework load in he enerprise by disribuing he daa using cusomized nework hardware.However, reducing nework load in his way does require a hardware invesmen. Flash Media Server 4

inroduced mulicas usion suppor, which eliminaes his hardware invesmen by oloading he daa

delivery o peer-assised neworking, enabling cliens consuming a sream o help disribue i o ohers on

he nework.

RMP is based on ransmission Conrol Proocol (CP), whereas RMFP is based on UDP. CP is lossless;

each daa packe is guaraneed o arrive in he same order i was sen. UDP has no ordering o packes and

no guaranee ha he daa will arrive a all, which makes RMFP more lighweigh and aser bu less

reliable han RMP. However, some rouers do no allow UDP raic, so i migh be necessary or

developers o all back o RMP.

RMP is no encryped by deaul, bu i can be encryped using RMPe (128-bi) or RMPS (SSL

encryped). RMFP communicaion is always 128-bi encryped. RMP can uilize addiional conen

proecion, such as Adobe Access ile encrypion along wih SWF veriicaion.

Similarities between RTMP and RTMFP

Boh RMP and RMFP can be used o deliver live and on-demand video, audio and daa sreams. hey

boh provide low-laency real-ime communicaion, powering applicaions such as videoconerencing,

ex cha, live broadcass, muliplayer gaming, and live suppor. hey boh oer sream encrypion.


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Comparing video delivery methods

he ollowing ables provide an a-a-glance reerence o he various delivery mehods available wih

Adobe Media Server, o help guide you o he bes soluion or your speciic applicaion.

Delivery comparison for video on demand

he ollowing able compares he video delivery echniques or VOD wih Adobe Media Server.

EmbeddedVideo

Progressivedownload

RMPsreaming

HP Dynamic

Sreaming orAdobe Flash

(HDS)

HP Live

Sreaming orApple iOS

(HLS)

RMFP

Mobile and

devices

No

recommended

because ile

sizes are large

and hardware

acceleraion

isn’ available.

Flash Player 10.1 and laer and AIR suppored

on a wide array o devices. Hardware acceleraion

available or opimal playback. H.26 4recommended.

MPEG-S

sreaming

orma

suppored.

H.264

required.

Flash Player

10.1 and laer

and AIR

suppored on a

wide array o

devices.

Adapive

birae

No suppored No suppored Enables

bandwidh

deecion and

birae

swiching over

RMP

connecions.

Enables

bandwidh

deecion and

birae

swiching over

HP.

Enables

bandwidh

deecion and

birae

swiching over

HP.

Enables

bandwidh

deecion and

birae

swiching over

RMFP

connecions.

Conen

proecion

No suppored Adobe Access

suppor

Provides

inheren

proecion

because he

video ile is

never cached.

Addiional

opions

include:

• Adobe Access

encrypion

• Real-ime

proecion

wih RMPE

• SWF

verificaion

Proeced HDS

and Adobe

Access suppor

Proeced HLS 128-bi

encrypion

OSMF No suppored Use OSMF o

build cusom

players or use

prebuil Flash

MediaPlayback or

Srobe Media

Playback.

Plug-in

archiecure

enables easy

exension o

player eaures

and inegraion

wih hird-

pary APIs.

Use OSMF o

build cusom

players or use

prebuil Flash

MediaPlayback or

Srobe Media

Playback.

Handles RMP

connecion

and suppors

adapive

birae

delivery.

Recommended

approach o

implemening

HP Dynamic

Sreaming. UseOSMF o build

cusom players

or use prebuil

Flash Media

Playback or

Srobe Media

Playback. Pass

in manies ile

URL. Suppors

adapive birae

delivery.

No suppored Suppors F4M

mulicas

maniess


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Embedded

Video

Progressive

download

RMP

sreaming

HP Dynamic

Sreaming or

Adobe Flash

(HDS)

HP Live

Sreaming or

Apple iOS

(HLS)

RMFP

Encoding Video and

audio is

encoded on

impor ino

Flash using a

SorensonSpark or VP6-E

codec.

Alernaely,

FLV iles

(encoded

elsewhere) can

be impored

and placed on

he Flash

imeline

(re-encoding is

no necessary).

Video iles are

encoded in

eiher he

buil-in or

sandalone

version oAdobe Media

Encoder,

hrough Adobe

Media Encoder

and a

hird-pary

nonlinear

ediing or

encoding

produc, or

using a

sandalone

video

encoding

applicaion

such as

Sorenson

Squeeze or

On2 Flix.

Same as

progressive

delivery. In

addiion, you

can capure

and record livevideo eeds

rom clien-side

webcams or

DV cameras, or

using Adobe

Flash Media

Live Encoder.

Live encoding

variables such

as birae,

rames per

second, and

video playback

size, can be

conrolled

program-

maically.

File Packager

prepares

prerecorded

media, and

Live Packager

prepares liveRMP sreams.

hese uiliies

creae MP4

ragmen

complian iles

(F4F) and

generae an

XML-based

manies ile

(F4M).

iOS sream

packager

auomaically

creaes media

ragmens

(M2S) andmanies ile

(M3U8) on

demand when

sream is

requesed by

he clien.

Same as

progressive

delivery. In

addiion, you

can capure

and record livevideo eeds

rom clien-side

webcams or

DV cameras, or

using Adobe

Flash Media

Live Encoder

SWF Fi le Size SWF iles

conain boh

video and

audio daa as

well as he

playback

inerace,

resuling in a

single,

subsanially

larger ile size.

SWF and video

iles are sored

separaely,

resuling in a

smaller SWF

ile size. Video

delivered via

progressive

delivery is

sored in

memory and is

no

recommended

or large video

asses.

Same ile size as progressive

delivery.

N/A Same SWF ile

size as

progressive

delivery.

Sar ime Large SWF iles

oen require

users o wai

beore he

video sars

playing,

resuling in a

negaive user

experience.

Sars

relaively

quickly aer

enough o he

video has

downloaded o

begin

playback.

Immediae.

he ases

way o go rom

iniial load o

acually

playing he

video.

Quick sar. Begins o play a er

he manies ile has been read

and he irs ragmen daa is

received.

Quick sar.

Begins o play

aer he

manies ile

has been read,

he peer

connecions

have been

made, and he

irs ragmen

daa is

received.


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Embedded

Video

Progressive

download

RMP

sreaming

HP Dynamic

Sreaming or

Adobe Flash

(HDS)

HP Live

Sreaming or

Apple iOS

(HLS)

RMFP

imeline

Access

When

embedded in

he Flash

imeline,

video appears

on individualrames and can

be reaed like

any oher

objec on he

sage.

Video is played back only a runime. Individual

rames are no visible on he sage. imeline evens

can be riggered a seleced imes during video

playback using AcionScrip.

N/A Video is played

back only a

runime.

Individual

rames are no

visible on hesage.

Publishing Each ime he

SWF is

published or

esed, he

enire video

ile is

republished.

Changes ovideo iles

require

manually

reimporing

he iles ino

he imeline.

Video iles are

only

reerenced a

runime.

Publishing

SWF iles is

much aser

hanembedded

video. Video

iles can be

updaed or

modiied

wihou

recompiling

he SWF ile.

Same as

progressive

delivery. You

can

dynamically

pull video iles

rom virual

locaions, suchas your sorage

area nework

(SAN), a FVSS,

or oher CDN.

Conen mus

be packaged

ino F4F

orma.

Manies iles

can be

updaed wih

new F4F ileinormaion.

Conen is

auomaically

packaged by

Adobe Media

Server. o

updae media,

new iles mus

be uploaded o

Adobe Media

Server and he

servers’ media

cache mus becleared.

Conen can

also be

prepackaged

using he ile

packaging

uiliies

included wih

Adobe Media

Server.

Conen mus

be packaged

ino M3U8

orma.

Manies iles

can be

updaed wih

new M2S ileinormaion.

Conen is

auomaically

packaged by

Adobe Media

Server. o

updae media,

new iles mus

be uploaded o

Adobe Media

Server and he

servers’ media

cache mus be

cleared.

Conen can

also be

prepackaged

using he ile

packaging

uiliies

included wih

Adobe Media

Server.

Same as RMP

sreaming.

Frame Rae Video rame

rae and SWFmovie rame

rae mus be

he same.

he video ile can have a di eren rame rae han

he SWF ile. Live video capure has programmableconrol over rame rae.

No resricions

on rame rae.

he video ile

can have adieren rame

rae han he

SWF ile.

Seek and

navigaion

abiliy

he enire SWF

ile mus be

downloaded

beore user

can seek or

navigae he

video.

User can only

seek o

porions o he

video ha

have been

downloaded.

User can seek anywhere a any

ime. New buer conrols enable

smooh playback during

reconnecion i connecion is los.

Insan replay and oher

advanced play uncionaliy.

User can seek

anywhere a

any ime.

User can seek

anywhere a

any ime.


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Embedded

Video

Progressive

download

RMP

sreaming

HP Dynamic

Sreaming or

Adobe Flash

(HDS)

HP Live

Sreaming or

Apple iOS

(HLS)

RMFP

Conen

Delivery

he enire SWF

ile mus be

downloaded o

he clien via

HP and

loaded inomemory o

play back

video.

Video iles are

progressively

downloaded

via H P,

cached, and

hen playedrom he local

disk. he

enire video

clip doesn’

need o i in

memory.

Video iles are

sreamed rom

Adobe Media

Server via

RMP,

displayed onhe clien’s

screen, and

hen discarded

rom memory

in a play-as-

you-go

mehod.

Manies and video ragmen iles

are downloaded via H P,

cached, and hen played rom he

local disk. he enire video clip

doesn’ need o i in memory.

Video iles are

sreamed

beween

cliens via

RMFP,

displayed onhe clien’s

screen, and

hen discarded

rom memory

in a play-as-

you-go

mehod.

Playback

Perormance

Audio and

video sync is

limied. Sync

beween audio

and video

suer aerapproximaely

120 seconds o

video. oal ile

duraion is

limied o

available RAM

on he

playback

sysem.

Improved

perormance

over embedded

SWF video

wih higher

resoluion andreliable audio

synchroni-

zaion.

Provides bes

image qualiy,

which is

limied only by

he amoun o

available hard

drive space on

he playback

sysem.

Improved

eiciency rom

a nework load

perspecive,

wih opimal

birae deliveryon an

as-needed

basis o as

many

cusomers as

necessary.

Like RMP sreaming, opimal

birae can be delivered. Nework

eiciencies o sandard HP

server and nework hardware can

poenially decrease overall cos

o delivery.

Lighes load

on he

nework, bu

can inroduce

some laency.

Compaibiliy Flash Player 6and laer,

including

mobile devices

Flash Player 7and laer,

including

Flash-enabled

mobile devices

Flash Player 6and laer,

including

Flash-enabled

mobile devices

Flash Player10.1 and laer

and AIR 2.0

and laer,

including

mobile devices

HML5, naiveiOS playback,

or AIR

Flash Player10.1 and laer

and AIR 2.0

and laer,

including

mobile devices


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Delivery comparison for live streaming

he ollowing able compares he video delivery echniques available or live sreaming wih Adobe Media

Server. Progressive download and embedded video do no suppor live sreaming.

Live RMP

sreaming

Live HP

Dynamic

Sreaming or

Adobe Flash

(HDS)

RMFP IP

mulicas

RMFP

Applicaion-

level mulicas

RMFP

Mulicas

usion

HP Live

Sreaming or

Apple iOS

(HLS)

Videosource

Adobe Media Live Encoder, local webcam or DV camera in Flash Player, or hird-paryencoder. Visi www.adobe.com/producs/premiere/dvhdwrdb.hml or compaible

devices. Could also be a server-side VOD sream broadcas as live.

Adobe MediaLive Encoder

or hird-pary

encoder.

Conen

proecion

Provides

inheren

proecion

because he

video ile is

never cached.

Addiional

opions

include:

oReal-imeAdobe Access

encrypion

oReal-ime

proecion

wih RMPE

oSWF

veriicaion

oRMFP

encryped

delivery

Media is

cached;

Proeced HDS

or Adobe

Access 2 or

laer is

required or

proecion.

RMFP proocol is encryped. Inernal nework is

used. Adobe Access 2 or laer suppored.

Proeced

HP Live

Sreaming

Video player Cusom player applicaions, OSMF-based players (Flash Media Playback, SrobeMedia Playback or cusom) in Flash Player or AIR.

HML5 ornaive iOS

playback

Nework

hardware

Por 1935 and

RMP

required. For

caching,

addiional

FMS servers

are required.

Sandard

HP caching

echnology

can be used.

For media

packaging,

FMS is

required a

he inges.

Mulicas-

enabled

rouers

required. I

WAN is no

mulicas-

enabled, an

addiional

FMS is

required o

replicae.UDP-enabled.

UDP-enabled

wih pors

open.

Nework

pariioning

may be

required o

opimize daa

low.

Boh IP and

applicaion–

level mulicas

requiremens.

Sandard

HP caching

echnology

can be used.

For media

packaging,

FMS is

required a

he inges.

Firewall

raversal

Good

raversal. Por

80 unneling

available i

needed.

Uses sandard

HP delivery

proocol.

Inernal

nework mus

be uned o

accep

mulicas

raic.

Migh be

resriced.

RMFP used

o open P2P

connecion

beween

cliens.

Flexible

irewall

raversal. Uses

P2P over

RMFP i

nework isn’

conigured or

IP Mulicas

raic

Uses sandard

HP delivery

proocol.


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Live RMP

sreaming

Live HP

Dynamic

Sreaming or

Adobe Flash

(HDS)

RMFP IP

mulicas

RMFP

Applicaion-

level mulicas

RMFP

Mulicas

usion

HP Live

Sreaming or

Apple iOS

(HLS)

Laency Lowes

laency

Higher laency

due o

real-ime

ragmening

process andinheren

laency o

HP delivery

(vs. RMP).

Laency o 5-8 seconds should be expeced or

mulicas sreams, based on nework

coniguraion and buer seings.

Higher laency

due o

real-ime

ragmening

process (aminimum o

25 seconds

should be

expeced).

Adapive

Birae

Dynamic

Sreaming

enables

bandwidh

deecion and

birae

swiching over

RMP

connecions.

Dynamic

Sreaming

enables

bandwidh

deecion and

birae

swiching over

HP

connecions.

No suppored. Mulicas suppors delivery o a

single sream only.

Adapive

birae

sreaming

enables

bandwidh

deecion and

birae

swiching over

HPconnecions.

DVR

uncionaliy

Suppored. Pause and rewind

live sreams

No suppored. No

suppored.

Video Player DevelopmenUnlike oher video delivery echnologies, which jus presen prebranded players o your viewers, Adobe

Media Server 5 inegraes wih Flash Player, AIR, and even HML5, allowing you o creae compleely

cusomized playback ineraces.

Figure 5

Te Open Source Media Framework simplifies video player development.

he Open Source Media Framework (OSMF) provides a sandards-based srucure or building cusom

video players, enabling developers o ake advanage o he laes Flash Plaorm eaures and delivery

mehods wihou he heavy liing o coding rom scrach. I a simple branded player is all ha is needed,

Adobe Media Playback and Srobe Media Playback provide prebuil soluions buil on OSMF. Wheher i’s

a oally cusom player buil on OSMF, or one o he prebuil players, deploying ull-eaured playback

applicaions is simpler han ever. For more inormaion abou OSMF, visi hp://osm.org.


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Glossary

Adaptive bitrateUsing bandwidh deecion and processor perormance measuremen o deliver he

mos appropriae birae sream o a clien, swiching beween biraes as needed during playback..

Adobe AIRCross-plaormrunime ha les developers use heir exising web developmen skills in

HML, Ajax, Flash echnology, and Flex o build and deploy RIAs o he deskop.

Application-level multicastSomeimes reerred o as P2P mulicas, his delivery mehod provides an

opimized sream disribuion among peers, which can resul in a bandwidh cos-savings. Paricipaing

peers organize hemselves ino an overlay opology or daa delivery. Each edge corresponds o a unicaspah beween wo peers in he underlying Inerne. All mulicas-relaed uncionaliy is implemened a

he peers insead o a rouers. he goal is o consruc and mainain an eicien overlay or daa

ransmission. he original sream can be disribued rom a clien or rom Adobe Media Server. his is

reerred o as applicaion-level because he mulicas delivery is being enabled by Flash Player or AIR

runime, raher han hardware.

BandwidthAmoun o hroughpu or a server or clien compuer. Usually measured in megabis per

second (Mbps) or kilobis per second (kbps). A ypical, wired Eherne connecion is 100Mbps, and Wi-Fi is

54Mbps. Server and clien bandwidh limis deermine how much video can be served or received.

BufferAmoun o video sored in RAM on he clien compuer. he larger he buer, he smooher he

video plays back. he buer is never wrien o disk.

ClientConsumer connecing o server via he Flash Player, AIR applicaion, or iOS.

Codeche compression algorihm used o encode a video or audio ile. Flash uses he Sorenson Spark,

On2 VP6-S, On2 VP6-E, or H.264 codec or video, and Nellymoser, MP3, AAC, or Speex or audio. Shor or

“code/decode,” he decoding par mus be presen in he player o play back video using a speciic codec.

ConnectionWhen cliens are sreaming video, hey consume one connecion. Muliple cliens sreaming

a he same ime is reerred o as simulaneous connecions.

ContentVideo, audio or daa sreamed rom Adobe Media Server.

Content delivery network (CDN)A company ha oers sreaming services and bandwidh so ha

cusomers do no need o se up and insall heir own servers.

Digital Rights Management (DRM)Video encoded wih DRM can be sold and proeced agains sealingand unauhorized sharing.

EncoderHardware or soware ha compresses or ranscodes video rom one orma o anoher.

Enhanced RTMP (RTMPe)Encryped RMP suppored in Flash Player and AIR, ha increases securiy

and perormance.

FlexCross-plaorm, open source ramework or creaing RIAs ha run idenically in all major browsers

and operaing sysems via Flash Player/AIR.

Flash Media Live EncoderFree deskop applicaion or Windows and Mac OS ha connecs o Adobe

Media Server and allows you o sream live video and audio o Flash Player, AIR, and iOS.

Flash Media Playback (FMP)Based on Open Source Media Framework, FMP is a ree, sandard media

player or he Adobe Flash Plaorm ha is hosed by Adobe. I can be used by any websie wih only a ewlines o HML. Is exensible plug-in archiecure enables easy inegraion wih conen delivery neworks

(CDNs) and adverising plaorms, as well as suppor or analyics, addiional hird-pary services, and he

laes delivery mehods. (For an open source, sel-hosed version o Flash Media Playback, see Srobe

Media Playback.) o ge sared go o: hp://www.adobe.com/producs/lashmediaplayback/

Adobe Video & Advertising Solution PartnersParner program ha helps promoe a srong ecosysem

around Flash echnology and Adobe Media Server.

H.264Indusry-sandard video codec. Currenly one o he mos commonly used ormas or he

recording, compression, and disribuion o high deiniion video. Suppored in Flash Player 9 and laer.

Usually combined wih AAC or audio.


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HTTP Dynamic StreamingDelivery mehod ha enables an adapive-birae, proeced sreaming

experience o Flash and AIR cliens, wih common HP servers, caching devices, and neworks. Uses a

sandard MPEG-4 ragmen conainer orma.

HTTP Live Streaming Delivery mehod ha enables an adapive-birae, proeced sreaming

experience o iOS cliens, wih common HP servers, caching devices, and neworks. Uses iOS-

compaible MPEG-4 ragmen conainer orma.

IP multicastNework-eicien delivery mehod ha uses exising mulicas-enabled nework hardware

o deliver large inernal broadcass wihou overwhelming he nework. Mulicas-enabled rouers creae

opimal disribuion pahs or daa sen o a mulicas desinaion address. he mos common use case islive video, bu i can be used o deliver on-demand video.

LiveReal-ime sreaming o conen, ypically rom a camera source, using Flash Media Live Encoder,

Flash Player, or a hird-pary encoder.

LatencyHow long i akes or a packe o daa o ge rom one poin o anoher.

Multicast addressIP address ha ideniies zero or more compuers in a nework simulaneously. An IP

mulicas address can be any IPv4 or IPv6 mulicas address.

Multicast fusionAdobe’s innovaive combinaion o applicaion-level mulicas and IP mulicas. Used

cooperaively or a single sream. Allows or disribuion o video o inernal cliens via IP mulicas, and

uses hose cliens o help disribue o cliens ouside o he mulicas-enabled inernal nework.

Open Source Media Framework (OSMF)An AcionScrip 3 ramework ha simpliies he developmen

o media players by allowing developers o assemble componens o creae high-qualiy, ull-eaured

video playback experiences. his open ramework enables developmen ocused on web-based video

moneizaion, wih lower coss and aser urnaround. o ge sared go o: hp://osm.org.

On2 VP6Video codec available or playback since Flash Player 8, oering high-qualiy, lighweigh,

ull-screen playback. VP6-S is a simpliied version o he codec ha is ideal or delivery o high-qualiy

video o older compuers (available in Flash Player 9 and laer). VP6-E, he original codec ha shipped

wih Flash Player 8, is slighly higher qualiy, hus requiring more processing power or playback.

Protected HTTP Dynamic Streaming A scalable delivery mehod or encryped conen over HP o

Flash Player and AIR cliens, wihou a DRM License Server. Use wih SWF Veriicaion or urher

proecion.Protected HTTP Live StreamingA scalable delivery mehod or encryped conen over HP o iOS

devices such as iPad and iPhone, wihou a DRM License Server. Uses AES-128 wire encrypion over SSL.

FMS can bind playback only o Apple devices o add urher proecion.

Publishing pointDirecory on Adobe Media Server where cusomers can place video and audio, or

publish live video.

Real Time Media Flow Protocol (RTMFP)Adobe’s proprieary peer-assised communicaion proocol

suppored in Flash Player 10 and laer and AIR 1.5 and laer.

Real Time Message Protocol (RTMP)Adobe’s proprieary mehod o communicaion beween Flash

Player and AIR cliens and Adobe Media Server.

Quality of service (QoS)Reers o he qualiy o he consumer’s playback experience.

Solution providerConsuling and enablemen organizaions ha provide advanced knowledge o

Adobe Media Server and Flash echnology, and heir inegraion over muliple devices.

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