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Last updated 8/28/2014
Chapter 2: Using Adobe Media Server on
Amazon Web Services
Supported features
Supported Adobe Media Server features
Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services is identical to Adobe Media Server Extended except that Adobe Media
Server on Amazon Web Services limits the number of RTMFP introductions.
For a list of Adobe Media Server Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) and a list of which version of Adobe Media Server
Extended each AMI uses, see
www.adobe.com/go/learn_fms_aws_en.
RTMFP connection limits
Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services limits the number of simultaneous RTMFP connections based on the
size of the AMI instance. The following table lists the number of simultaneous RTMFP connections allowed for each
AMI instance type:
Note: Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services supports peer-assisted, application-level multicast. It does not support
IP multicast or multicast fusion. In peer-assisted multicast, Flash Player and AIR clients send data to each other in a mesh.
In IP multicast, the server sends data to a router at a specified IP address. The router sends the data to Flash Player and
AIR clients. Multicast fusion uses both technologies together.
Supported server-side features
Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services is Adobe Media Server Extended. It supports all the features that Adobe
Media Server Extended supports, including Server-Side ActionScript, server-side recording, custom C++ plug-ins, and
customized configuration files.
You can use HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) to serve live streams to clients over HTTP.
Supported file formats
Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services supports the same file formats that Adobe Media Server supports.
Instance type RTMFP connections
Large 100
High-Memory Extra Large 100
Extra Large 1000
High-CPU Extra Large 1000
High-Memory Double Extra Large 10,000
High-Memory Quad Extra Large 10,000