Installation guide

Access plug-in
eAccessplug-ingivesdevelopersanothersecuritytool.Itprovidesanadditionallayerbetween
client and server, intercepting connection requests and examining both the client and the server
to determine how to handle the request. With the Access plug-in, you can perform tasks such as:
• Queryadatabaseoflogindatatoauthorizetheconnection.Ifaccepted,youcouldupdatethe
database with information about the client and keep a record of the connection.
• Determinethecurrentserverload,andchoosetoaccept,reject,orredirecttheclient.
• Setreadandwriteaccessforlesandfoldersontheserver.
• Setaccesstoaudioandvideobitmapdataonstreams.
Enhanced cache
Feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player
6 or later.
Cachingbehaviorisoptimized,improvingFlashMediaServermemorymanagementandserver
performance. e eciency has been signicantly improved in Flash Media Server 3 and later,
and the server administrator now has the power to set a ceiling on the amount of RAM utilized
by the cache.
InFlashMediaServer2,thecachesettingsallowedyoutospecifythenumberoflesyouwanted
tocacheinthecachefolder.Eachoftheseleshadapredeterminednumberofsegments
availabletowriteinto.Iftheserverwastoobusy,allofthesegmentswerenotusedineachle.
Now,thecacheisbasedonlyonsegments,notthenumberofles—resultinginmuchmore
ecient caching behavior.
IPv6 compliance
Feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player
6 or later.
Requiredbymanygovernmentcustomers,IPv6isthenextgenerationprotocolreplacingIPv4
(suchas,192.168.0.1).isnewversionexpandsaddressingcapabilitiesfrom32bitsto128bits,
andissupportedinFlashMediaServer3.5.eFlashMediaServerAdministrationConsolewill
alsobefullycompatiblewithIPv6addressing.
HD video quality features
Flash Media Server 3.5 has no limits on data rate or video quality. Flash Media Server 3.5 supports
traditionalFLV(usingSorensonSparkorOn2VP6/MP3codecs)andMPEG-4(usingH.264/AAC+
codecs).Whetheryouneedtostream50Kbpsmedialestodial-upconnectionsandmobile
devicesorupto20MbpsforfullHDquality—FlashMediaServercansupportyourapplication.
Video proles in Flash
e video prole you select aects the quality of your video. Flash technology is organized
aroundthreevideoproles:Light(LT),Standard(SD),andHighDenition(HD).
• VideoLT—MobiledeliveryviaFlashLite3(On2VP6codeconly)
• VideoSD—Standard-denitionwebvideo(On2VP6andH.264codecs)
• VideoHD—High-denitionvideo(On2VP6andH.264)
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