Installation guide

Content protection with CDNs
An easy way to add content protection to your streaming content is to use FVSS through Adobe’s
CDNpartners.ManyofAdobe’sFVSSpartnersoerplug-and-playrestrictedaccessandsecure
video-streaming solutions.
TolearnmoreabouthowaCDNcanhelpprotectyourcontent,visitwww.adobe.com/go/fvss.
Glossary
Adobe AIR: A cross-platform tool that enables developers to use their existing web development
skillsinHTML,AJAX,Flash,andFlextobuildanddeployrichInternetapplicationstothedesktop.
Adobe Media Player: A desktop media player that brings the best of both the broadcast
televisionandwebvideoworldstoyourdesktop—providinghigh-qualitycontentbothonline
and oine, with a wide range of business model possibilities.
Bandwidth: e amount of throughput of a server or a client computer. Usually measured in
megabitspersecond(Mbps)orkilobitspersecond(Kbps).AtypicalwiredEthernetconnectionis
100Mbps,andWiFiis54Mbps.Serverandclientbandwidthlimitsdeterminehowmuchvideocan
be served or received.
Buer: e amount of video stored in RAM on the client computer. e larger the buer, the
smoother the video plays back. e buer is never written to disk.
Content Delivery Network (CDN): A company that oers streaming services and bandwidth so
that customers do not need to set up and install servers of their own.
Client:econsumerconnectingtoFlashMediaServerviaFlashPlayerorAdobeAIRapplications.
Codec: eformatinwhichavideooraudioleisencoded.FlashusesSorensonSpark,On2
VP6-S,On2VP6-E,andH.264codecsforvideo;Nellymoser,MP3,andAACforaudio.Shortfor
“code/decode,”thedecodingpartofthecodecmustbepresentintheplayertoplaybackvideo
using a specic codec.
Connection: When a client is streaming video it consumes one connection. When multiple
clients are streaming at the same time, they are referred to as simultaneous connections.
Content: Video or audio data streamed from Flash Media Server.
Digital Rights Management (DRM): Video encoded with DRM can be sold and protected
against stealing and unauthorized sharing.
Encoder: Soware that compresses or transcodes video from one format to another.
Enhanced RTMP: enext-generationRealTimeMessagingProtocol(RTMP)thatincreases
security and performance.
Flash Lite 3: e next-generation mobile Flash player that supports the VP6 and Spark codecs
and allows for RTMP connections to Flash Media Server.
Flex:Across-platform,opensourceframeworkforcreatingrichInternetapplicationsthatrun
identically in all major browsers and operating systems.
Flash Media Live Encoder: AfreeWindowsXP-baseddesktopapplicationthatconnectsto
Flash Media Server and allows you to stream live video and audio to Flash Player.
Flash Media Solution Provider program: A partner program that helps promote a strong
ecosystem around Flash Video and Flash Media Server.
Flash Video Streaming Service (FVSS):AdobehaspartneredwithleadingCDNstooer
hosted services for delivering on-demand video for Flash Player across high-performance,
reliable networks.
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