Installation guide
Eachproleisfurtherorganizedintothreelevels,asshowninthefollowingtable.
Level Codec Target resolution/data rate
LT level 1 VP6 Mobile GSM
LT level 2 VP6 Mobile 3G
LT level 3 VP6 Mobile 3G-high
SD level 1 On2 VP6 and H.264 16 0x112
SD level 2 On2 VP6 and H.264 320x240
SD level 3 On2 VP6 and H.264 640x480
HD level 1 On2 VP6 and H.264 640x480
HD level 2 On2 VP6 and H.264 1,280x720
HD level 3 On2 VP6 and H.264 1,920x1,080
(Source: www.adobe.com/products/ hdvideo/supported_ technologies/h26 4. html)
Typicalframeratesrangefrom5fpsto30fps.Higherframeratesandscreenresolutionsrequire
morecomputingpowertoplayback.FlashPlayer9supportshardware-acceleratedfull-screen
video playback.
H.264 video codec
New feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash
Player 9,0,115,0 or later.
eH.264codecdeliversexcellentqualityvideo,andisnowsupportedbyFlashMediaServer3.
evideostreaming-relatedsubsetsoftheMPEG-4part10standardsupportedbyFlash
technologies are:
• Baseline—Widelyusedinvideoconferencingandmobileapplicationsrunningondeviceswith
limited computing power.
• MainProle(MP)—eoriginalproleintendedforbroadcastandstorageapplications,MP
hasbeenlargelyovershadowedbyHighProle.
• HighProle(HiP)—eprimaryproleforbroadcastanddiskstorageapplications.HiPisthe
proleadoptedbybothhigh-denitionDVDformats:HDDVDandBlu-raydisc.
• High10Prole(Hi10P)—AprolethatincreasesdecodedpictureprecisionofHiPto10bits
per sample.
InadditiontoFLV,FlashPlayer9supportsstreamingorprogressiveplaybackofMPEG-4
containerformatssuchasMP4,M4A,MOV,MP4V,3GP,and3G2iftheycontainH.264video
and/orHE-AACaudio.
FormoreinformationaboutH.264implementation,visitwww.adobe.com/products/hdvideo/
supported_technologies/h264.html.
ForfullsystemrequirementsforrenderingHDcontentinFlashplayer,visitwww.adobe.com/
products/hdvideo/systemreqs.html.
HE-AAC audio codec
New feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash
Player 9,0,115,0 or later.
FlashMediaServer3nowsupportsstreamingofHE-AACaudio.ecodecprolesdenedby
theISO/IEC14496-3(MPEG-4part3)standardaresupported:
• Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) Main—AddsperceptualnoiseshapingtotheMPEG-2
versionofAAC,improvingqualityatlowerbitrates.Canhandleuptovechannelsplusone
subwooferchannel(5.1)inasingleaudioobject.
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