Installation guide

• AAC Low Complexity (LC)—SlightlylessecientthanAACMainandrequireslessCPUpower
toencodeanddecode.AACLCisoptimizedforlow-bitrateapplicationssuchasstreaming.
• High Eciency AAC v2 (also known as HE-AAC+, eAAC, and aacPlus v2)—A superset of
theAACcorecodecthatcombinesspectralbandreplication(SBR)andparametricstereo(PS)
techniquestoenhancecoding,especiallyforlow-bitratestereosignals.HE-AACv2supports
upto48audiochannelsandenables5.1and7.1surroundsound.
FormoreinformationaboutHE-AACimplementation,visitwww.adobe.com/products/hdvideo/
supported_technologies/heaacv2.html.
On2 VP6-S support
New feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash
Player 9,0,115,0 or later.
FlashMediaServer3introducesstreamingsupportforthenewVP6-Scodecproleavailablein
FlashPlayer9,0,115,0.VP6-Sfeaturesgreatersimplicityinencoding/decodingofhigh-resolution,
full-screen video, which allows high-denition video to be streamed and played back smoothly
onmass-marketcomputerswithlimitedprocessorspeeds.VP6-Sisrecommendedforvideo
deliveredatorabove500Kbpsathighresolutionswhentargetingtheseslowermachines.
For more information on this codec, visit www.on2.com.
Smart buering (player x)
New feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash
Player 9,0,115,0 or later.
FlashPlayer9,0,115,0introducedanenhancementtotheplaybackenginetosustainthebuerof
a Flash Media Server stream when you pause playback of a recorded stream. is means that
Flash Media Server will no longer ush the buer when a video is paused. When resumed,
playback will be immediate and not need to be rebuered. is feature will allow you to
prebuer video and create seamless video switching among playlist items.
Live video features
Flash Media Server 3 introduces several powerful new features to enhance your live video
publishing applications.
Live instant-on
VideostreamingthroughFlashMediaServerstartsplayinginstantlywhenapageisloadedor
the play button is selected. is is a distinct benet over other streaming technologies, as well as
progressive delivery, and is compatible with both live and on-demand streams.
Multipoint publish
New feature in Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player 6 or later.
A new feature available in all editions of Flash Media Server 3, the multipoint publish feature
givesexibilityandscalabilitytoyourstreamingapplications.Previously,ifyouwereusinga
contentdeliverynetwork(CDN)todeliveryourstreamingcontent,youwereunabletoimple-
ment any custom server-side code or inject any data messages into the outbound stream.
Now,withmultipointpublishing,youcanuseyourownFlashMediaServer(orFlashMedia
Encoder)tocontrolthefeedtotheCDN,whichthenbroadcastsittoyourclients(asshown
in the followinggure).(efreedevelopmenteditioncanactuallybeusedincommercial
applicationsasthislocallivepublishingpoint.)
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