Installation guide

Content protection from 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theAdobeFVSSwebsite:
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 televi-
sion 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:Referstothe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 will play back. e buer is never written to disk.
Content Delivery Network (CDN): ese companies oer streaming services and bandwidth so
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willsupporttheVP6/Sparkcodecand
allowforRTMPconnectionstoFlashMediaServer.
Flex:AdobeFlexisacrossplatform,opensourceframeworkforcreatingrichInternetapplica-
tions that run identically in all major browsers and operating systems.
Flash Media 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CDNprovidersto
oerhostedservicesfordeliveringon-demandvideoforFlashPlayeracrosshigh-performance,
reliable networks.
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