Installation guide

Live:LiveFlashstreamingusingFlashMediaEncoderorFlashPlayer.

Publishing Point:AdirectoryonFlashMediaServerwherecustomerscanplacevideo/audio

content and publish live video.

On2 VP6:Avideocodecthatoershighquality,lightweightfull-screenplayback(availablesince

FlashPlayer8).VP6-Sisasimpliedversionthatisidealfordeliveryofhigh-qualityvideotoolder

computers(availableinFlashPlayer9orlater).VP6-E,theoriginalcodecthatshippedwithFlash

Player8,oersslightlyhigherqualityandrequiresmoreprocessingpowerforplayback.

Real Time Message Protocol (RTMP): Adobe’s proprietary method of communication between

FlashPlayerclientsandFlashMediaServer.

Quality of Service (QOS): Referstothequalityoftheconsumer’splaybackexperience.

Solution Provider: Consulting/enablementorganizationsthatprovideadvancedknowledgeof

FlashMediaServerandvideoforAdobeFlashPlayer,andtheirintegrationovermultipledevices.

Sorenson Spark:OriginalvideocodecinFlashPlayer6and7.Anencoderforthiscodecisalso

builtintoFlashPlayer,allowingforwebcambroadcastandarchivingwhenusedwithFlash

Media Server.

Transcoding: e conversion from one video format to another. Usually transcoding allows you

changethecodec.Eachtimealeistranscoded,qualityislost.

Video on Demand (VOD): A term used to describe the delivery of prerecorded Flash video streaming.

Online resources

Flash On™ (Adobe video showcase)

www.adobe.com/ashon

HD Video with Adobe Flash

www.adobe.com/products/hdvideo

Adobe HD Gallery

www.adobe.com/products/hdvideo/hdgallery

Understanding the dierence between progressive download and streaming video

www.adobe.com/devnet/ash/articles/v_download.html

www.adobe.com/products/hdvideo/supported_technologies/streaming.html

DRM and digital media protection with Flash Media Server

www.adobe.com/devnet/ashmediaserver/articles/digital_media_protection.html

www.adobe.com/products/hdvideo/supported_technologies/content_protection.html

Performance-tuning Flash Media Server 2 for live webcasts using Linux

www.adobe.com/devnet/ashmediaserver/articles/performance_tuning_webcasts.html

Exploring Flash Player support for high-denition H.264 video and AAC audio

www.adobe.com/devnet/ashplayer/articles/hd_video_ash_player.html

AAC-HE version 2 details

www.adobe.com/products/hdvideo/supported_technologies/heaacv2.html

H.264 details

www.adobe.com/products/hdvideo/supported_technologies/h264.html

Streaming rough Firewalls and Proxies: From the Client’s Perspective

www.adobe.com/devnet/ashcom/articles/rewall_streaming.html

Flash Media Encoder 2