Part 1: Overview of the new capabilities
- Introduction
- The need for dynamic streaming
- Multi-bitrate solutions with dynamic streaming
- How dynamic streaming works
- Dynamic streaming video players

Part 2: ActionScript 3.0 dynamic stream API
- Introduction
- Overview of dynamic streaming ActionScript 3.0 classes
- DynamicStream class
- DynamicStreamItem class

Part 3: Integrating dynamic streaming with existing video players

“Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Flash® Media Interactive Server 3.5 software and Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 3.5 software, two key components of the Adobe Flash Platform, the de facto standard for delivering breakthrough interactive content, applications, and video on the Web. The new servers include new media delivery options, such as: dynamic streaming; enhanced H.264 video and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio support; and the ability to pause and seek within a live stream. These innovations improve the quality of video delivered over the Web and offer richer interactive experiences for users. The new versions, which are being showcased at Adobe MAX North America in San Francisco, advance the company’s leadership in rich media and open significant new opportunities for content owners delivering interactive and social media applications.”

Press Release

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Understanding the multi-bit rate solution
3. Step 1: Encoding for multi-bit rates
4. Step 2: Bandwidth detection
5. Step 3: Bit rate selection
6. Step 4: Stream switching
7. Step 5: Bandwidth monitoring / dynamic stream switching

Flash Media Server Developer Center

Laurel Reitman article about the new set of options for developers and content owners to protect their content with Flash Media Rights Management Server.

Flash Media Server Developer Center

In this example the author of the tutorial will retrieve weather forecast and pass it to all the users connected to the application.

1. Introduction
2. Setting up Flash Media Server and Flash Media Encoder
3. Building a custom application to inject synchronized metadata
4. Using one-time metadata

Flash Media Server Developer Center

Take a look at this article by Fabio Sonnati describing these new improved buffering behaviours.

Flash Media Server Developer Center

Streaming with Flash Media Server 3, the supported media file types and the differences between the various delivery methods.

Flash Media Server Developer Center

What to consider:

- Number of simultaneous users your application must support at peak load
- Data transmission speed at which you expect your users to connect (what percent of users will be on a 56 Kbps dial-up connection, cable/DSL, or a LAN?)
- Number of audio/video streams your application will support per user
- Limitations of the server hardware and Internet connection
- Target encoding rate of the audio and video streams in your application

Flash Media Server Developer Center

Demo 1: Progressive download to streaming
Demo 2: Content protection
Demo 3: ActionScript streaming
Demo 4: Live video recording

By Kevin Towes
Available at: Flash Media Server Developer Center

Lisa Larson-Kelley teach us how to scale high-traffic applications, the security features, server resources and what will be convenient to consumers.

Flash Media Server Developer Center

- Simultaneous connections
- Streaming or peak bandwidth per connection
- Bandwidth transfer
- Basic formula for one-to-many applications
- Basic formula for many-to-many applications
- Disk space
- Shared versus dedicated servers/clusters
- Type of application
- Region of end users (America, Asia, Europe, etc.)
- Custom application support
- FMS vs. FMIS
- Costs incurred by hosting your own

Flash Media Server Developer Center

Jumping Out of Sequence: Memento Brings You Back – FMS Application by Bill Sanders

Source Code & Files available to download.

Mike Downey has posted some more details about what to expect from FMS3. This product will be released later this month.

Mike explains the product editions available, and the features of each one.

If you are interested in this product you should read this article.

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the Adobe® Flash® Media Server 3 family of products, which offers streaming media and real-time communication capabilities to the broadest possible audience. With industry standard H.264 video capabilities and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio support, Adobe Flash Media Server 3 provides content owners with increased protection for streaming high quality video and allows for the delivery of interactive media applications that work consistently across multiple browsers and operating systems. Adobe Flash Media Server 3 provides a more efficient instant-on video experience virtually anytime, anywhere – to the Web, the desktop with Adobe Media Player and to mobile devices with Adobe Flash Liteâ„¢ 3. With new pricing options, customers have a wide array of choices for the broadcasting of high quality streaming media experiences.

Press Release

Features:

* Live Audio/Video streaming
* Live Stream Recording
* Powerful stream access control
* Lightweight client – server communication
* Client mode – you can connect to any kind of flash media server
* Server to server Data/Audio/Video communication – clustering
* Low memory requirement – not yet
* Admin console

More Info & Download

Minimum system requirements
Install your software
Uninstall your software
Known issues
Customer care
Other resources
Third Party Notices

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Ramchandra Kulkarni presents a Flash Media Server event gateway example application at Adobe Developer Center. The author shows a ColdFusion application that uses the Flash Media Server event gateway to manipulate Flash Media Server shared objects.

Adobe Developer Center