MACROMEDIA FLASH MEDIA SERVER 2-SERVER MANAGEMENT ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Guide d'installation Page 1

Adobe® Flash® Media Server 3.5The next generation of Adobe’s award-winning software for streaming video and real-time communication e Adobe Flash Med

e following gure illustrates the basic architecture of a Flash Media Server connection.Flash Media ServerWeb serverClientSends SWFPlays SWF usingFla

FormoreinformationonH.264/AACsupport,seetheFlashPlayer9UpdateFAQat http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flash_Player:9:Update:H.264. Ext

Progressive download video deliverySinceFlashMX2004,progressivedownloadhasbeensupportedforvideodelivery.ismethodallows developers to loa

Streaming deliveryeabilitytostreamvideoandaudiowasrstavailablewithFlashMX,FlashPlayer6,andFlashCommunicationServerMX.When you u

• Tracking, reporting, and logging capabilities—Becauseprogressivedownloadisasimpledownload of a le, you can’t easily log specic relevant sta

Ifyourwebsiteorblogreliesheavilyonvideo,audio,orreal-timedatasharing,youcangiveyouruser the best experience by using the features in

Embedded video Progressive download Streaming deliveryPerformance Audio and video sync is limited. Sync between audio and video suer after approximat

Factors aecting performanceis section explains how performance for Flash Media Server 3.5 is aected by dierent conditions. Measuring performance i

300Kbps recorded video limited to 1Gbps 700Kbps recorded video limited to 1Gbpsefollowinggraphsshowthenumberofconcurrentstreamsgivendier

Comparing with Flash Media Server 2 Flash Media Server 3.5 nearly doubles the total number of active streams from Flash Media Server 2.Increasescan

Interactivity• Integratedvideo,audio,anddatastreamingforacompletesocialmediatoolset• NewDVRfunctionalitythatsupportsaddedplaybackf

Enhanced process scopes Feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player 6 or later.FlashMediaServe

Built-in bandwidth detection Feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player 6 or later.Bandwidth de

Distributed cores Feature in Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player 6 or later.To further increase the capacity and reliability of your

Arevisedserver-sideandclient-sideAPIallowsyoutomanageserverredirectiondata.NotethatyouneedtousetheupdatedFLVPlaybackcomponentto

Access plug-ineAccessplug-ingivesdevelopersanothersecuritytool.Itprovidesanadditionallayerbetweenclient and server, intercepting connec

Eachproleisfurtherorganizedintothreelevels,asshowninthefollowingtable.Level Codec Target resolution/data rateLT level 1 VP6 Mobile GSMLT

• 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)a

• Videowithlongduration• Videowithlargelesize• HDvideo• Videowithlargerdimensions,suchasfullscreenvideo• Contentdistribute

Multipoint publishing architectureFlash MediaStreaming Server 1(FVSS) Los AngelesFlash Media Streaming ServerNew Yo rk CityFlash MediaStreaming Server

• Proleidentication—ResourceDescriptionFramework(RDF)URIreferenceforthedevice• Network/type—Forexample,CodeDivisionMultipleAccess(

• IntegratedHTTPservertoallowanall-in-onehostingsolutionforyourinteractiveandstreaming applications, defaulting to progressive delivery

AMF3 support Feature in Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player 8 or later. Flash Media Server supports the AMF3 format for sending data

Deploying Flash Media Server 3.5InstallingFlashMediaServer3.5isasimpleprocess,whetherdeployingtoLinuxorWindowsplatforms. Your rst step

You can also test your installation by running the vod sample application located in samples/applications/vod/vodtest.html. Youcanselectavideo(FL

Conguring adaptors and virtual hostsFeature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player 6 or later.e s

EachadaptorhasitsowndirectoryinsidetheRootInstall/conf directory. e name of the directoryisthenameoftheadaptor.Eachadaptordirectory

Also located at the root level of the conguration directory, the L o g g e r.x m l le controls settings for Flash Media Server log les. You can ed

YoucancongureFlashMediaServertospawnFMSCoreprocessesbyconguringthescopenodein the global Application.xml le. Valid scopes include ad

<scope>vhost</scope>Process scope “vhost.” Useful for applying unique settings for users in dierent subdomains.<scope>app</scop

Distributed process scopes There are three processes, each able to accept connections. Users connected to the same application may not be able to comm

e following example shows process distribution with a single virtual host. e gure shows how thecongurationisimplementedovera5-hourtimefram

Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 3.5is server edition is ideal for one-way secure video streaming. Flash Media Streaming Server 3.5 is an economica

e maximum connection time using the above conguration is 4 hours. Aer 4 hours, the core process is closed and all connections are dropped. At this

Close idle connections Feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player 6 or later.When clients leave

IntheApplication.xml le, you can specify one or more folders on the server to hold these SWF verication les locally. is is done within the node

Encrypted RTMP (RTMPE) Feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player 9,0,115,0 or later.Bydefault

For example, if you create a global application _ owner property, every instance of that application could access that property using this syntax: Ap

Application logs record application event data such as:• Dateandtimeoftheevent• Event’sserverprocessID• Eventstatuslevel(warning,error,

Server healthcheck utility Feature in Flash Media Streaming Server and Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Windows or Linux.InadditiontotheA

Edge and Origin congurations Feature in Flash Media Interactive Server; requires Flash Player 6 or later.InversionspriortoFlashMediaServeryou

eEdgeserverservesasa“traccop”—handlingconnectionoverhead,authentication,andotheradministrativeduties—freeingupvaluablesystemandne

<RouteEntry>edge1.fms.com:*;192.168.110.150:1935</RouteEntry> </RouteTable></Proxy>e connection string would look like:rtm

• Multiwaycommunication• Socialmediasolutions• Distributedcoreprocessing• Multipointpublishing• Live-streammetadatainjectionFlashMediaI

Edge server cluster using a master Edge and a single OriginUsing live videoFlash Media Server allows you to broadcast live streams with a wealth of in

Flash Media Live Encoder interface Flash Media Live Encoder live broadcast log FlashMediaLiveEncoder3canalsobetightlyintegratedintoyourcur

AsignicantbenetoverbroadcastingdirectfromtheFlashPlayer,FlashMediaLiveEncoder3 allows you to broadcast video using either the VP6 or H

Content vulnerabilitiesOnlinedigitalcontentcanbecompromisedanumberofways:• Raiding the browser cache—ough the lenames are not easily read,

Restrict access from domainsBydefault,aclientcanconnecttoFlashMediaServerfromanydomainorIPaddress,whichcanbeasecurityrisk.Youca

Authorization adaptors can:• Authorizeconnectionstotheserver• Authorizeplayingastreamorseekinginastream• Authorizepublishingastream•

Implementingstreamencryptioninyourapplicationsiseasy.Simplyspecifytheprotocolwhenyou connect to your application.• SSL NetConnection.c

Content protection with CDNsAn easy way to add content protection to your streaming content is to use FVSS through Adobe’s CDNpartners.ManyofAdobe

Live:LivevideostreamingusingFlashMediaLiveEncoderorFlashPlayer.Publishing point: A directory on Flash Media Server where customers can plac

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Features Flash Media Interactive Server 3.5Flash Media Streaming Server 3.5Flash Media Development Server 3.5Bandwidth limitations Unlimited Unlimite

Flash Media Server upgradesUpgrading from Adobe Flash Media Server 3e guidelines for upgrading from Flash Media Server 3 vary depending on your curre

Flash Media Server support for dierent versions of Adobe Flash PlayerFeatures Ver s ion 6Versio n 7Versio n 8Versio n 9Version 9,0,115,0 Versio n 10S

How Flash Media Server 3.5 works Flash Media Server solutions have both a server-side and a client-side architecture. e client experienceisdeployed