Flash Media Server 3 Announced

By Stefan Richter
Expert Author
Article Date: 2007-09-07

Adobe announced the upcoming release of Flash Media Server 3 at IBC in Amsterdam.

The next version will offer significant performance gains as well as a new enhanced (and encrypted) RTMP protocol to support new content protection features. Pricing has not been made available at this stage.

Other announced fatures include:

- SWF verification to prevent leeching

- H.264 support

- Improved live streaming

- Mobile video streaming to Flash Lite 3

- Stream republishing from server to server (stream push)

- New C++ based plugin architecture

- and more

More information can be found here and here.

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About the Author: Stefan is a certified Flash Developer who has been involved with Flash Media Server since its very early days. From his home office in the UK he has handled a variety of projects, specializing in Flash Video and Rich Internet Applications for clients that include CNET, USA Network and Unilever. Stefan is the author of a series of Adobe Developer Center articles, has spoken at several industry events and contributes a regular column on Flash Video to Streaming Media Magazine. His site www.flashcomguru.com is one of the largest online resources on Flash Video.

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