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| Adobe Debuts Flash Media Server 3 Product Line Adobe has 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 Lite 3. The new product line includes two offerings: Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 3 for live and on-demand video streaming and Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server 3 for customized scalable video streaming services, plus multi-way social media applications. Both products deliver new features that provide media publishers with cost-effective streaming solutions for leading Web video formats. These features include: nearly double the amount of streams per server; support for industry standard H.264 video and HE-AAC audio in Adobe Flash Player 9; upgrades to Adobe's patented protocol for delivering protected content; and enhanced live video support for news, concerts, sporting events and social media services. In addition, Adobe Flash Media Server 3 supports both prerecorded and live streaming to Adobe Flash Lite 3 which ensures the same video experience via mobile devices. Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 3 can enable customers to stream high-quality encrypted video, with no license restrictions on bandwidth or the total connections. The new lower price for Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 3 makes the benefits of streaming video to Flash, Adobe AIR software, Adobe Flash Lite 3 and Adobe Media Player available to a broader audience. Adobe AIR software is the cross operating system application runtime that extends rich Internet applications (RIAs) to the desktop. Expected to be available in early 2008, Adobe Media Player, the first application from Adobe built on Adobe AIR, will integrate both H.264 video and HE-AAC audio support so viewers can enjoy high quality broadcast television both online and offline in an engaging, customized video experience. Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server 3 builds on the capabilities of Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 3 and combines the capabilities of Adobe Flash Media Server 2 Professional, Edge and Origin Editions into a single product, delivering a robust, high-performance streaming product with interactivity that can scale to support any size deployment. Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server 3 also supports a new plug-in architecture that can integrate with rights management systems for real time access control. The product line is expected to be available in January 2008. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Computing News :: home page |