Last September we previewed Flash Media Server 3, which will be shipping later this month. In December we made the official announcement but, based on questions I’ve been getting recently, I think a lot of people missed the details due to the holiday break. I thought I would summarize some of the more interesting details.
1. New product editions: “Interactive” and “Streaming” (full comparison of editions here)
Flash Media Interactive Server 3 – Full ver licensing starts at US$4,500
This is the full-blown FMS version that gives you all the bells and whistles. Notable new features:
- Major performance gains over earlier editions, which mean more streams and users per server.
- More secure content delivery via the new RTMPE protocol, offering high-performance 128-bit encryption. This also includes a verification feature for protecting SWF files from being reused, modified, or hosted in unauthorized locations.
- H.264 video and HE-AAC audio for streaming video up to 1080p HD resolution
- Improved Live video support via Flash Media Encoder 2
- Mobile delivery to Flash Lite 3
- New plug-in architecture that allows you to integrate with other back-end servers and services.
Features of Flash Media Interactive Server 3 that are NOT included with the lower-priced Flash Media Streaming Server edition:
- Multi-way applications (think Adobe Acrobat Connect)
- Unlimited scalability with Origin/Edge (replicate content from an origin server to an edge server)
- Plug-in architecture for LDAP authentication
- C++ Plug-in architecture
- Multipoint publishing (for live stream posting to multiple origins to automatically reflect the stream)
- Server redirection (used for authentication, requests can be redirected based on business logic)
- AMF3 support (for data communications)
- Server-side playlists
- Video recording
Download the free Developer Edition (Currently FMS 2, will update to FMS 3 when it ships later this month)
Flash Media Streaming Server 3 – Full ver licensing starts at US$995
This is a more affordable step up from progressive download. It allows you to gain the benefits of streaming such as improved performance, especially over slower connections, and the ability to seek forward into video content that hasn’t been downloaded to the user yet. It also allows unlimited bandwidth and users. This is a huge benefit compared to the old licensing model.
Will apps built with FMS2 work immediately in FMS3?
Yes they will.
Hi Mike,
As I can see on Adobe website the free developer edition (10 connections limit) is ver. 2 not 3. When will version 3 will be available?
thanks
@bcd: FMS 3 will be available later this month. I’ve updated the post to note that. Thanks!
Mike … one question please.
With the new version 3 of the streaming applications can I buy FMIS 3.0 for origin servers and FMSS for EDGE servers?
thanks
BCD – FMSS and FMIS are not inter-operable from and Edge/Origin point of view. You can only connect an FMIS (configured as Edge) to another FMIS (configured as Origin). You can not configure FMSS as Edge or Origin.
Hope this helps!
kev.
Good to know that but it doesn’t helps me :)
5700EUR (in eastern europe) is very high comparing with 1200EUR when I need 3-4 new edges at every 6month
Mike,
The new features for FMS3 look great. I’ve got a couple of questions for you…
1. Will sharedObjects still work as they do in FMS2 with the streaming version of FMS3? i.e. can we still do chatrooms with the streaming version only.
2. The current server side development language for FMS2 is pretty rudimentary. Has there been any improvement to the development environment for server side apps? i.e. is there eclipse/flexBuilder plugins to develop them in.
Cheers,
Nik
the trial download link says
“We’re sorry, the site area you’ve requested is unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. Please try again later.”
… looks like this is the launch :D
Hi Mike,
We have some chatrooms running FMS2, will they run on the light version of FMS 3 or do we need the full version ?
Thanks,
Richard
hi, any idea how to become out jpgStream minimum 1jpg/1sec out from RTMP stream ? thnx martin
Hi, any word on a plugin for flex builder 3 that faciliates version 3 of flash media server.
I have a question. I’m currently writing a paper about online video (so a big chunck about streaming aswell). Now i was watching a video on the Adobe site advertising FMS3 (http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/ ==> it’s the full video not the first short clip you see).
It said ‘connecting to streaming server’, there’s no load bar so i assume it really is streaming. But it’s just not possible to watch it, it has to re-buffer every 2-3 seconds. The whole point of streaming is that this doesn’t happen right? even if that means scaling down to a lesser quality. I have a broadband connection and this is probably one of the slowest and most irritating video’s i have encountered in a while. Not exactly the best way to advertise a product in my opinion. anybody any comments? If i’m totally missing the point of streaming, feel free to tell me.
Hi, any word on a plugin for flex builder 3 that faciliates version 3 of flash media server. thanks
hi,
i have a question as by using FMSS can i duplicate the built in vod / live services ? i know it can be dome in FMDS & FMIS but please tell me can it be done in FMSS 3 ?
hi,this site is very good.because there are lot of flash war games
Flash Video Server is a powerful video streaming platform which provides services of streaming Flash videos and audios between the server side and client side. Flash Video Server offers you easy solution to enable your clients to play, record, and publish local Flash videos, live videos and audios to the server and share with other users.
This program makes it possible for online meetings, live video publishing, recording, and playing.
http://www.flvsoft.com/
Thanks
Hi Mike,
Will Flash Media Server Authentication Add-in for FME 2.5 work with FMSS for live app’s or is that only available for FMIS?
Best,
James
Leawo Free FLV converter is a powerful tool for converting flv files to AVI, MPEG, wmv, MP4, etc, with this product you can turn youtube videos to many other formats.
http://www.leawo.com/
thank you for your sharing.
the price $4,500 maybe a bit high. but it seems adobe server is still the best choice.
p.s. i've download a desktop flv converter for mac from http://www.macflvconverters.com, it works well. I wonder if Mac would pay more attension on server related.
This program makes it possible for online meetings, live video publishing, recording, and playing.
http://www.flvdvd.com/flv-to-dvd-converter/
it works well. I wonder if Mac would pay more attension on server related.