The Hidden Licensing Costs of HLS Video Playback?

With a lot of conversations evolving around MPEG-DASH during NAB this year, including the joint Adobe / Akamai MPEG-DASH streaming demo, the question prevails: is MPEG-DASH more than a science project, and has true potential to become a future streaming … Read More

OSMF 2.0 Released with Improved Adaptive Streaming

The Open Source Media Framework 2.0 is now available as a free open source upgrade.

The OSMF Adaptive Streaming provides two modes: i) Manual switching and ii) Automatic switching. As part of the changes, we have improved the automatic switch … Read More

Crazy Little Thing Called Protected HTTP Dynamic Streaming (PHDS)

PHDS is not related to higher education, but is a very powerful option to stream protected content to Flash and Adobe AIR clients. If you don’t have to protect your content, you properly don’t need to read any further – … Read More

Crystal-clear HD with Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming

Released a couple of weeks ago, Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming combines the features of streaming, with the advantages of HTTP scalability. Besides traditional RTMP streaming, and the P2P functionality of Flash Player 10.x, it offers an additional option to deliver … Read More

The Evolution of Online Video – Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming and OSMF released

There are two significant product releases before the Memorial weekend: Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming and the official release of OSMF v 1.0.

HTTP Dynamic Streaming Flash is known for video playback, which is one of the reasons this blog … Read More

H.264 Encoding Cookbook for the Flash Platform

Learn the recipes of video compression — both as an art form and as a highly technical process. This comprehensive technical whitepaper is intended as a reference guide for those whose aim is to improve the overall quality of their … Read More

NHK Japan switches to Flash Platform

It’s great to see international broadcasters standardizing on the Flash Platform for premium video delivery. NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) recently switched to the Flash Platform. NHK is Japan’s national broadcaster. The video is delivered through Flash Media Server’s dynamic streaming … Read More

Flash Media Live Encoder 3.1 – now available for Mac

A new version of Flash Media Live Encoder is available on the Adobe website. Besides a variety of improvements over the previous version 3.0, Adobe listened to the community and offers a Mac version of the free encoder.

Flash Media … Read More

HBO GO and HBO.com launched – full Flash experience

HBO launched their TV Everywhere product HBO GO this week, allowing subscribers to catch up with their favorite content online. The launch partner is Verizon FIOS, meaning if you have FIOS and are an HBO subscriber, you can enjoy the … Read More

Exporting instant, edited on-demand highlights clips during live events with FMIS

My new Adobe Developer Center article is now available. This article demonstrates how to build an application that uses Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server (FMIS) as an editing module for live events without requiring any DVR features on a content-delivery … Read More