About streaming services

All editions of Flash Media Server version 3 and later provide two streaming services, live and vod. The live service streams live video. The vod service streams recorded video on demand. The live and vod services are signed by Adobe. Flash Media Streaming Server only supports signed services—it cannot run other applications. Flash Media Interactive Server and Flash Media Development Server support signed services as well as any other applications you create.

These services are implemented as server-side components of Flash Media Server applications. Sample clients for both services are installed with the server. You can modify the sample clients for production use or create your own. You cannot modify the server-side code in the streaming services. However, the services have a custom client-side API that lets you call server-side methods.

Both services can be duplicated and renamed to create multiple publishing points. The server can support an unlimited number of service instances.

Flash Media Server 3.5 optionally installs with Apache web server. If you install Apache, you can serve clients over HTTP. You can also choose to serve media over RTMP and HTTP.