Introduction

Adobe® Flash® Media Server is a real-time media server that delivers adaptive bit rate video on demand (vod) and live video to Adobe® Flash® Player, Adobe® AIR™, Adobe® Flash® Lite™, Apple® iOS, and Mac OS®.

Flash Media Server also delivers streaming music, video blogging, video messaging, multimedia chat environments, real-time datacasting, and multiuser gaming. Flash Media Server delivers content Applications and media run consistently across platforms and browsers.

There are four editions of Flash Media Server 4.5: Adobe Flash Media Enterprise Server, Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server, Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server, and Adobe Flash Media Development Server.