Open Source Flash Server – Red 5

Red5 is an open source Flash Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) server written in Java. Red5 is considered as a free alternate to Adobe Flash Media Server, and supports many of the same feature sets. It has a few additional feature sets such as the ability to intercept live streams, and the ability to easily plug in other Java libraries such as Hibernate.

Open Source Flash Server Written in Java

Red 5 Supports

  • Streaming Audio/Video (FLV and MP3)
  • Recording Client Streams (FLV only)
  • Shared Objects
  • Live Stream Publishing
  • Remoting (AMF)

Red5 can also transcode media files from one format to another, or one bit rate to another, using the Xuggler library.

Website: http://code.google.com/p/red5/

Examples: Applications Made with Red5

Posted on: February 28, 2009 as Open Source, Other, Software, Tools
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