What are the key benefits of HTTP Dynamic Streaming?

Adobe provides a full-featured HTTP delivery solution with the greatest reach of any media delivery platform.

  • Reach — Flash Player is a cross-platform browser plug-in that delivers breakthrough online experiences to over 99% of Internet users.
  • Open standards — HTTP Dynamic Streaming is built on standards and deployed using standard HTTP servers (Apache), standard media format (MP4 fragment) using standard codecs (H.264/AAC), open APIs (Flash Player), and an open source framework for building media players (OSMF). The file format will also be published, enabling advanced use cases of the format.
  • Live publishing options — HTTP Dynamic Streaming supports a separate process for packaging and protecting live content — allowing any RTMP stream to be easily converted to a file format that can be delivered through HTTP.
  • Interactivity — On the Flash Platform, media delivery can be synchronized with real-time interactivity and robust logging, all within the same application. Flash Player is also used by over 70% of web games, making it easy to add even more social and interactive experiences to media.
  • Content protection — With Adobe Access support in Flash Player 10.1, Adobe can offer a robust, protected solution for content delivery and monetization.
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