Flash Media Live Encoder (FMLE) was a free live encoding software product from
Adobe Systems
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and headquartered in San Jose, California. It has historically specialized in software for the cre ...
. It was available for
Microsoft Windows
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and
Mac OS
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.
History
Version 1.0 was released on February 23, 2007.
Version 2.0 was released on October 26, 2007, adding the following functionality:
*Encoding support for MP3 format
*Command-line execution
*Automatically start at operating system launch
*Automated maintenance restart
*Remote access
*Ability to set reconnect interval
*Timecode support
Version 2.5 was released on April 14, 2008 with the following added features:
*Encoding support for H.264/HE-AAC format
*Improvements to Quality of Service
*Auto-adjust functionality, which enabled dynamic downgrading of the outgoing stream quality if network connectivity was sub-optimal.
Version 3.0 was released on January 12, 2009 with the following added features:
*An updated user interface and additional presets
*Multi-bitrate encoding (up to three different bitrates)
*File management improvements (save multiple files based on file size/duration, parameters in filenames)
*DVR functionality
*System timecode support (SMPTE, LTC, VITC or BITC timecodes could be used if supported by capture device; if not, the system timecode could be used)
*Multi-core processing capability for VP6 encoding
*Support for additional compatible devices
Version 3.2 was the last supported release. Adobe ended support in 2016.
Usage
*Stream live video from capture cards, webcams, Firewire, or USB devices to
Flash Media Server (FMS) or a
Flash Video Streaming Service
Flash, flashes, or FLASH may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional aliases
* Flash (DC Comics character), several DC Comics superheroes with super speed:
** Flash (Barry Allen)
** Flash (Jay Garrick)
** Wally West, the first Kid F ...
(FVSS). (Device or driver must support
Microsoft DirectShow
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filters to be recognized by FMLE.)
*Archive FLV or F4V file locally.
Function
FMLE is a desktop application that connects to a Flash Media Server (FMS) or a Flash Video Streaming Service (FVSS) via the
Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) to stream live video to connected clients. Clients connect to the FMS or FVSS server and view the stream through a Flash Player SWF.
or
Nellymoser
Asao (also known as Nellymoser audio codec) is a proprietary single-channel (mono) codec and compression format optimized for low-bitrate transmission of audio, developed by Nellymoser Inc.
Technical Details
Sound data is grouped into frames o ...
for audio. Additionally,
AAC and
HE-AAC
High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding (HE-AAC) is an audio coding format for lossy data compression of digital audio defined as an MPEG-4 Audio profile in ISO/IEC 14496–3. It is an extension of Low Complexity AAC (AAC-LC) optimized fo ...
for audio is supported with a plug-in available from
MainConcept
MainConcept GmbH is a software company founded in Germany by Markus Moenig and Thomas Zabel. They specialize in developing video/audio codecs and also applications and plug-ins related to video/audio encoding. They are a subsidiary of Endeavor ...
In addition to encoding live events with finite start and end times, features such as command-line control, auto reconnect, and remote access enable efficient 24/7 encoding.
See also
*
ActionScript
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*
Flash Player
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References
Flash Media Live Encoder 2.5 DocumentationFlash Media Live Encoder 3 Documentation
External links
Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder product pageAdobe Flash Media Server product pageAdobe Flash Media Server Developer CenterPlayer for Adobe Flash Media Video
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