Red5 is a
free software
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media streaming server implemented in
Java
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, which provides services similar to those offered by the proprietary
Adobe Flash Media Server
Adobe Media Server (AMS) is a proprietary data and media server from Adobe Systems (originally a Macromedia product). This server works with the Flash Player and HTML5 runtime to create media driven, multiuser RIAs (Rich Internet Applications). ...
and
Wowza Streaming Engine
Wowza Streaming Engine (known as Wowza Media Server prior to version 4) is a unified streaming media server software developed by Wowza. The server is used for streaming of live and on-demand video, audio, and rich Internet applications over IP ...
including:
* Streaming Video (FLV, F4V, MP4, 3GP)
* Streaming Audio (MP3, F4A, M4A, AAC)
* Recording Client Streams (FLV and AVC+AAC in FLV container)
* Shared Objects
* Live Stream Video Publishing (FLV, VP6)
* Live Stream Audio Publishing (MP3, AAC)
* Remoting (
Action Message Format
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)
* Protocols:
RTMP, RTMPT, RTMPS, and RTMPE
The project started in September 2005 and as of 2008 is now maintained at
GitHub
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. Version 1.0 was released on December 3, 2012 and is available under the
Apache License (version 2.0).
History
* Project Started September 2005
* Version 0.8.0 Released 4 June 2009
* Version 1.0.0 Released 3 December 2012
* Version 1.0.1 Released 15 January 2013
* Version 1.0.2 Released 13 July 2013
* Version 1.0.3 Released 5 August 2014
* Version 1.0.4 Released 26 December 2014
* Version 1.0.5 Released 7 February 2015
* Version 1.0.6 Released 8 September 2015
* Version 1.0.7 Released 13 May 2016
* Version 1.0.8 Released 23 December 2016
* Version 1.0.9 Released 12 June 2017
* Version 1.0.10 Released 9 February 2019
* Version 1.1.0 Released 22 April 2019
* Version 1.1.1 Released 29 May 2019
* Version 1.2.2 Released 5 September 2019
* Version 1.2.3 (current version) Released 14 October 2019
See also
*
Comparison Of Streaming Media Systems
This is a comparison of streaming media systems. A more complete list of streaming media systems is also available.
General
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of streaming media systems both audio and vi ...
References
External links
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Free software programmed in Java (programming language)
Media servers
Streaming software
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