Do I really need Adobe Media Server?

Question

I am planning to set up a server on the Internet, with media files of different types. I just started investigating all the Media Servers out there. Much to my surprise (!!), I discovered that:
 
- Using Firefox, MP3 files are played directly by some built-in player
- Using MS Internet Explorer, MP3 files are played directly by MS Windows Media Player
 
Similarly for MP4 files.
 
IOW:I do not necessarily need any special software at the server side. This is as easy as serving some HTML files!
 
That (those 2 file types) should cover a wide percentage of my needs. My problem remains some huge WAV files which are going to be used for Voice Identification, Sound Analysis, etc. (Audition stuff) and *must* be of the highest quality possible.
 
Which begs the question:
 
In what environment do I need some sort of Media Server?
 
TIA

License_Rotation · Answer

Hi RamonWelcome to Adobe Forums.Adobe Media Server is a Video streaming server and the need would arise in the following scenarios:++ You would like to stream (broadcast, multicast or live unicast) to a client machine on the same or different subnet.++ You would like to host all your sample VOD's on the server for the clients to access them.Please find the following link in reference to "Adobe Media Server Family":Media server for streaming video | Adobe Media Server familyPlaying video and the MP4 files on Firefox, Internet is on the client's end, but, the same files if are to be hosted at a common location (root) for all different clients to access them, its then a Media Server comes into picture.Regards,Diana John

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