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Anonymous
August 20, 2010
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FMS 3 and FMS 3.5

  • August 20, 2010
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Hi Folks...

What is the difference between FMS 3 and FMS 3.5? Is 3.5 a totally new version or just some kind of service upgrade?

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    Correct answer SE_0208

    Its not just a service upgrade , there are quite a few new features (much wanted and awaited) which went in 3.5 which includes:

    Multi-bit rate Switching aka Dynamic Streaming

    Digital Video Recording aka DVR

    H264 Recording

    HTTP Delivery

    There were few other features like newer way of disk management and using File Adaptor for SWF Verification.

    Also if you upgrade to 3.5 you will able to upgrade to 3.5.4 (free upgrade) - which will come with much improved security + few more new features which were added from 3.5 to 3.5.4

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    Adobe Employee
    SE_0208Correct answer
    Adobe Employee
    August 20, 2010

    Its not just a service upgrade , there are quite a few new features (much wanted and awaited) which went in 3.5 which includes:

    Multi-bit rate Switching aka Dynamic Streaming

    Digital Video Recording aka DVR

    H264 Recording

    HTTP Delivery

    There were few other features like newer way of disk management and using File Adaptor for SWF Verification.

    Also if you upgrade to 3.5 you will able to upgrade to 3.5.4 (free upgrade) - which will come with much improved security + few more new features which were added from 3.5 to 3.5.4

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    Anonymous
    August 23, 2010

    Hi SE_0208

    Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. I understand that the DVR recording that FMS3 offers is done on the server and also it allows for pause, chapter navigation among others. Are these features to be accessed by the developer using server side actionscript or they already there 'out-of-the-box' as in via some kind of a built in player?

    regards

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    Adobe Employee
    SE_0208
    Adobe Employee
    August 23, 2010

    DVR is supported from FMS 3.5 and not from FMS 3.

    Now coming to the question, yes DVR is done via server-side code (though you can do direct client-side record - but its not preferred way of doing it)

    There is no built-in player as such but Adobe does provide ready-to-use solution for DVR which is called dvrcast. You can find dvrcast application on FMS tools page - http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/tool_downloads/ . The solution comes with two server-side applications + FLVPlayback component which can be used on client side.

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