Adobe Media Server (formerly Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server) Changelog

What's new in Adobe Media Server (formerly Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server) 4.5.1

Dec 17, 2011

Corrected issues found in 24x7 Streaming support for HDS and HLS:
Issues preventing long-‐running linear or live HTTP stream output to HDS and HLS formats now support 24x7 live streams without disruption in the encoder or server.
SWF Hasher Tool update for AIR:
AIR compatibility was added to the SWF Hasher tool to support SWF Verification functions of PHDS.
RTMPe update:
Update to RTMPe for VOD streaming to improve protection of RTMP streams. This update requires the use of Flash Player 11.
Compatibility with AIR for TV and Multichannel Audio:
Fix for an issue that prevented multichannel audio (Dolby/DTS for HDS) packaging for HDS to AIR for TV.
Issues fixed in this release:
Added two new configurations to httpd.conf: HLSJITConfAllowed (under /hls-‐vod Location) and HttpStreamingJITConfAllowed (under /hds-‐vod Location). They can be set to true or false. When set to false, jit.conf will be ignored.
Added the configuration PublishTimeout into the Application.xml of the livepkgr application with the value of 0 to allow the publisher to take over the live stream.
FMS is not streaming certain mp3 audio files completely in Edge Origin configuration as the origin gives file size including id3v1 and id3v2 tags while playback limits the data excluding id3v1.
Provided the configuration support for setting the cache control headers on HDS/HLS related files (e.g. .bootstrap, .f4m, .f4f. .ts) with HttpStreamingF4MMaxAge, HttpStreamingBootstrapMaxAge and HttpStreamingFragMaxAge parameters.
When playing a corrupted mp4 file through an edge origin setup, FMS edge may go into livelock wasting CPU and memory on spurious requests for missing content.
When running ipv6 enabled (dual stack) hosts, the s-‐ip field in the access logs tends to be incorrect most of the time.
To disable the minimum password length policy, introduced a configuration in
User.xml to use as below.

New in Adobe Media Server (formerly Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server) 4.5 (Oct 1, 2011)

Protected HTTP Dynamic Streaming (PHDS) for Adobe Flash
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) for Apple iOS
Audio extraction for HLS
Secure Key delivery with Apple device binding for HLS
On Demand Packaging for HLS and F4F
HTTP Streaming Origin Services
Variant M3u8 Playlist support for Apple iOS / HLS
Set level F4M manifest support for HTTP steaming
Multi-protocol Manifest Generator tools
SIP support with Flash Media Gateway for VoIP
Disk Management for HTTP streaming
Improved Fault Tolerance for encoder failures
P2P Introduction forwarding for scalable introduction services
P2P support (500 connections) in Flash Media Interactive Server
Multicast Ingest
Multicast Archiving
SSM Multicast support
Protected HTTP streaming for Flash Player:
Protect and monetize your HD video with easy-to-use content protection built on Adobe Flash Access software (with no additional DRM license servers) to add massive scale and robust protection to your media assets or live streams.
Robust media origin services:
Control your media publishing workflows, add redundancy, control access and protection, manage QoS, access advanced video player features, and leverage cloud services by operating your own media origin for both Flash Player and iOS HTTP streaming.
Scalable P2P introduction services for Flash Player:
Increase the capacity and fault tolerance of your social or enterprise video and voice apps with new server chaining technology that lets operators distribute peer introductions across multiple servers.
Protected HTTP streaming for iOS:
Expand your audience to include those who use iOS devices with HTTP Live Streaming (HLS). Using the same media and live streams, you can deliver and protect full adaptive bitrate experiences to Flash Player compatible and iOS devices as well as HTML5 browsers.
On-demand stream packaging:
Publish faster, reduce storage costs, and save time by publishing video once, and let Flash Media Server 4.5 optimize your media for HTTP delivery for both iOS and Flash Player compatible devices with full adaptive bitrate support.