Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder

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Flash Media Live Encoder
Developer(s) Adobe Systems
Stable release
3.2 / January 12, 2009;14 years ago (2009-01-12)
Operating system Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Type Encoding Software
License Freeware

Flash Media Live Encoder (FMLE) was a free live encoding software product from Adobe Systems. It was available for Microsoft Windows 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:

Version 2.5 was released on April 14, 2008 with the following added features:

Version 3.0 was released on January 12, 2009 with the following added features:


Version 3.1 released on March 30, 2010 notably added support to MacOS X starting with 10.5 Leopard on Intel based Macs [1]

Version 3.2 was the last supported release. Adobe ended support in 2016. [2]

Usage

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 for audio. Additionally, AAC and HE-AAC for audio is supported with a plug-in available from MainConcept [3]

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.

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References

  1. "Adobe lance Flash Media Live Encoder sur Mac". Archived from the original on 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  2. https://helpx.adobe.com/support/programs/eol-matrix.html
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