Adobe recently announced that its Flash Media Encoding Server software, a
scalable, high-performance solution for preparing content from a vast range of
formats for delivery in Adobe Flash
format should be available worldwide by the end of 2008, priced at around £3430
($6000). The Flash Media Encoding Server software is a new addition to the
Adobe Flash Media Server family of products. Adobe will demonstrate Adobe Flash Media Encoding
Server, as well as provide exclusive previews of new streaming video technologies
currently under development, at Adobe's stand during IBC 2008.
As encoding is an essential element in
content preparation for any content owners hosting video on the Web, and allied
to the fact that Adobe Flash Player is already installed on 98% of
Internet-connected desktops, Adobe is hoping that this new software will enable
content owners to convert existing videos, such as MPEG-4, DivX, H.264, and
others, to FLV or F4V formats and them host them online with streaming
providers such as PlanetStream.
PlanetStream’s FLASHStream hosting provides
a wide choice of UK hosted streaming packages with a powerful and easy to use
control panel for uploading and managing your Flash media. It includes a
comprehensive Statistics utility that reports on who has viewed your files,
when and how often. [more
on stats]. If you would like to discuss FLASHStream, you can email me on steven@netsecrets.co.uk, call me on 01386
792972, or chat directly to me by clicking on the Chat Logo on the PlanetStream website.
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