Features of Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming

Robust, scalable delivery
Use existing caching infrastructures and standard server hardware to deliver on-demand and live content on a large scale.

An upgrade from progressive delivery
Enjoy enhanced playback features including live support, trick modes, DVR functionality, and full access seeking over HTTP connections with HTTP Dynamic Streaming.

Supporting Flash Access Server for protected streaming
Protect your valuable content with file encryption, while still allowing seamless access for the viewer. Maintain control of your content throughout the production workflow.

Multiple video codecs
Encode your content using any Adobe Flash Player compatible codec (VP6/MP3, H.264/AAC), and with a simple processing step, create fragmented files for HTTP Dynamic Streaming delivery.

Unparalleled reach
Reach the widest possible audience by delivering content to Flash Player or Adobe AIR applications, allowing users to stream premium content to Mac OS, Windows, or Linux desktops.

Open source file specifications
Achieve a live streaming experience using the MP4 fragment format, the industry standard for adaptive bitrate delivery, including open file format specifications for both the media format and the manifest format.

Open and customizable media player framework
Quickly and easily add support for HTTP Dynamic Streaming to existing media players by using the Open Source Media Framework (OSMF). You can also leverage a sample video player to make it even easier to use HTTP Dynamic Streaming.

Adaptive bitrate
Detect the client's bandwidth and computer resources and serve them content fragments encoded at the most appropriate bitrate.

HD quality
Deliver high definition video up to 1080p, with bitrates from 700kbps up to and beyond 6Mbps using either H.264 or VP6 video codecs, or AAC and MP3 audio codecs.

Support for standard HTTP caching systems
Leverage existing standard server hardware and caching infrastructures to maximize capacity and reach.

Live or on-demand streaming support
Deliver both live and on-demand content over standard HTTP connections. Live delivery uses existing FMS streaming workflows that support the Real Time Messaging Protocol, while video on demand requires only a simple processing step to prepare and protect files for HTTP Dynamic Streaming delivery.

DVR functionality
Add interactivity to live streams by enabling DVR functionality, allowing viewers to pause, rewind, and skip forward to real time.

Client tracking and reporting (with OSMF Omniture plug-in)
Confidently collect usage data and track playback interaction — enabling content monetization and optimization — with the Omniture plug-in available in OSMF.

Multicamera angles/Picture in Picture
Augment the playback experience with enhanced features that add interactivity and increase viewer engagement.