The new Adobe® Flash® Media Encoder is designed to enable technical producers to capture audio and video while streaming it live to Flash Media Server (FMS) or the Flash Video Streaming Service (FVSS).
Welcome to the public beta release of the Flash Media Encoder. This document contains important release notes about this beta version. We encourage you to read these notes before working with the product. As a beta product, you may occasionally encounter issues with the product and/or with the delivery of the encoded streams, and should not use this beta product for production uses where quality and stability are paramount. That said, we encourage you to test the product out in real-world scenarios with your existing live broadcast equipment and give us feedback on your experiences. We will also be responding to customer feedback and look forward to hearing from you in the discussion forum to make this application the best it can be. Don’t forget to install the latest updater for your Flash Media Server. The updater (Flash Media Server 2.0.4) can be downloaded from Adobe.com.
- System Requirements
- Installing Flash Media Encoder
- Documentation
- Discussion Forum
- Reporting Bugs
- Known Issues
- Third Party Notices
System Requirements
Software Requirements
- Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2
- Flash® Media Server 2.0.4 (or higher). Download this update ›
- Adobe® Flash® Player 8 (or higher) required.
Hardware Requirements
Low Bandwidth
Target encoding at 150kbps
Video Size: 176×144 px; Frame rate: 15 fps; Bitrate: 100 kbps
- Intel Pentium® 3 or compatible processor; 933MHz
- 256MB RAM
- 40MB hard disk space (excludes archived Flash Video files)
- 1024 x 768 Screen Resolution with 32 bit Color Quality
- Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtime version 9.0c
- Microsoft DirectShow-compatible video capture device
Medium Bandwidth
Target encoding at 300 kbps
Video Size: 320×240 px; Frame rate: 15 fps; Bitrate: 200 kbps
- Intel® Pentium 3 or compatible processor; 933MHz
- 500MB RAM
- 40MB hard disk space (excludes archived Flash Video files)
- 1024 x 768 Screen Resolution with 32 bit Color Quality
- Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtime version 9.0c
- Microsoft DirectShow-compatible video capture device
High Bandwidth
Target encoding at 800 kbps
Video Size: 320×240 px; Frame rate: 30 fps; Bitrate: 650 kbps
- MHz Intel Pentium® 4 or compatible processor
- 1GB RAM
- 40MB hard disk space (excludes archived Flash Video files)
- 1024 x 768 Screen Resolution with 32 bit Color Quality
- Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtime version 9.0c
- Microsoft DirectShow-compatible video capture device
Hardware Acceleration
Flash Media Encoder requires hardware acceleration. To enable this setting:
- Right-click on your Desktop and select Properties.
- In the Display Properties dialog, select Settings > Advanced > Troubleshoot and set this to greater than or equal to two notches to the left of Full.
Installing Flash Media Encoder
- Download the Flash Media Encoder installer ›
- Double click .msi file to start the installation process.
Documentation
For an overview of Adobe Flash Media Encoder, check out the Flash Media Encoder User Guide on the Labs site.
Discussion Forum
Join the discussion on the Flash Media Encoder forum where you can ask questions and give us your feedback. The Flash Media Encoder product team will be participating as well.
Please note that your submission of comments, ideas, feature requests and techniques on this and other Adobe maintained forums, as well as Adobe's right to use such materials, is governed by the Terms of Use.
Reporting Bugs
Please use the Flash Media Encoder discussion forum to report and discuss bugs with the beta release.
Known Issues
The following issues were known to exist at the time of this beta release:
- (1451192) FME does not establish a connection with FMS nor does it give an error message when attempting to connect to a valid FMS but having the wrong application name in the FMS Url.
- (1436015) If FMS is shut down or the connection is lost while streaming is active, connection to FMS cannot be restored. The Start button will not be disabled and clicking it will not present any error message.
- (1435781) If connection to FMS is lost, while FME is trying to reconnect you cannot make any changes to settings.
- (1374504) Application does not work on minimum hardware acceleration. See the System Requirements for instructions on how to set your hardware acceleration settings.
- (1460897) Video is not encoded when the input is taken through firewire and the deinterlace option is enabled, and video size is greater than 576 x 480.
If you are using the authentication feature, the following issue is known:
- (1455112) FME cannot connect to FMS with valid credentials if the password contains a special character, such as "&".
Third Party Notices
Copyright© 2006-07 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe, the Adobe logo, and Flash are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution of this program, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law.
Updated information/additional third party code information is available at http://www.adobe.com/go/thirdparty
Portions use software under the following terms:
Speech compression and decompression technology licensed by Nellymoser, Inc. (http:www.nellymoser.com).
