Flash Video files can be stream & delivered in several different ways on the web. Main delivery options are.
- As a standalone .FLV file.
- Embedded in SWF file using Flash Authoring Tool.
- Progressive Download via HTTP.
- Streaming via RTMP to the Flash Player using Flash Media Server.
Standalone .FLV File:
It is the normal way to deliver Flash video using a Flash player to control. The .FLV file itself is only playable with an FLV player.
Embedded in SWF File:
In this approach, the entire file must be transferred before playback can begin. Changing the video requires rebuilding the SWF file.
Streaming via RTMP to the Flash Player using Flash Media Server.
Streamed via RTMP to the Flash Player using the Flash Media Server
(formerly called Flash Communication Server).
Progressive Download via Http:
This method uses ActionScript to include an externally hosted Flash Video file for playback. Progressive download has serveral advantages, including buffering, use of generic HTTP servers and the ability to reuse a single SWF player for multiple Flash Video sources.
In this way you can access video files using the partial download functionality of HTTP, sometime referred to as streaming.
However, unlike streaming using RTMP, HTTP "streaming" does not support real-time broadcasting.
Streaming via HTTP requires a custom player and the injection of specific Flash video metadata containing the exact starting position in bytes and timecode of easy keyframe. Using this specific information, a custom Flash Video player can request any part of the Flash Video file starting at a
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ASP.NET Media Handler Pro is an ASP.NET video encoding utility that provide ability to publish / encode any format videos from one format to another format, prepare videos to be stream on the web, grab single / multiple thumbs, post watermark, retrieve information from videos and perform lots of other useful video processing tasks.
You can use ASP.NET Media Handler Pro component in any applications that is compatible with Microsoft .NET Framework.
Application may include.
- ASP.NET web applications written in C# or VB.NET.
- .NET windows based applications.
- .NET web services.
- .NET win services.
- and more.
Main purpose of ASP.NET Media Handler Pro is to
- Encode videos to be stream and play on variety of devices and web browsers.
- Grab thumbs to represent videos in galleries.
- Post watermark on videos while encoding to protect copyright contents.
- Prepare online streaming videos (Flash Videos etc) to be playable on variety of devices.
- Prepare different format audio files from videos.
- and more.
In case of ASP.NET applications, ASP.NET Media Handler Pro can be used on both shared hosting plans that support full trust asp.net configuration & dedicated servers.
You can download ASP.NET Media Handler Pro trial version from
http://www.mediasoftpro.com/downloads.html
ASP.NET Media Handler Pro Documentation:
http://www.mediasoftpro.com/mediahandlerpro-v4-documentation.html
We appreciate your feedback for improving ASP.NET Media Handler Pro functionality more to make it more useful for your needs.
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At last we added blog section in our website
http://www.mediasoftpro.com to provide information to customers regarding any development occurs in our products, services & tools.
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