Flash Media Hosting

Michael_Richard

Michael_Richard

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I am looking for hosting with Flash Media Server. Has anyone had an experience with this and found one with a good plan that is reasonably priced?
 
Just out of curiosity, what does hosting with Flash Media Server give you that regular hosting of a F4V/FLV file does not?
 
Media delivered from Flash Media Server using RTMP is called streaming. Streaming delivery is a better delivery method over progressive delivery for the following reasons:

  • Higher quality of service, with methods to detect a client's available bandwidth and automatically switch to a stream with an optimized bit rate
  • Faster playback start, with limited buffering required
  • No content cached on the viewer's hard drive, providing added security
  • Support for large media and seeking support, allowing viewers to skip to any part of the video without playback delays
  • Bandwidth efficiency; download only the portion of the video watched
  • Possibility of live video
  • Improved server memory usage, because Flash Media Server can store media assets with some intelligence and reduce the reliance on the hard disk
  • Improved client memory usage, because media does not need to be stored in memory to be played (like it does with progressive download)
 
I am looking for something similar, just looked at your imediasee recommendation and their video crashes Firefox every time I move the playhead. Think I'll look elsewhere!!
 
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