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Want to know more about HDS (HTTP Dynamic Streaming) support in Flash Media Server 4.5? Look no further as this upcoming online event on December 13th will cater for you.

HDS Best Practices for FMS 4.5 with Sarge

Date and Time: December 13, 2011 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (GMT-7 Mountain Time US & Canada)

Address: http://realeyes.adobeconnect.com/fmsug

Call-in Details: VOIP Provided through Adobe Connect
http://realeyes.adobeconnect.com/fmsug

Speakers:

Sarge is an Application Engineer on Adobe's Video Solutions team. Formerly a FMS Technical Account Manager working with the top tier CDNs, Sarge has years of experience developing, deploying, and supporting Flash video solutions on FMS.

Agenda:

Adobe introduced HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS) a few years ago as a way to deliver immersive on-demand and live video experiences over standard HTTP connections. This technology has been deployed at CDNs such as Akamai, Limelight, and Level 3, and used by broadcasters like BBC (Wimbledon 2011) and AEG Digital Media (2010 MTV Teen Choice Awards). Adobe updated HDS in Flash Media Server 4.5 adding new features and enhanced security. Come learn the recommended best practices for deploying HDS with FMS 4.5 from Sarge, Application Engineer for Adobe Video Solutions.

Encode high quality video mezzanine MP4 files and deliver them in real-time simultaneously through RTMP and HDS. Configure HDS settings to optimize HTTP caching. Sarge walks you through the changes to HDS in FMS 4.5, including:

Just in Time packaging (JITP)
Set-level Manifests
Configuration updates

Attend the event at http://realeyes.adobeconnect.com/fmsug on December 13th.

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Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:19 AM. 1055 views. 2 comments. Print

UPDATE
There is now a second, identical event on the same topic:
Date: Tuesday, October 18 AND Tuesday, October 25
Time: noon EST, 11:00am Central, 9:00am Pacific
RSVP: http://fms.groups.adobe.com/resources/574

The Flash Media Server Users Group is hosting an event titled "What's New in FMS 4.5 with Steve Allison" on October 18th 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (GMT-7 Mountain Time US & Canada).

This is an online event which you can attend at http://realeyes.adobeconnect.com/fmsug and will be hosted by Steve Allison, Senior Technical Evangelist for Adobe's video delivery technologies.

From the event summary page:
Deliver media to multiple platforms - including Apple iOS devices with native HLS - with a choice of powerful protocols that can save significant bandwidth costs and lighten network load. Encode once and deliver across platforms with on-demand media packaging. Deliver exceptional media experiences with protected delivery and real-time encryption for your high-quality content. Steve Allison will talk through the changes with FMS 4.5 that can put some more powerful video tools in your arsenal including:

· Origin Cache Architecture
· Just in Time (JIT) capabilities
· PHDS Configuration
and more new FMS 4.5 features

Mark your calendars now.

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Posted on October 13, 2011 at 12:31 PM. 1205 views. 0 comments. Print

I've only attended the Future of Web Apps conference once before, and I recall having a great time there back in 2008. The quality of sessions was second to none and there are not many conferences in the UK (or anywhere else for that matter) where you can see such a great line-up of top level speakers.
The conference takes place from October 3rd to October 5th (that's next week!) in London, with Monday 3rd being taken up by workshops, and the main conference happening the following two days. Should you decide to go then please use the discount code FLASH to receive 15% off a 2 day conference pass.
I'll be attending on Tuesday the 4th, and maybe the 5th as well if I can pry myself away from the desk for that long :-)

Some of the sessions I am really looking forward to include Alex MacCaw's session on Spine, a light-weight MVC framework for JavaScript, the Lean Product Development session by Dan Martell and of course Dave McClure's '10 Tips for Web App Success and Profitability'.

I hope to see you at FOWA next week.

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Posted on September 28, 2011 at 12:52 PM. 1534 views. 0 comments. Print

Yesterday afternoon I presented at Flash on the Beach 2011. The title of the sessions was 'AWS(omeness) - An Introduction to Amazon Web Services.
Overall the session went pretty well and I had a good number of bums on seats despite going up against the awesome Jared Ficklin, the inspiring James White and legendary Keith Peters who was presenting in the Influxis lounge.

The conference itself was immensely interesting, and even though at one day it felt as if we were laying Flash to bed, the next day was the resurrection with elevator pitches that showed so much creativity and skill that I felt that Flash has little to worry about - there's just too much talent and diversity in this community. But only time will tell. Personally I enjoy being part of it all, whether it lasts or not.

Ok, enough of that, here are my slides (also available as PDF - 4.8MB).

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I'm happy to announce that I will be speaking at Flash on the Beach this year, and for a change my session will not be directly about Flash but about my experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) over the last few months. During my work on Scribblar.com I have learned to love AWS and think that many of my fellow developers would find it very interesting and useful.

The plan is to give attendees an overview of AWS and then take a closer look at its main products such as EC2 and S3. I'd like to cover things such as setting up a static site directly in S3, and go into some more detail about EC2's capabilities when it comes to building highly available and scalable websites. If time allows I will also cover options for running your database on AWS. No previous knowledge about AWS is needed.

I'm very excited to be back at FOTB again this year having previously been there once as a pseaker and twice as an attendee. I hope to see you in Brighton in September.

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Posted on June 6, 2011 at 1:55 PM. 2244 views. 2 comments. Print

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, 24th May at 11:00am Central, 9:00am Pacific when Jeff Tapper of Digital Primates will be discussing the above topic with the Flash Media Server Users Group. He'll share perspectives from multi-screen video development projects that he's worked on and suggest some practices that you can bring to your own projects.

With a plethora of devices and platforms on the market today, delivering video content across multiple screens is a critical issue to address in your streaming media application. How can you best deliver video content to users on their chosen screen in a way that makes the most sense from a development and business perspective?

Find out and register now for this free event.

http://link.realey.es/fmsug-may2011

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Posted on May 9, 2011 at 10:54 AM. 1808 views. 0 comments. Print

It's that time of the year again and NAB is in full swing. Unexpectedly there has been a flurry of news coming out of Las Vegas, so here is a quick summary of the topics surrounded Media Servers such as FMS and Wowza.

First up is Wowza and their 'Any Screen Done Right' offering. This includes a preview of Wowza Media Server 3 and upcoming add-ons. First off is Wowza Transcoder. This add-on takes advantage of commodity hardware to transform incoming live streams from encoders, IP cameras, IPTV headends, and other live sources into multiple stream sets for H.264-everywhere adaptive bitrate delivery using Flash RTMP and HTTP Dynamic Streaming, Apple HLS, and Silverlight Smooth Streaming. Wowza Transcoder can also be used for non-adaptive streaming using any transport protocol supported by Wowza Media Server 3, including RTMP, RTSP/RTP, MPEG-TS, and HTTP.

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Posted on April 12, 2011 at 11:46 AM. 2787 views. 2 comments. Print

I Just Installed FMS ... Now What?
I've lost count about how many times I've seen this question pop up, and it's finally getting answered (and comprehensively as well) by Lisa Larson-Kelly.
Mark your calendars for next's week's online Flash Media Server User Group meeting on Tuesday, February 15th.

Date: Tuesday, February 15
Time: noon EST, 11:00am Central, 9:00am Pacific
RSVP: http://link.realey.es/fmsug-feb2011

So you've just installed Flash Media Server and want to start streaming media and developing awesome collaborative applications. If you're new to FMS and need some guidance in getting started (or want to get some tips and tricks for administering your FMS server), join FMS expert Lisa Larson-Kelley for the February FMSUG meeting!

She will cover topics such as:
* Setting up applications and streams
* Playing back a stream for testing setup and final delivery
* The basics of the administration panel
* Overview of tools and configurators that ship with FMS
* Explanation of the capabilities of FMS4 so you can get the most from your server
* And more...

This is a live meeting, so you'll have the opportunity to ask Lisa questions. Hope to see you there!

Register now!

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Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:36 AM. 1947 views. 0 comments. Print

Join FMS Product Manager Kevin Towes for an online session titled 'FMS 4 on Amazon Web Services'. This presentation is part of the FMS Online User Group and takes place on Tuesday, January 18th at 12:00 Eastern / 9:00am Pacific (GMT-8).

Join Kevin as he reviews and demos Flash Media Enterprise Server 4 running on Amazon Web Services, Adobe's newest deployment option that makes it easy to access new Peer to Peer functionality and much more. You'll learn how to deploy your FMS applications quickly and affordably on Amazon Web Services and access the power of new features including major enhancements to playback experience, and quality of service, and support for F4F packaging for HTTP streaming.

If you're looking to include the FMS platform in your business, and are curious about the opportunities with Amazon Web Services, or just want to get the most out of your investment in Adobe Flash Media Server technology, this session is one you don't want to miss.

RSVP: http://fms.groups.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=post.display&postid=32832

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Posted on January 11, 2011 at 11:46 AM. 2170 views. 1 comment. Print

Mark your calendar for this coming Wednesday, 17th November 2010. The OSMF User Group is hosting an online event to which everyone is welcome; the title:
Building ActionScript-Only State-of-the-Art Video Players -- An In-Depth How-To Code Walkthrough (Using Codebase of Open Source Strobe Media Playback)

The session is an online code walk-through of the open source Strobe Media Playback video player codebase.

The code walk-through will be led by Andrian Cucu who is Adobe's Project Leader on the Flash and Strobe Media Playback video player project.

To join, just go to the following link at the meeting time to join the OSMF User Group's Connect room:
http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/osmf/

For further details and to RSVP see the following link: http://osmf.groups.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=post.display&postid=30846

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