Supported features

Supported Adobe Media Server features

Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services is identical to Adobe Media Server Extended except that Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services limits the number of RTMFP introductions.

For a list of Adobe Media Server Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) and a list of which version of Adobe Media Server Extended each AMI uses, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_fms_aws_en.

RTMFP connection limits

Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services limits the number of simultaneous RTMFP connections based on the size of the AMI instance. The following table lists the number of simultaneous RTMFP connections allowed for each AMI instance type:

Instance type

RTMFP connections

Large

100

High-Memory Extra Large

100

Extra Large

1000

High-CPU Extra Large

1000

High-Memory Double Extra Large

10,000

High-Memory Quad Extra Large

10,000

Note:

Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services supports peer-assisted, application-level multicast. It does not support IP multicast or multicast fusion. In peer-assisted multicast, Flash Player and AIR clients send data to each other in a mesh. In IP multicast, the server sends data to a router at a specified IP address. The router sends the data to Flash Player and AIR clients. Multicast fusion uses both technologies together.

Supported server-side features

Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services is Adobe Media Server Extended. It supports all the features that Adobe Media Server Extended supports, including Server-Side ActionScript, server-side recording, custom C++ plug-ins, and customized configuration files.

You can use HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) to serve live streams to clients over HTTP.

Supported file formats

Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services supports the same file formats that Adobe Media Server supports.

For a complete list, see the Adobe Media Server Technical Overview Guide.

Amazon Web Services features

Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services supports all HTTP streaming features supported on Adobe Media Server including HLS and HDS.

Adobe Media Server on Amazon Web Services does not support the following Amazon Web Services features:

  • Reserve instances

  • Spot instances

  • Amazon VPC

  • Booting from Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes

  • Rebundling instances