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How it works

How It Works

The Flash Media Server is a hub allowing FMS-enabled applications to deliver and receive data in real time with connected users using RTMP (Real Time Messaging Protocol) and RTMFP (Real Time Media Flow Protocol).
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Influxis allows you to use the full capabilities of Flash Media Server from any web host server and requires no special set up. Our pre-built applications also include Influxis-hosted URL’s and HTML embed tags for simple deployment and can also work with social media services which support external embed tags.

What Protocols are Supported?

FMS provides several RTMP options including:

  1. RTMP: Standard TCP connection from the user to the server over port 1935.
  2. RTMPT: HTTP Tunneling connection from the user to the server over port 80 (or 443 if specified).
  3. RTMPE: Encrypted secure connection from the user to the server over port 1935
  4. RTMPTE: Encrypted secure HTTP Tunneling connection from the user to the server over port 80
  5. For more information regarding the capabilities of Influxis please contact support@influxis.com or FAQ's.
  6. RTMFP: Real-Time Media Flow Protocol is based on UDP and uses the server to establish a user-to-user persistent connection.

What is RTMP?

RTMP is the protocol the Flash Media Server uses to communicate with the user’s computer. The RTMP connection is established when the user views your FMS-enabled content within their web browser. The content can be hosted anywhere (including your desktop) because the connection to FMS happens directly between the user’s machine and Flash Media Server.

What is RTMFP?

Real Time Media Flow Protocol (RTMFP) is the protocol that the Flash Media Enterprise Servers uses to enable direct peer-to-peer communication between multiple clients for the delivery of rich, live, real‐time communication. RTMFP reduces the bandwidth costs for direct, live, real‐time communication solutions, such as audio and video chat and multi‐player games. Because RTMFP flows data between the end‐user clients and not the server, bandwidth is not being used at the server so solutions are less expensive to scale. RTMFP also increases the speed of delivery through the use of UDP. With Rapid Connection Restore, where connections are re‐established quickly after brief outages, and IP Mobility, where active network peer sessions are maintained even if a client changes to a new IP address, RTMFP ensures an efficient and reliable streaming experience.


Scalability: How Big Can You Go?

You can scale your FMS applications to several thousand simultaneous connections if needed.

Influxis also works in conjunction with Content Delivery Networks (CDN) and third party services to further enhance scalability and optional features if needed. See the Influxis Interactive Layer for more information.


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