Flex FMS with multi bit rate streams (live video)

[AAmitabh23]

HI

I am developing app in flex 4.6 (web app) and using latest flash player (I guess 13.n.n) with FMS interactive server 4.5. I want to publish multi bit rate streams from one app, one client. Is that possible without using FMLE. For example I want to publish three streams (with same camera) with following bit rate (150, 500, 1000). Any help will be appreciated. Second question: Is that possible to use rtmfp protocol with FMS interactive server 4.5 (not peer to peer).

[mohits1]

Yes, FMLE supports publishing 3 streams at the same time. FMS interactive server also supports RTMFP

[AAmitabh23]

Yes I know FMLE does support three streams but is this possible with flex 4 application not FMLE. If yes then how?

I tried it but it's just not working. I have FMS 4.5 interactive server license version. And I want to publish and play a stream. So, can one figure out how to do that and help me.

Thanks for your reply.

[mohits1]

No, you cannot do this with a flex application. Because, MBR streams need to be encoded in a specific way so that stream switching can be smooth during playback. FMLE does that special handling but Flex application will not give you a low level control.

[shil1]

You may want to try using FFMPEG to encode at various bit rates. It can take your original stream and encode it at different bit rates.