About This Manual; Intended Audience - MACROMEDIA FLASH MEDIA SERVER 2-DEVELOPING MEDIA Develop Manual

About This Manual

Welcome to Macromedia Flash Media Server 2—a powerful server platform for creating rich
media applications in Macromedia Flash and for streaming audio and video to Flash clients.
Flash Media Server (FMS) can enable two or more people to participate in a real-time
conversation using text, audio, or video. For example, you can use FMS for meetings, online
community interaction, customer support, sales support, or training. FMS is an excellent way
to power video messaging, video chat, or video blogging. FMS is also a platform for streaming
live data and compelling Flash video experiences across networks for delivery to the Internet.
FMS is part of the Macromedia complete solution for database connectivity, directory
systems, and presence services, and is the only server that can deliver audio and video to the
popular Flash Player.

Intended audience

This manual shows you, the Flash developer, the steps involved in setting up a development
environment and creating Flash Media Server applications, including debugging and testing
applications.
You should already be familiar with Flash authoring, ActionScript, and Flash Player. It is very
helpful to be familiar with JavaScript (because it forms the basis of server-side ActionScript),
client-server models, and networking concepts.
The Flash Media Server documentation assumes that you already have Macromedia Flash
installed and know how to use it.
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