Flash Media Server 2 offers a unique combination of traditional streaming
media capabilities and a flexible development environment for creating and
delivering media experiences to your audiences. These include traditional
media like video on demand, live web-event broadcasts, and MP3 streaming, as
well as rich media communication applications like video blogging, video
messaging, and multimedia chat environments.
One new feature of Flash Media Server 2 is the File Object feature, which
enables real-time read/write file access to a defined sandbox on your server,
enabling content management systems and database applications without using
Flash Remoting. This is a simple example that you can expand for use with
File Object applications.
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