Adobe® Flash® Media Server is a real-time media server that can deliver video on demand, live video, streaming music, video blogging, video messaging, multimedia chat environments, real-time datacasting, and multiuser gaming. Flash Media Server clientapplications run in Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, and Adobe Flash Lite and work consistently across platforms and browsers.
There are three editions of Flash Media Server 3: Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server, Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server, and Adobe Flash Media Development Server.