Adobe Flash Media Server

Supported file formats

All editions of Flash Media Server 3 support playback of the following file formats:

FLV 

All versions of Flash Media Server (1, 2, and 3) support the FLV file format. The FLV file format supports the following codecs: On2 VP6, Sorenson Spark, and MP3.



To create FLV files from existing digital video or audio files, use third-party video encoding utilities, like On2 or Sorenson Squeeze, or export them from Flash. Recorded streams can contain data messages, as well as video and audio and are stored in the FLV file format.

F4V, MP4, M4A, MOV, MP4V, 3GP, and 3G2 

Flash Media Server 3 supports playback of H.264-encoded video and AAC-encoded audio within MPEG-4 Part 14 container formats.



You can use any number of industry-standard tools to create files in these formats with these types of encoding, including Adobe Premiere and Adobe AfterEffects.

Important: If a file contains portions of audio and video not encoded using H.264 and AAC, those parts of the stream will not play. For more information on H.264/AAC support, see Exploring Flash Player support for high-definition H.264 video and AAC audio.