Content partner FAQ
Product information
- What is Adobe® Media Player?
- Adobe Media Player software provides viewers with control and flexibility to watch what they want, when they want — whether online or offline. Users can download and subscribe to their favorite Internet TV content and manage their personal video library for viewing at their convenience.
- What is the difference between Adobe Media Player and Adobe Flash® Player?
- The Adobe Flash Player runtime is a cross-platform browser extension that plays back SWF and FLV/MPEG-4 content within web pages when a user is online. Adobe Media Player is a cross-platform desktop application specifically designed to play back streamed or downloaded FLV or MPEG-4 video content when users are online or offline. It offers a wealth of features for discovering, organizing, and subscribing to video content — even automatically downloading subscribed episodes so they can be viewed anytime.
- How large is Adobe Media Player to download?
- Adobe Media Player 1.1 is lightweight, about 2MB–3MB in size. The current version is 1.4MB.
- On which operating systems does Adobe Media Player run?
- Adobe Media Player is built on top of the Adobe AIR™ runtime and is cross-platform, running on both Windows® and Mac OS. See the most recent Release Notes for more detailed information and system requirements.
- What enhancements can I expect in Adobe Media Player 1.1?
- The new version has a number of improvements and new features:
- Enjoy improved performance in both playback and in the application itself
- Run Adobe Media Player in the background (closed to your menu bar or system tray), and set it to launch automatically whenever you start up your computer
- Receive alerts when new content is added to the Adobe Media Player catalog
- Experience improved user interface and navigation, with lighter background color, cleaner font, new optimized Home page and My Favorites tab, and persistent navigation throughout the application
- Subscribed content noted with prominent yellow ribbon
- Genre tabs provide an easy way to explore and discover content
- Find relevant content more easily with improved search engine
Pricing information and revenue opportunities
- How much does Adobe Media Player cost viewers?
- Adobe Media Player is free for viewers to download and subscribe to content.
- What revenue options does Adobe Media Player offer content providers?
- Adobe Media Player provides new ways to monetize your media assets, such as banners, in-rolls, and bugs. And with contextual advertising placement, ads in Adobe Media Player have higher recall and response rates. Content publishers can also enter into advertising contracts with Adobe for additional revenue streams. To submit your content for review, fill out this form and Adobe will contact you.
- Is Adobe Media Player available worldwide?
- No, Adobe Media Player is available immediately in the US and is expected to be available worldwide within the next year.
Content information
- How does Adobe Media Player handle subscriptions?
- Users can subscribe to their favorite shows and will automatically receive new episodes as they become available. Shows are delivered as simple RSS feeds, so Adobe Media Player will automatically download new content as the feeds update.
- How extensive is the Adobe Media Player catalog?
- A broad, searchable catalog of shows from the leading media companies and networks is featured and will be continually expanded to include video from independent producers as well as user-generated content.
- Does Adobe Media Player also play back local content?
- Yes, local video content such as personal videos can be added to your catalog and played back in Adobe Media Player, as long as they are in FLV (Spark or VP6 codec) or F4V (H.264 codec) format.
- Note: In addition to Flash (FLV and FV4) video, Adobe Media Player supports video files containing H.264 and HE-AAC content, including .mov, .mp4, .mp4v, .m4v, .3gp, .3gpp2 and .3g2 video formats. These file types can contain media other than compatible H.264 and HE-AAC, however. Adobe Media Player will do its best to play back files of these types, but only files ending with FLV and F4V are guaranteed to play.
- As a content publisher, can I control the look and feel of my channel?
- Yes, you can create a channel with customizable interface elements and backgrounds.
- Is the video in Adobe Media Player served using progressive or streaming delivery?
- Media content can be distributed to Adobe Media Player using either standard progressive download or streaming. Progressive download is the method most used by current podcasters and other online media distribution systems, where a file is downloaded and stored on the user's computer. For streaming delivery, Adobe Media Player uses the RTMP and new RTMPE protocols supported by Adobe Flash Media Server 3 software.
- Is Adobe Media Player content censored or regulated in any way?
- To help filter out inappropriate or illegal content, shows can be flagged by viewers. Flagged content is reviewed by Adobe Media Player administrators, and flagged feeds may be disabled. Parental controls are planned in a future release.
- Does Adobe Media Player reveal audience metrics and other data about viewers to content providers?
- By default, Adobe Media Player anonymously measures viewer usage and returns this data to Adobe. Viewers can opt out of these audience measurement statistics. However, content publishers may specify that measurement be enabled to view their content. In addition, some content publishers may require a login or other identity verification to access their content.
