Red5 is an open source media server written in Java as an alternative to Adobe's proprietary Flash Media Server(FMS).
Red5 is an Open Source media server written in Java that may be used in-place of Adobe FMS or Wowza; it currently supports:
- Streaming Video Formats (FLV, F4V, MP4, 3GP)
- Streaming Audio Formats (MP3, F4A, M4A, AAC)
- Recording Client Streams (FLV and AVC+AAC in FLV container)
- Shared Objects
- Live Stream Publishing
- Remoting
- Protocols: RTMP, RTMPT, RTMPS, and RTMPE
- Codecs: Any flash supported codec (PCM, FLV1, ScreenVideo, VP6, NellyMoser, MP3, AAC, AVC/h.264)
Includes plug-in support with several existing applications.
- NSV streaming
- RTP/RTSP streaming
- SIP
- MPEG/TS streaming (Live and VOD)
- Security
Red5 installs and runs using Tomcat. Applications are typically compiled as .war files and placed in the $RED5_PATH/webapps folder where the server unpacks them and creates the appropriate folders.
Red5 Project page | Users list | Organization
