open source Flash streaming server – Red5

Red5 is an free and Open source Flash media Streaming Server written in Java that support for all types of Streaming Audio/Video ( FLV, MP3, F4V, MP4, AAC, M4A), Recording of user data Streams (FLV only), Shared Objects, Flash Remoting and Live Stream Publishing ( Sorenson, VP6, h.264, Nelly Moser, MP3, Speex, AAC, NSV etc..)

The server is based on reverse engineering of RTMP and AMF protocols and is built with Java. So any database that has a JDBC driver will work.

Features of Red5

1. No delay Audio/Video broadcast With latest versions
2. AAC live streaming code based on Wittawas Nakkasem’s IceSurf code
3. Capable to add IoFilters to RTMPConnection per application
4. Added enums for Audio and Video codec types
5. Added AVC/h.264 live streaming based on Tiago Jacobs patches
6. Strong Community Support
7. It not just streaming server, You can build many useful applications( whiteboard, Chat, Poll, Desktop Sharing, …) over Red5, which does things more than just streaming.
8. It uses MRTMP to cluster the stream data with Terracotta, now you can do a load balancing with red5.
9. It’s open source project, so you can contribute to its development.

Download : http://code.google.com/p/red5/