I have some questions, please answer me.
Basically I want to develop something like Livestream / Ustream web app. I want to learn how to develop something like that.. But I have no experience in developing flash applications, so im looking for answers before i dive in.
i have read about RTMFP, and I found out that it is a peer-to-peer video/audio streaming technology, so i'm confused if i need to have a media server like adobe flash media server to stream live videos.
I read that RTMFP doesn't consume my bandwidth because it is a peer to peer technology, is that true? If it is then this is really too good to be true, but i know that when a product is too good to be true then it must have many disadvantages. please tell me the disadvantages for using RTMFP for a Livestream / Ustream app.
Yes, you need Adobe FMS for RTMFP, there is a free dev. edition allowing 10 simultaneous connections and commercial use.
The production version (including the Amazon edition) is quite costly though... so maybe you should check their prices before trying to develop something RTMFP-capable.
Also there is a free Red5 server, but it doesn't support RTMFP yet, only RTMP(T)