Supported Video Delivery Methods

OSMF allows developers to create media players that support a variety of delivery methods, including:

• Progressive Download


• RTMP Dynamic Streaming


• HTTP Dynamic Streaming


• Flash Access 2.0

OSMF also supports the following features:

• DVR


• Seek during live events


• Buffer management


• Switching management


• Subclips


• Pre-assigned durations

OSMF will be updated as new features are added to both Flash Media Server and Flash Player, so that your OSMF-based media player can be updated quickly and easily.

Integration of images, audio, and video into a complete rich media experience

The complete visual display of your web media experience is customizable using OSMF.

• Composition
  • Controls the sequencing, over time, of any type of media.
    This includes the combination of both serial and parallel elements.


• Layout
  • Controls the positioning of any media type


• User interface elements
  • A complete set of user customizable playback controls


• Support for the following Media Elements
  • Video
  • Image
  • Audio
  • SWF


• Cue Points
  • Used to store temporal data in a media file (example: a chapter in a video)


• Metadata


• Dynamic Playlist


• Libraries
  • Support for VAST and MAST advertising libraries
  • SMIL parser
  • MRSS/ATOM syndication feed parsing
  • Captioning

Plug-in Architecture

Enables full integration with hosted services at the “flip of a switch." Plug-ins can also be written to extend and customize the basic functionality of OSMF.

• Dynamic and Static plug-ins
  • Dynamically loaded plug-ins to maximize flexibility
  • Statically compiled-in plug-ins to maximize performance


• Media and Proxy plug-ins
  • Media plug-in example: A plug-in that handles connection to a CDN
  • Proxy plug-in example: A plug-in that listens to playback events and reports to an Analytics service

For a list of current third party software plug-in partners, see: www.osmf.org/partner.php.