Adobe Systems announced Tuesday that it plans to publish the specifications of the protocol RTMP (Real-Time Messaging Protocol) for transmission of high-quality audio, video or data between Adobe technologies.

RTMP has been developed by Adobe to manage the flow of streaming with Flash Media Server. The specifications would be included in the project-led Adobe Open Screen Project, a project to enable the creation of a Memorandum of display terminals to allow a user experience the same on all screens.

[For more information about the Open Screen Project, see the presentation on Flex-info.fr]

"We are currently opening documentation and specifications as we did for SWF (Flash file format) and PDF (Portable Document Format) to provide market access," said Jennifer Taylor, product manager Adobe Flash.

She added: "The Flex developers and companies that implement the specification will provide stream video, audio or data regardless of the terminal used or where data proviennent.Un example of potential use would be to incorporate different terminals to produce a stream of streaming security camera to databases.

"It is a protocol when the intelligent routing of data, so you can expect it to be used in different contexts," says Taylor.

The specifications are expected to website Adobe Developer Connection in the first half of this year 2009.

Supports RTMP AMF (Action Message Format), SWF, FLV (video) and formats F4V compatible with the Adobe Flash Player.

To be complete, we can add that the RTMP contains no security layer. Developers should therefore use their own measures to secure their contents.

Adobe Open Screen Project

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