Red5 (media server)

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Stable release
1.3.33[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 12 April 2024; 27 days ago (12 April 2024)
Repository
Written inJava
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeMedia server
LicenseApache License 2.0[2]
Websitewww.red5.net

Red5 is a free software[2] media streaming server[3] implemented in Java,[4] which provides services similar to those offered by the proprietary Adobe Flash Media Server[5] and Wowza Streaming Engine[6] including:[7]

  • Streaming Video (FLV, F4V, MP4, 3GP)
  • Streaming Audio (MP3, F4A, M4A, AAC)
  • Recording Client Streams (FLV and AVC+AAC in FLV container)
  • Shared Objects
  • Live Stream Video Publishing (FLV, VP6)
  • Live Stream Audio Publishing (MP3, AAC)
  • Remoting (Action Message Format)
  • Protocols: RTMP, RTMPT, RTMPS, and RTMPE

The project started in September 2005[8] and as of 2008[9] is now maintained at GitHub.[10] Version 1.0 was released on December 3, 2012[11] and is available under the Apache License (version 2.0).[2]

A paid version, Red5Pro, was first released on April 1, 2016. It features WebRTC, SRT, and other protocols, integration tools, autoscaling, and native SDKs for Windows, Mac, Linux, and mobile platforms. The most recent release was 12.4.0 on April 4th, 2024.[12]

History[edit]

  • Project Started September 2005
  • Version 0.8.0 Released 4 June 2009[13]
  • Version 1.0.0 Released 3 December 2012
  • Version 1.0.1 Released 15 January 2013[14]
  • Version 1.0.2 Released 13 July 2013
  • Version 1.0.3 Released 5 August 2014
  • Version 1.0.4 Released 26 December 2014
  • Version 1.0.5 Released 7 February 2015
  • Version 1.0.6 Released 8 September 2015
  • Version 1.0.7 Released 13 May 2016
  • Version 1.0.8 Released 23 December 2016
  • Version 1.0.9 Released 12 June 2017
  • Version 1.0.10 Released 9 February 2019
  • Version 1.1.0 Released 22 April 2019
  • Version 1.1.1 Released 29 May 2019
  • Version 1.2.2 Released 5 September 2019
  • Version 1.2.3 Released 14 October 2019
  • Version 1.3.33 (current version) Released 12 April 2024[15]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Release 1.3.33". 12 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "red5-server/LICENSE at master". GitHub. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Streaming Live with Red5 Media Server".
  4. ^ "A Comparative Study of Open Source Softwares for Virtualization with Streaming Server Applications, Sritrusta Sukaridhoto, Nobuo Funabiki, Toru Nakanishi, and Dadet Pramadihanto" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Mobile Multimedia for Improving the Administrative and Security Services" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Comparison between Red5 and Wowza Media Servers". 23 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Red5 media server Development in open source projects: Janosch Oppermann" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Red5 1.0 Final Released". Archived from the original on 2013-01-08.
  9. ^ "Red5 Media Server Development Setup Tutorial".
  10. ^ "Home - Red5/red5-server". GitHub. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Red5 1.0 final has been released today 3 December 2012".
  12. ^ "Low Latency Streaming Software". Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  13. ^ "[Red5] [ANN] Red5 0.8.0 release".
  14. ^ "Red5 1.0.1 Released".
  15. ^ "Red5/red5-server". GitHub. Retrieved 2024-04-26.

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