Red5 and Server-Side ActionScript - A Gift to Flash Developers

Ryan: Hi Bob, Did you hear about Red5 Flash Server?

Bob: Yeah i know Red5, it's an alternate to Flash Media Server with cool features and it's free.

Ryan: Did you try it?

Bob: It's very hard for me, i am a pure flash developer. I do server side coding in ActionScript using Server-Side ActionScript. For coding server side applications in Red5, i need to learn Java.

Ryan: What if you are able to do server-side ActionScript coding in Red5?

Bob: Wow, I would love to go for Red5 over FMS. Red5 with server-side ActionScript is a gift for me. Along with new application development, i can also easily convert my existing FMS based applications into Red5

This was the normal conversation between two flash developers who love to do coding in ActionScript and because of the fact that Red5 is written in Java, they are not so comfortable to move from FMS to Red5.

Here is the question- Why I posted this conversation? Well, i have a reason to share it. Please read below-

Red5 server will soon introduce a new feature in the future releases and it's "server-side Actionscript support".

With server-side ActionScript API for Red5, it will be possible to support FMS applications written independently of Red5, possibly with little or no refactoring.

Does it sound great? If yes, then it's time now to read all technical stuffs behind this new feature rather than reading this post. Here are the details-

Support for server side actionscript
FMS Application Portability