Red5 is an open source Flash RTMP server written in Java that supports: *Streaming Audio/Video (FLV and MP3) *Recording Client Streams (FLV only) *Shared Objects *Live Stream Publishing *Remoting (AMF) *RTMP/RTMPS Red5 is considered as a free alternate to Adobe Flash Media Server, and supports many of the same feature sets. It has a few additional feature sets such as the ability to intercept live streams, and the ability to easily plug in other Java libraries such as Hibernate. Many (but not all) of the core developers of Red5 also work for a consulting company called Infrared5. Red5 can also transcode media files from one format to another, or one bit rate to another, using the Xuggler library. Examples of sites using Red5 *Facebook *18 Doughty Street
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