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Flasher! was developed from the ground up to be a highly-effective CDN-capable delivery platform. The Flasher! Player intelligently communicates with multiple Flasher! servers, in one or many datacenters, for the ultimate in global load-balancing.

Flasher! content is replicated at redundant datacenters, for both availability and disaster recovery purposes.

Intelligent CDN

The Flasher! Player monitors the download speed to multiple Flasher! servers and selects the fastest available server. This allows intelligent placement of Flasher! servers in different physical locations and on different internet backbones. The value proposition here is that Flasher! provides 99% of the value of a robust CDN at a fraction of the price!

Intelligent Bitrate Selection

The Flasher! Player monitors the download speed, computer processing power, video card capabilities and display mode (ie. window versus fullscreen) and automatically switches to the optimal bitrate to provide the user with the best quality video.

Digital Rights Management

Flasher! provides copy-protection of Flash streaming content. This proprietary technology was developed prior to Adobe's releases of similar, but completely different, technology offering similar protection. The difference is that our technology is easy to implement and is affordable. Adobe's DRM has been slow to gain acceptance and is prohibitely expensive.

 





How It Works

  • Client visits web site
  • Anonymous user key is generated
  • Client logs in
  • Authenticated user key is generated
  • Client visits page with video link
  • Client clicks video link
  • One-time use License is generated
  • Flasher! Player is loaded
  • Flasher! Player communicates with Flasher! Licensing Servers
  • Upon license validation, Player prepares to stream
  • Player chooses optimal Flasher! Streaming Server
  • A secure one-time connection is established and video streams
  • Player continuously monitor download speed and requests appropriate bitrate video file