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Multicast Streaming in Flash Player 10.1 Tutorial

June 30th, 2010

Adobe Developer Connection presents:
Multicast Streaming in Flash Player 10.1

This video-tutorial shows how to build a simple Broadcaster/Receiver system with P2P Multicast in Flash Player 10.1 using NetStream and Camera classes.

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Learn more: Read Multicast Explained in Flash Player 10.1
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Directed Routing Explained in Flash 10.1 P2P

June 4th, 2010

Directed Routing enables you to send data to a specific client in the peer-to-peer group (NetGroup). It requires stable and correct topology to work well - still it’s very useful.

There has been already something written about directed routing. But I’d like to share with you much more.

First, let me explain you which methods does what. You have basically three main functions sendToNearest, sendToNeighbor and sendToAllNeighbors. See image below.

P2P Directed Routing Flash 10.1 Peer-to-peer - Click for bigger image
Image: Peer-to-Peer Directed Routing in Flash Player 10.1 [Bigger image]

Continue reading to understand how it all works.
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