Red5 can write streams to the disk in whatever it wants (including MP3 assuming there's no problems with patents) but the Flash player is only going to supply it with audio in the NellyMoser format.

The issue isn't making an MP3 file. The issue is reading the input stream data in NellyMoser and converting that to MP3. Since NellyMoser is proprietary (and patented) you have to get a NellyMoser license (and its library) to read it for transcoding. Or, get someone who does have a broad license to release a transcoding tool (i.e. Adobe).

Some folks on this list have been talking about writing a Java or C++ RTMP client that could, theoretically, stream an FLV that uses an alternative audio codec. But you're moving away from the Flash installed base to do that.



On May 9, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Harris, Mike wrote:

Would there be potential legal issues if Red5 had the ability to record a MP3 instead of a FLV?


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