Flash Player 10.1 and VoIP

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Adding UDP-based RTMFP protocol and Speex audio codec in Flash Player 10 were right moves from Adobe and it allowed us to notice that FP was about to become a good VoIP client. But even with RTMFP capabilities Flash Player couldn’t connect two clients using P2P behind the specific NATs/firewalls, so fallback to server’s relay was required in such cases. With new features of Flash Player 10.1 (RTMFP groups) everything changes, now peers from RTMFP group will help you to do P2P media transfer if direct P2P connection between some 2 peers from the group isn’t possible. If you think a little it will become obvious that FP can be used to create P2P-networks like Skype’s one, root servers will only deal with signaling and will help clients to join groups with peers that can help in media delivery. It can be used in many services. Now we need Acoustic Echo Cancellation support and more advanced video codec for encoding video from webcam (h264, for example) to create web-based Skype.

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Silverlight4 and VoIP

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

After Silverlight 4 release for developers we are working on proof of concept - Silverlight version of Flaphone. Will post there as soon as we got something to test.

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Flaphone in ChromeOS. First VoIP client is already in place.

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Hello. As you maybe now Google released first ChromeOS version yesterday. We have tested it and found that Flash Player 10.0.32.18 has been built-in. And yes, that means that Flaphone works in ChromeOS, so we already have VoIP client available for new OS! I remind you that you can use Flaphone to make VoIP calls to PSTN/Mobiles using any SIP provider you want,  make calls to Skype or SIP, callme widgets will also work in ChromeOS. Great news! Flahpone in ChromeOS

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Flash VoIP module for SugarCRM

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Our product Zingaya Media Server allows to create Flash VoIP applications compatible with SIP protocol. We’ve found out that many new CRM systems are web-based and it would be cool to have CRM+VoIP right in your web-browser window, it’s very convenient, imagine - you just click to customer’s number in your CRM and Flash VoIP module initiate this call (Skype out integration works in the same way) or you got incoming call in flash and CRM opens page with calling customer info .Our server can be setup to work with your corporate SIP PBX or Call center or just some SIP provider. Now we are working on module for SugarCRM (see the screenshot) Flash VoIP in SugarCRM one of the most popular web-based opensource CRM systems, later will check what can be done with Salesforce and others.

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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

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Flashphone now works with AOL/AIM Call out

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Flashphone now offers AIM users to use AIM Call Out directly from Flashphone.  AIM users can use Flashphone make calls directly from the browser without installation of specific software.
It’s very easy to use AIM callout service from Flashphone. Just login to Account Manager using your flashphone user’s credentials , click Add VoiP provider account and select AOL/AIM from dropdown list, enter your AIM or AOL screen-name (AOLScreenName@aol.com or AIMScreenName@aim.com) into Username and AIM password, save your account. That’s all you need to do in order to use Flashphone for making calls through your AIM call-out account.

AOL

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Vote for Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) support for Flash player 10 on Adobe jira site

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

As we’ve already written flash player doesn’t support AEC now and even in flash player 10 beta we couldn’t find AEC support. That means that we have to use headset to remove echo problem, but if Adobe implements AEC for flash player we’ll be able to use flash real-time audio communications with loudspeakers. AEC is a very big advantage for VoIP services based on flash technology. Let’s vote for AEC support in Flash Player 10 release version! To vote use the next link: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-273 , but first you have to register on Adobe’s jira website, using the following link: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/secure/Signup!default.jspa

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Flash player 10 beta is available for downloading. What Adobe offers to us.

Friday, May 16th, 2008

You can download flash player 10 beta using this link. We will have a lof of new features, but let’s check features related to realtime communications support:
Dynamic Streaming — Always show the best video possible with streams that can automatically adjust to changing network conditions. By changing bitrates, you can keep your user engaged and avoid start-and-stop video. Dynamic streaming provides the best possible experience to the video consumer based on their bandwidth environment. Video streams over RTMP from intended future releases of Flash Media Server can dynamically change bitrate as network conditions change. Quality of Service metrics, exposed via ActionScript and providing real-time network or CPU information, allow developers to take control of the video playback and adjust the streaming experience accordingly. This feature is part of Flash Player 10 but will only be available with intended future releases of Flash Media Server.

RTMFP (Real Time Media Flow Protocol) — RTMFP provides a UDP-based secure network transport alternative to RTMP-over-TCP. To take advantage of the feature you will need to establish a net connection via future releases of Flash Media Server or other Adobe server products. UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is an efficient and standardized Internet protocol for delivering media assets because of its support for lossy delivery, improving performance of real time communication. RTMFP is always encrypted which helps protect media delivery. This technology is a result of Adobe’s acquisition of Amicima, Inc. in 2006. If you are interested in being part of the private prerelease for RTMFP, please send an email to fmsprerelease@adobe.com with your contact details.

Speex Audio Codec — The new, higher fidelity Speex voice codec offers an alternative to Nellymoser for audio that delivers the lowest-latency audio experience possible. When RTMP or RTMFP is used with future releases of Flash Media Server, live and unbuffered Speex transmissions will take advantage of RTMFP’s partial-reliability feature to reduce network latency.

Flash player 10 will help us to provide better user experience for VoIP services. We will upgrade Flashphone as soon as it will be possible.

P.S. Forgot to mention that flash player 10 would support  P2P connections between players. Nice!

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What is flashphone? Detailed service description. Part 2.

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

In part 1 we’ve written about requirements to use flashphone, how to make free calls to Russia Moscow, St. Petersburg and how to make SIP calls. But it’s understood that users want to make calls to any destinations: to diffrent countries, cities, mobile phones. We will describe how to do that in this article. (more…)

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Welcome!

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Welcome to blog about flashphone webservice, flashphone allows to make and receive calls using VoIP right from the webpage. You’ll be able to learn how to use flashphone and VoIP systems to save your money. We will write about new flashphone’s features and describe them there.

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