Publications
To support the mission of the Open Screen Project and as part of Adobe's ongoing commitment to enable web innovation, Adobe will continue to open access to Adobe® Flash® technology. This work will include removing restrictions on the use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications, publishing the AMF specification and the Mobile Content Delivery Protocol, removing licensing fees for the next major releases of the Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR™ runtimes for devices for Open Screen Project participants, and publishing the device porting layer APIs for Flash Player.
Here is more detailed information about the open specifications for the SWF file format, FLV/F4V, AMF, and the Mobile Content Delivery Protocol (formerly known as the Flash Cast™ protocol). The device porting APIs will be published on the Adobe website when they are finalized.
The SWF file format specification is used to deliver vector graphics, text, video, sound, and interactivity via Flash Player and AIR. SWF files can reach over 98% of Internet-enabled desktops and the more than 800 million mobile and consumer electronic devices shipped with Adobe Flash Lite™ software worldwide.
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The FLV/F4V specification documents the file formats for storing media content used to deliver audio and video for playback in Flash Player and AIR. FLV and F4V are the de facto standards for web video today. More than 75% of broadcasters who stream video on the web use the FLV/F4V formats. An FLV file encodes synchronized audio and video streams. The F4V format is based on the format specified by ISO/IEC 14496-12: ISO base media file format.
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The AMF specification defines a binary format for exchanging data. It is most commonly used to transfer data between an application built with Adobe Flash or Flex® software and a database via a remoting request.
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The Mobile Content Delivery Protocol specification documents a communication protocol that provides a mechanism for data to be synchronized between mobile phones and a network-based server in an efficient, mobile network–friendly manner. It is used in the Adobe Flash Cast solution that has been deployed by multiple operators around the world and is used transparently by millions of mobile consumers as part of an engaging mobile experience.
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Strategy Analytics Flash-enabled Handset Forecast Summary (October 2008, 144KB)
Strategy Analytics forecasts 1.5 billion Flash-enabled handsets to be shipped in the next two years. Strategy Analytics has revised its historical data and increased its forecast significantly based on fresh data from Adobe combined with expectations that the Open Screen Project will attract more developers as it provides a consistent rich runtime environment across multiple device types.