Why RTMP streaming protocal's url path different from each other?

Question

Recently I\'m doing some work on RTMP streaming, that is using Flowplayer to integrate with Edgecast Streaming service and CloudFront Streaming service.

The basic co

Answer 1

It's all about implementation. The URL format, including extensions, has nothing to do with

As an analogy, your question is like asking "Why do some websites have different URLs than others?" Example of two different yet viable ways of serving up an image:

• http://server.com/question/87/why/65.png
• http://server.com/image/question?number=87&image=65.

It's all about how the coders at EdgeCast, Amazon, et al wanted to implement their CDN. I'm sure there was some logic to it, well thought out or not. And probably some need to deal with legacy systems, clients and URLs.

It has nothing to do with FMS itself. Just like the above analogy's URLs have nothing to do with the web server they are served from.