Red5 is a powerful Flash RTMP server that can act as the backbone of projects requiring media streaming and recording. Relying on Java and other advanced technologies, it delivers a complete solution to developers who want to create applications that can be used to share video and audio streams across a network. Red5 bundles a rich collection of frameworks and components that comprise everything you need in order to start building fully functional applications on its platform. It is compatible with the most recent multi-user APIs, such as NetStream, SharedObject and NetConnection. Aside from the RTMP, RTMPT, RTMPS, and RTMPE implementation, it brings to the table an integrated Tomcat Servlet container that can be used to develop web-based applications. Red5 includes server and client side APIs that can be used to set up communication between your application and a remote system, ensuring the streamlined transfer of multimedia Flash content. With its help, you can stream audio and video in real-time and capture client streams in FLV format. It comes with support for some of the most common media files, such as FLV, MP3, MP4, F4V, M4A and AAC. It allows shared objects and live stream publishing, with support for h264 streams. Red5 provides you with a solid software solution ready to help you out in the development process. It can assist you in creating both web and desktop applications for video conferencing and other purposes.