Nimble Streamer
| Developer(s) | Softvelum, LLC [1] |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.15.1-3 [2] / March 21, 2016 |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows, Mac OS, Raspbian |
| Type | Enterprise and carrier class server software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | wmspanel |
Nimble Streamer is a freeware media server developed by WMSPanel company.[3] The server is used for streaming of live and on-demand video and audio to desktop computers, mobile devices, internet-connected TV sets, IPTV set-top boxes and other network-connected devices. Its first stable version 1.0.0-1 was released on October, 21st, 2013, with a number of preliminary versions done before that. The release cycle is intensive and introduces new version every week or less.[2]
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Usage
Nimble Streamer is delivered as an application for Linux, Windows and MacOS,[4] with Azure cloud virtual machine as a deployment option.[5] Its basic scenarios include streaming from live sources, streaming from VOD files and cache-aware HTTP re-streaming. For live streaming it takes RTMP, RTSP, MPEG-TS and Icecast as input and produces MPEG-DASH,[6] HLS, RTMP, RTSP, MPEG-TS and Icecast.[7] VOD is available as MP4 transmuxing to HLS and MPEG-DASH for both H.265 and H.264. HEVC is also supported for various live streaming protocols output.[8] MPEG-DASH output is supported in live and VOD modes. Also, WMSPanel, the developer company for Nimble Streamer, is an associate member of DASH-IF.[9]
Nimble Streamer also covers progressive download for multiple formats, with seeking capabilities for HTML5 and Flash playback.[10] HTTP re-streaming covers HLS, MPEG-DASH, HDS and SmoothStreaming.
Nimble Streamer can be used as a source for peer-to-peer media streaming.[11]
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References
- ↑ http://sk.ru/net/1121103/ Softvelum, LLC, official page on Skolkovo foundation
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://blog.wmspanel.com/p/nimble-streamer-release-notes.html Product release notes
- ↑ http://www.crunchbase.com/company/wmspanel CrunchBase company profile
- ↑ https://wmspanel.com/nimble/install Nimble Streamer installation
- ↑ https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/PartnerApps/Smooth-Video-Stream-Brought-to-You-by-Nimble-Streamer-on-Azure Smooth Video Stream Brought to You by Nimble Streamer on Azure
- ↑ http://blog.streamroot.io/encode-multi-bitrate-videos-mpeg-dash-mse-based-media-players-22/ How to encode Multi-bitrate videos in MPEG-DASH for MSE based media players
- ↑ http://www.iptvsaga.com/nimble-streamer-freeware-http-streaming-server/ Nimble Streamer: Freeware HTTP Streaming Server
- ↑ https://wmspanel.com/nimble/hevc Live and VOD support for HEVC/H.265
- ↑ http://dashif.org/members/ List of DASH Industry Forum members
- ↑ http://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1430518-pseudo-streaming-in-flash Pseudo Streaming in Flash
- ↑ http://blog.streamroot.io/configure-nimble-streams-optimized-streamroot/ Configure Nimble Live & VOD streams for optimized use with Streamroot peer-to-peer delivery
