The State of Streaming Protocols - the summary of 2015

WMSPanel team continues analyzing the state of streaming protocols.

SRT, RTSP and RTMP publish control setup

Previously our team introduced Publish control framework to allow applying our customers' business logic to incoming streams by defining multi-level authorization.

H.265 HEVC VOD transmuxing for MPEG-DASH

Nimble Streamer has a wide feature set for VOD streaming for HLS and MPEG-DASH.

Mobile SDK for RTMP broadcasting

Our company continuously improves our mobile products.

Media server for Raspberry Pi

Nimble Streamer, the high performance media server with low resources usage is now available for Raspbian, the OS for Raspberry Pi and Orange Pi hardware platforms.

It's also available for ARM64 platforms such as Odroid.

It allows turning this hardware into an efficient streaming device for live and VOD content.

Read this installation instruction with a set of live streaming scenarios setup guide.

November 2015 updates

In November, our team continued to make features and improvements.

The State of Streaming Protocols - November 2015

WMSPanel team continues analyzing the state of streaming protocols.

RTSP republishing in Nimble Streamer

RTSP feature set is a popular among Nimble Streamer users that are performing in live streaming, especially directly from cameras.

DVR time fragments requests for EPG in Nimble Streamer

We've recently introduced the DVR feature set in Nimble Streamer which allows recording RTMP, RTSP, MPEG-TS, Icecast and SHOUTcast incoming streams for further playback.

DVR control API in WMSPanel

We've recently introduced the DVR feature set in Nimble Streamer which allows recording RTMP, RTSP and MPEG-TS incoming streams for further playback.

Introducing selected integrators

Our team has a number of products that help people build their streaming infrastructure.

The State of Streaming Protocols - October 2015

WMSPanel team continues analyzing the state of streaming protocols.

Video recording (DVR) in Nimble Streamer

Streams recording is one of the essential use cases for live streaming.

RTSP playback support in Nimble Streamer

Early this year our team introduced RTSP transmuxing support for Nimble Streamer which allowed to take RTSP streams and produce HLS, DASH and MPEG-TS outgoing streams.

Larix Broadcaster mobile streaming from iOS to Nimble Streamer

Do you want to broadcast live video from mobile device to your own audience all over the world?

SRT, RTMP, WebRTC and RTSP publish control framework overview

For the past few years, mobile devices were showing significant improvements for video creation capabilities hence the popularity of video live streaming solutions - from mobile broadcasting applications to complex all-in-one solutions.

The State of Streaming Protocols - September 2015

WMSPanel team continues analyzing the state of streaming protocols.

Mobile broadcasting library for iOS platform

This article is outdated.

Please visit Larix page for more details.

Setting up VidiU transcoder to work with Nimble Streamer

Our customers quite often use Teradek VidiU transcoder and ask us how to setup it to work with Nimble Streamer.

Nimble Streamer deployment automation

WMSPanel is the official UI for Nimble Streamer and it is available under subscription model.

Processing RTSP pull streams from IP cameras per request

Nowadays surveillance cameras are common for security and monitoring.

Import MPEGTS streams list from playlist

Nimble Streamer allows transmuxing the incoming MPEGTS streams for further restreaming via RTMP, HLS and MPEG-DASH protocols.

Pull RTMP, RTSP, SLDP and Icecast live streams on demand

Live streaming of video over Internet gives a high load on the communication channels.

The State of Streaming Protocols - August 2015

WMSPanel team continues analyzing the state of streaming protocols.

Building RTMP live streaming network via Nimble Streamer

Broadcasting companies often face with overcoming the bottlenecks of ISPs networks, when streaming online video.

Achieving low latency for live streaming using Nimble Streamer

Latency is what one part of media companies doesn't care about while the other part is really concerned with.

Live stream broadcasting to YouTube via Nimble Streamer

Perhaps, everyone knows about YouTube, the third most visited site in the world.

Larix Broadcaster mobile streaming from Android to Nimble Streamer

In this article we are going to show how to create video streaming from Android based mobile device via Larix Broadcaster.

Hotlinking protection in case of dynamically changing IP address

Streaming protection is crucial for companies selling premium access to their content.

Using SMIL for adaptive bitrate VOD via MPEG-DASH

Nimble Streamer has an excellent MP4 to MPEG-DASH VOD transmuxing feature set.

Domain Lock techniques for media streaming in Nimble Streamer

Streaming process is closely related to your website promotion.

Prevent files download while streaming VOD

Broadcasting companies pay considerable attention to protect their content because nobody wants to loose profit.

The State of Streaming Protocols - July 2015

WMSPanel team continues analyzing the state of streaming protocols.

Mobile broadcasting SDK

This page is outdated. Please visit Larix mobile streaming page.

Adding preconfigured Nimble Streamer server to WMSPanel

This article is obsolete. Please use this latest deployment automation feature to add pre-configured Nimble Streamer instance in your WMSPanel account.

Advanced MPEG-TS delivery over UDP via Nimble Streamer

There is wide range of tasks associated with streaming of media content in MPEG-TS over UDP in corporate networks.

Streaming VOD from remote HTTP storage via Nimble Streamer

Many broadcasting companies use remote media storage as a convenient way of organizing video-on-demand (VOD) streaming infrastructure.

Protecting media links from web scraping

Security and billing are often considered as most valuable tasks for every media business.

The State of Streaming Protocols - June 2015

WMSPanel team continues analyzing the state of streaming protocols. June had less views than May but the same share of protocols.

CDN-friendly streaming via Nimble Streamer

Our customers build their own streaming infrastructures using Nimble Streamer in order to have low cost and reliable delivery networks.

Data disaster recovery for Nimble Streamer

WMSPanel collaborates with Nimble Streamer via sync-ups exchange.

Dispersa monitoring multiple edit

Dispersa streams availability monitoring is widely used by our customers around the globe.

RTSP streaming control API

WMSPanel provides rich API for getting stats data from WMSPanel and controlling Nimble Streamer.

Peer-to-peer streaming with Nimble Streamer

Nimble Streamer can be used as an origin for various streaming scenarios. One of them is HTTP peer-to-peer streaming.

MPEG-TS playback and transmuxing to HLS, RTMP, MPEG-DASH

MPEG2-TS is one of the most popular streaming protocols used by various types of businesses.

The State of Streaming Protocols - May 2015

WMSPanel team continues analyzing the state of streaming protocols. April had less views than March but the same share of protocols.

Verimatrix VCAS live streams DRM support via Nimble Streamer

Monetizing the content requires various techniques for media protection.

Transmux RTSP to HLS, RTMP, DASH and more via Nimble Streamer

RTSP streaming still has its share among other protocols for playback and streaming from some of the encoders, especially from cameras.

The State of Streaming Protocols - April 2015

WMSPanel team continues analyzing the state of streaming protocols. April had less views than March but the same share of protocols.

Media streaming industry news for April

Our team keeps tracking news about media streaming, online video and audio from around the world.

MPEG-DASH edge re-streaming

One of the first supported scenarios for Nimble Streamer was HTTP media re-streaming.

Repair and migrate Nimble configs

Streaming infrastructure maintenance requires some operations with hardware.

RTMP streaming control API

WMSPanel provides rich API for obtaining various data from our products.

Icecast control API

WMSPanel provides rich API for obtaining various data from our products.

Stream aliases in Nimble Streamer

Stream aliasing is a well-known technique in media streaming. It allows mapping multiple names to single media stream in order to add some flexibility into streaming process.

WMSPanel geo and ISP reporting API

WMSPanel cloud service is known for its reporting feature set available for various types of media servers such as Wowza and Nimble Streamer.

RTMP playback support in Nimble Streamer

From the time of its wide adoption, RTMP played an important role in media streaming.

The State of Streaming Protocols - March 2015

WMSPanel team continues analyzing the state of streaming protocols. March showed a significant increase of views.

Media streaming industry news for March

Our team continuously tracks news about media streaming, online video and audio from around the globe. This helps us understanding where the industry goes and what can we follow it.

Icecast playlist support for input

Nimble Streamer has a  rich functionality for audio streaming.

Nimble Streamer routes control API

WMSPanel provides rich API for obtaining various data from our products.

Nimble Streamer for MacOS is available

This article is outdated.

Install Nimble Streamer on available platforms.

Using Nimble Streamer as HTTP streaming origin source

Nimble Streamer is used for a variety of streaming scenarios which includes all flavors of live streaming and video-on-demand.

New from February 2015

This article is outdated.

The State of Streaming Protocols - February 2015

WMSPanel team continues analyzing the state of streaming protocols. January showed a lot of views which means more of interesting content to look at.

Comparing streams performance via In-depth statistics

In-depth statistics being part of WMSPanel reporting framework or Deep stats, is very popular as it gives full overview of a customer's content performance.

In-depth statistics grouping of files and streams

WMSPanel reporting framework has several features which cover basically everything an average streamer needs to know more about his audience and streaming infrastructure performance.

MP4 tracks support for HLS and MPEG-DASH VOD

Nimble Streamer has a rich HLS VOD and MPEG-DASH VOD feature sets which allows streaming HLS and DASH from media files of various formats.

Using WMSAuth paywall with CloudFlare and other proxies

WMSPanel provides wide paywall feature set which provides hotlink protection, pay-per-view framework and geo-location block.

Nimble Streamer for Windows is here

Nimble Streamer was initially designed as a high-efficient server software.

HLS AES encryption support for DRM in Nimble Streamer

Nimble Streamer supports variety of features for HLS, including big feature set for live streaming.

HLS, MPEG-DASH, SLDP and Icecast streaming load balancing

Nimble Streamer is used for reliable delivery of media streams.

Icecast metadata passthrough support

Nimble Streamer has a decent set of audio streaming features.

The State of Streaming Protocols - January 2015

WMSPanel team continues analyzing the state of streaming protocols. January showed a lot of views which means more of interesting content to look at.

WMSPanel joins DASH Industry Forum

WMSPanel team has been working on Nimble Streamer MPEG-DASH feature set for some time.

Debugging WMSPanel push API for pay-per-view and alerts

WMSPanel is a platform for reporting, monitoring and control over media servers.