Softvelum team which operates WMSPanel reporting service continues analyzing the state of streaming protocols.
Third quarter of 2017 has passed so let's take a look at stats. The media servers connected to WMSPanel processed more than 9 billion connections from 3400+ media servers (operated by Nimble Streamer and Wowza) during past 3 months.
First, let's take a look at the chart and numbers:
You can compare that to the picture of 2017 Q2 protocols landscape:
In the 2nd quarter of 2017 it had also being collected from 3400+ servers.
What can we see?
Third quarter of 2017 has passed so let's take a look at stats. The media servers connected to WMSPanel processed more than 9 billion connections from 3400+ media servers (operated by Nimble Streamer and Wowza) during past 3 months.
First, let's take a look at the chart and numbers:
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The State of Streaming Protocols - 2017 Q3 |
You can compare that to the picture of 2017 Q2 protocols landscape:
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The State of Streaming Protocols - 2017 Q2
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In the 2nd quarter of 2017 it had also being collected from 3400+ servers.
What can we see?
From our experience, MPEG-DASH keeps gaining momentum as a competitor to HLS for both VOD and live streaming, but it's still far from HLS popularity.
The SLDP, a recently introduced protocol for latency-critical cases, got 12 times more views than it had a quarter ago. Our customers use like chatting, security and bidding, especially with HTML5 player and its JavaScript SDK.
The SLDP, a recently introduced protocol for latency-critical cases, got 12 times more views than it had a quarter ago. Our customers use like chatting, security and bidding, especially with HTML5 player and its JavaScript SDK.