Nimble Streamer

Nimble Streamer is a freeware media server developed by WMSPanel company currently known as Softvelum, LLC.[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 a new version every week or less.[2]

Nimble Streamer
Developer(s)Softvelum, LLC [1]
Stable release
3.6.5-2 [2] / March 16, 2020 (2020-03-16)
Operating systemLinux, Windows, macOS, Raspbian
TypeEnterprise and carrier class server software
LicenseProprietary
Websitewmspanel.com/nimble

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, SRT, UDT and Icecast as input and produces MPEG-DASH,[6] HLS, RTMP, RTSP, MPEG-TS, Srt, UDT, SLDP 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.

Low Latency HLS is supported in Nimble Streamer[9] starting from version 3.6.3-3.[2]

The developer company is a member of SRT Alliance[10] as a collaborator[11] and contributor of open-source implementation of SRT protocol.

The program also covers progressive download for multiple formats, with seeking capabilities for HTML5 and Flash playback.[12] HTTP re-streaming covers HLS, MPEG-DASH, HDS and SmoothStreaming. It can be used as a source for peer-to-peer media streaming.[13]

Live Transcoder for Nimble Streamer supports decoding, filtering and encoding for H.264, HEVC, MPEG2, MPEG4, VP8, VP9 video and AAC, MP3, MP2, Speex, PCM G.711 audio[14].

A premium add-on [15] provides server-side ads insertion with pre-rolls and mid-rolls for HLS, RTMP, SLDP and Icecast live streams.

See also

References
  1. "Softvelum, LLC official page". Softvelum.
  2. "Softvelum blog: Nimble Streamer, WMSPanel, Larix SDK: Nimble Streamer release notes". Softvelum.
  3. "Softvelum | Crunchbase". Crunchbase.
  4. Nimble Streamer installation
  5. " Smooth Video Stream Brought to You by Nimble Streamer on Azure", Channel9
  6. How to encode Multi-bitrate videos in MPEG-DASH for MSE based media players Steamroot blog
  7. Nimble Streamer: Freeware HTTP Streaming Server iptvsaga.com
  8. Live and VOD support for HEVC/H.265
  9. Introducing Apple Low Latency HLS in Softvelum products
  10. SRT Alliance Announces 22 New Members
  11. Reliable Low Latency Delivery with SRT+SLDP
  12. Pseudo Streaming in Flash jwplayer.com
  13. Configure Nimble Live & VOD streams for optimized use with Streamroot peer-to-peer delivery
  14. Review: Softvelum Nimble Streamer Is Flexible and Well-Featured StreamingMediaglobal
  15. Nimble Advertiser SSAI
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