Developer(s) | Softvelum [1] |
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Stable release | 4.0.0-1
[2]
/ March 9, 2022 |
Operating system | Linux, Windows, Raspbian |
Type | Enterprise and carrier class server software |
License | Proprietary |
Website |
softvelum |
Nimble Streamer is a software media server developed by Softvelum.[ citation needed] 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. [3] 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 was the finalist in Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Awards for 2016 as the Best Streaming Innovation [4] and for 2021 as Hardware/software Server. [5]
Nimble Streamer is delivered as an application for Linux and Windows,. [6] 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, [7] HLS, RTMP, RTSP, MPEG-TS, SRT, UDT, SLDP and Icecast. [8] 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. [9] MPEG-DASH output is supported in live and VOD modes.
Low Latency HLS is supported in Nimble Streamer [10] starting from version 3.6.3-3. [2]
The developer company is a member of SRT Alliance [11] as a collaborator [12] and contributor of open-source implementation of SRT protocol.
NDI is supported as both input and output. [13]
RIST streaming protocol is supported for input and output. [14]
The program also covers progressive download for multiple formats, with seeking capabilities for HTML5 and Flash playback. [15] HTTP re-streaming covers HLS, MPEG-DASH, HDS and SmoothStreaming. It can be used as a source for peer-to-peer media streaming. [16]
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. [17]
A premium add-on [18] provides server-side ads insertion with pre-rolls and mid-rolls for HLS, RTMP, SLDP and Icecast live streams, as well as DRM protection with Widevine, PlayReady and FairPlay.