Comparison of streaming media systems
This is a comparison of streaming media systems. A more complete list of streaming media systems is also available.
General
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of streaming media systems both audio and video. Please see the individual systems' linked articles for further information.
| Name | Creator | First Public Release (yyyy-MM-dd) | Latest Stable Version (Release Date) | Latest Release Date | Cost (USD) | license | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| atmosph3re | Guillaume Carrier | 2005-08-15 | 3.0.7 (2015-10-31) | 2015-10-31 | 00030$30 perpetual license | proprietary | Audio |
| Darwin Streaming Server | Apple Inc. | 1999-03-16 | 6.0.3 (2007-05-10) | 2007-05-10 | 00000Free | APSL | Audio/Video |
| Feng | LSCube[1] | 2007-05-31 | 2009-10-14 | 2009-10-04 | 00000Free | GPL | Audio/Video |
| Firefly | Ron Pedde | ? | 0.2.4.2 (2008-04-19) | 2008-04-19 | 00000Free | GPL | Audio |
| Adobe Flash Media Server | Macromedia/Adobe Systems | 2002-07-9 | 5.0.10 (2015-11-19) | 2015-11-19 | 04500$4,500 | proprietary | Video |
| FreeCast | Alban Peignier | 2004-09-14 | 2006-06-29 | 2006-06-29 | 00000Free | GPL | Audio/Video |
| Helix DNA Server | RealNetworks | 2003-01-22 | 11.1 (2006-06-10) | 2006-06-10 | 00000Free | RCSL/RPSL | Audio/Video |
| Helix Universal Server | RealNetworks | 1994-01-01 | 15.2.1 (2014-09-16) | 2014-09-16 | 05500Free for 12 months (Basic) and $1,000-$10,000 | proprietary | Audio/Video |
| Icecast | Xiph.Org Foundation | 1998-12 | 2.4.2 (2015-06-27) | 2015-06-27 | 00000Free | GPL | Audio |
| IIS Media Services | Microsoft | 2008-11-07 | 4.1 (2011-11-09) | 2011-11-09 | 00000Free | proprietary | Audio/Video/Data |
| Logitech Media Server | Logitech | ? | 7.7.5 (2014-11-28) | 2014-11-28 | 00000Free | GPLv2 | Audio |
| Nimble Streamer | WMSPanel | 2013 | 2.15.1-3 (2016-03-21) | 2016-03-21 | 00000Free | proprietary | Audio/Video |
| OpenBroadcaster | OpenBroadcaster | 2003 | 4.1.1 (2015-01-07) | 2015-01-07 | 00000Free | AGPLv3 | Audio/Video |
| Open Broadcaster Software | OBS Project | 2012-9-01 | 0.657 (2015-11-24) | 2015-11-24 | 00000Free | GPL v2 | Audio/Video |
| PeerCast | Giles | ? | 0.1218 (2007-12-17) | 2007-12-17 | 00000Free | GPL | Audio/Video |
| Plex_(software) | Plex Media Server | ? | 1.0.3.2461-35f0caa (2016-07-28) | 2016-07-28 | 00000Free | GPL | Audio/Video |
| Red5 (open source) | Infrared5/community | 2003-09-22 | 1.0.6 (2015-09-08) | 2015-09-08 | 00000Free | Apache License v2 | Audio/Video/Data |
| SHOUTcast | Nullsoft | 1998-12 | 2.4.7 (Build 256) (2015-03-31) | 2015-03-31 | 00000Free | proprietary | Audio |
| Unified Streaming Platform | Unified Streaming | 2012 | 1.7.18 (2016-04-11) | 2016-04-11 | 00995Free Trial license; Perpetual License; Amazon EC2 with embedded license; Microsoft Azure | proprietary | Audio/Video |
| Unreal Media Server | Unreal Streaming Technologies | 2003-09-15 | 12.0 (2016-09-15) | 2016-09-15 | 00795$795 perpetual license | proprietary | Audio/Video |
| VLC media player | VideoLAN | ? | 2.2.4 (2016-06-05) | 2016-06-05 | 00000Free | GPL v2 | Audio/Video |
| Windows Media Services | Microsoft | 1996-12-10 | 9.6 (2010-04-05) | 2010-04-05 | 00000Free | proprietary | Audio/Video |
| Wowza Streaming Engine | Wowza Media Systems | 2007-02-17 | 4.5.0 build 18676 (2016-06-23)[2] | 2016-06-23 | 00995Free Developer and Trial licenses; Subscription Licenses at $65/month; Perpetual Pro License at $1995; Amazon EC2 with embedded license starting at $0.15/hour | proprietary | Audio/Video/Data |
Operating system support
| Name | Windows | OS X | Linux | Unix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| atmosph3re | Yes | No | No | No |
| Darwin Streaming Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Firefly | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Flash Media Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| FreeCast | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Helix DNA Server | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Helix Universal Server | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Icecast | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IIS Media Services | Yes | No | No | No |
| Logitech Media Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nimble Streamer | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| OpenBroadcaster | No | No | Yes | ? |
| Open Broadcaster Software | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| PeerCast | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Red5 (open source) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SHOUTcast | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unified Streaming Platform | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unreal Media Server | Yes | No | No | No |
| VLC media player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Media Services | Yes | No | No | No |
| Wowza Streaming Engine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Container format support
Information about what digital container formats are supported.
| Name | 3GP | AVI | ASF | QuickTime | Ogg | OGM | Matroska | MP4 | MPEG-TS | FLV | ABR | WebM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| atmosph3re | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Darwin Streaming Server | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
| Firefly | ? | No | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Flash Media Server | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
| FreeCast | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Helix DNA Server | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| Helix Universal Server | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Icecast | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | Yes |
| IIS Media Services | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Nimble Streamer | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| OpenBroadcaster | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? |
| PeerCast | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Red5 (open source) | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| SHOUTcast | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? |
| Unified Streaming Platform | No | ? | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Unreal Media Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| VLC media player | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Windows Media Services | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? |
| Wowza Streaming Engine | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Protocol support
Information about which internet protocols are supported for broadcasting streaming media content.
| Name | HTTP | MPEG DASH | WebRTC | RTSP | MMS | RTP | RTCP | UDP | TCP | RTMP | MPEG TS | Real Data Transport | Web sockets | HLS | SRTP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| atmosph3re | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
| Darwin Streaming Server | No | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
| Firefly | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
| Flash Media Server | Yes (HTTP Live Streaming,HTTP Dynamic Streaming) |
? | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | |||
| FreeCast | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
| Helix DNA Server | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | |||
| Helix Universal Server | Yes (HTTP Live Streaming, MPEG-DASH, HTTP Progressive Streaming) |
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |||
| Icecast | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
| IIS Media Services | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |||
| Nimble Streamer | Yes (HTTP Live Streaming, Smooth Streaming) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |||
| OpenBroadcaster | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | |||
| PeerCast | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
| Red5 (open source)[3] | Yes | No | In Development | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes (RTMP, RTMPE, RTMPTE, RTMPT, RTMPS, RTMP Dynamic Streaming) | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No |
| SHOUTcast | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
| Unified Streaming Platform | Yes (HTTP Live Streaming, MPEG-DASH, Smooth Streaming, HTTP Dynamic Streaming, Progressive) | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Unreal Media Server | Yes (HTTP Live Streaming, Smooth Streaming) |
No | No | Yes (receiving RTSP streams) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (RTMP, RTMPT, Dynamic RTMP) |
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| VLC media player | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |||
| Windows Media Services | Yes (WM-HTTP) |
? | No | Yes (WM-RTSP) |
Yes, for WMS 9.0 and earlier; removed in WMS 2008 (9.5)[4] | Yes (WM-RTSP) |
No | Yes (WM-RTSP/U and MS-MSB) |
Yes (WM-RTSP/T and WM-HTTP) |
No | No | No | |||
| Wowza Streaming Engine | Yes (HTTP Live Streaming, Smooth Streaming, HTTP Dynamic Streaming) |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (RTMP, RTMPE, RTMPTE, RTMPT, RTMPS, RTMP Dynamic Streaming) |
Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Name | HTTP | MPEG DASH | WebRTC | RTSP | MMS | RTP | RTCP | UDP | TCP | RTMP | MPEG TS | Real Data Transport | Web sockets | HLS | SRTP |
Features
| Name | Client Playback Synchronization | Web Interface | Graphical User Interface | iOS SDK | Android SDK | Javascript SDK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logitech Media Server | Yes | Yes | No | |||
| Red5 (open source) | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| VLC media player | Yes | Yes | Yes |
See also
- Community radio
- Comparison of video services
- Content delivery network
- Digital television
- Electronic commerce
- Internet radio
- Internet radio device
- Internet television
- IPTV
- List of Internet radio stations
- List of music streaming services
- Multicast
- P2PTV
- Protection of Broadcasts and Broadcasting Organizations Treaty
- Push technology
- Streaming media
- Ustream
- Webcast
- Web television
References
- ↑ "index : feng". LSCube.
- ↑
- ↑ "Red5". GitHub. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
- ↑ David Nelson (10 December 2009). "Windows Media protocol reference". Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
External links
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