Comparison of streaming media systems
Comparison of streaming media systems
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This is a comparison of streaming media systems. A more complete list of streaming media systems is also available.
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[edit] 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) | Cost (USD) | license | Media | Media Player |
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VLC media player | VideoLAN | ? | 1.1.10 (2011-06-16) | Free | GPL v2 | Audio/Video | Any with appropriate protocol support. |
PeerCast | Giles | ? | 0.1218 (2007-12-17) | Free | GPL | Audio/Video | {?} |
Flash Media Server | Macromedia/Adobe Systems | 2002-07-9 | 4.0 (2010-09-13) | $4,500 | proprietary | Video | Flash Player |
Wowza Media Server | Wowza Media Systems | 2007-02-17 | 3.0.3 (2011-10-25) | Free Developer license, $995 Perpetual, $55/mo Subscription, $5/day Subscription | proprietary | Audio/Video/Data | Any with appropriate protocol support, including Flash players, Silverlight players, QuickTime players, VLC players, Safari (HTML5), iPhone/iPad/iPod touch, 3GPP (Android, Blackberry, Symbian, etc.), IPTV set-top boxes, game consoles (Wii, PS3 and other). |
Darwin Streaming Server | Apple Inc. | 1999-03-16 | 6.0.3 (2007-05-10) | Free | APSL | Audio/Video | Any with appropriate protocol support. |
Flumotion Streaming Server | Flumotion | 2004-11-30 | 0.9.1 (2011-09-08) | Free | GPL | Audio/Video | Any with appropriate protocol support. |
Firefly | Ron Pedde | 0.2.4.1 (2007-10-21) | Free | GPL | Audio | Any with appropriate protocol support. | |
FreeCast | Alban Peignier | 2004-09-14 | 2006-06-29 | Free | GPL | Audio/Video | FreeCast client |
Helix DNA Server | RealNetworks | 2003-01-22 | 11.1 (2006-06-10) | Free | RCSL/RPSL | Audio/Video | Any with appropriate protocol support. |
Helix Universal Server | RealNetworks | 1994-01-01 | 14.2 (2011-04-14) | Free for 12 months (Basic) and $1,000-$10,000 | proprietary | Audio/Video | Any with appropriate protocol support for PC (Flash player, Quick Time, MS-Silverlight, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, VLC, Mplayer, HTML5), Tablet & Mobile (Android, Blackberry, iOS, Symbian, HTML5) and OTT IPTV STBs devices. |
Windows Media Services | Microsoft | Free | proprietary | Video | Windows Media Player | ||
Icecast | Xiph.Org Foundation | 1998-12 | 2.3.2 (2008-06-02) | Free | GPL | Audio/Video | Any with appropriate protocol support. |
SHOUTcast | Nullsoft | 1998-12 | 1.9.8 (2007-02-28) | Free | proprietary | Audio | Any with appropriate protocol support. |
Feng | http://lscube.org/feng/ | 2007-05-31 | 2009-10-14 | Free | GPL | Audio/Video | Any with appropriate protocol support. |
[edit] Operating system support
Name | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD Unix | Solaris | Other Unix |
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PeerCast | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Firefly | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
Flash Media Server | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Wowza Media Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Darwin Streaming Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Flumotion Streaming Server | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
FreeCast | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Helix DNA Server | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Helix Universal Server | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Windows Media Services | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Icecast | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SHOUTcast | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Name | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD Unix | Solaris | Other Unix |
[edit] Container format support
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Information about what container formats are supported.
Name | 3GP | AVI | ASF | QuickTime | Ogg | OGM | Matroska | MP4 | MPEG transport stream | FLV |
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PeerCast | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Firefly | ? | No | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Flash Media Server | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes |
Wowza Media Server | ? | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Darwin Streaming Server | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No |
Flumotion Streaming Server | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 |
Windows Media Services | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Icecast | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
SHOUTcast | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
[edit] Protocol support
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Information about which internet protocols are supported for broadcasting streaming media content.
Name | HTTP | RTSP | MMS | RTP | RTCP | UDP | TCP | RTMP | MPEG-TS | Real Data Transport |
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PeerCast | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Firefly | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Flash Media Server | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? |
Wowza Media Server | Yes (Apple HLS, Silverlight Smooth Streaming, Adobe Dynamic Streaming) |
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (RTMP, RTMPE, RTMPTE, RTMPT, RTMPS) |
Yes | No |
Darwin Streaming Server | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Flumotion Streaming Server | Yes | No | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? |
FreeCast | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Helix DNA Server | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
Helix Universal Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Windows Media Services | Yes (WM-HTTP, plain download&play HTTP via IIS) |
Yes (WM-RTSP) |
Yes | Yes (WM-RTSP) |
No | Yes (MMSU, MMS-MCAST, MSBD and WM-RTSP) |
Yes (MMST, WM-HTTP and HTTP) |
? | ? | No |
Icecast | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SHOUTcast | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Name | HTTP | RTSP | MMS | RTP | RTCP | UDP | TCP | RTMP | MPEG-TS | Real Data Transport |
[edit] See also
- Comparison table of Wowza - Fms - Red5
- Community radio
- Comparison of video services
- Content delivery network
- Digital television
- Electronic commerce
- Grid casting
- HTTP(P2P)
- Internet radio
- Internet radio device
- Internet television
- IPTV
- List of internet stations
- List of music streaming services
- Multicast
- P2PTV
- Protection of Broadcasts and Broadcasting Organizations Treaty
- Push technology
- Streaming media
- Webcast
- Web television
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