Developer(s) Softvelum, LLC Website wmspanel.com/nimble | License Proprietary | |
Stable release 3.1.0-4 / September 29, 2016; 5 months ago (2016-09-29) Operating system Type Enterprise and carrier class server software | ||
Nimble Streamer is a freeware media server developed by WMSPanel company. 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 new version every week or less.
Usage
Nimble Streamer is delivered as an application for Linux, Windows and MacOS, with Azure cloud virtual machine as a deployment option. 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 and Icecast as input and produces MPEG-DASH, HLS, RTMP, RTSP, MPEG-TS and Icecast. 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. MPEG-DASH output is supported in live and VOD modes. Also, WMSPanel, the developer company for Nimble Streamer, is an associate member of DASH-IF.
Nimble Streamer also covers progressive download for multiple formats, with seeking capabilities for HTML5 and Flash playback. HTTP re-streaming covers HLS, MPEG-DASH, HDS and SmoothStreaming.
Nimble Streamer can be used as a source for peer-to-peer media streaming.