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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General [edit]

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
VLC media player VideoLAN ? 2.0 (2012-02-18) Free GPL v2 Audio/Video Any with appropriate protocol support.
PeerCast Giles ? 0.1218 (2007-12-17) Free GPL Audio/Video {?}
Unreal Media Server Unreal Streaming Technologies 2003-09-15 10.0 (2013-04-03) $695 perpetual license proprietary Audio/Video Flash, Silverlight, iOS, Set-Top boxes, Unreal Player
Flash Media Server Macromedia/Adobe Systems 2002-07-9 4.5 (2011-09-09) $4,500 proprietary Video Flash Player
Mistserver DDVTECH 2012-10-01 1.0.1 (2012-10-02) Open-source, €299 for Long Term Support (3yrs) AGPLv3 Audio/Video/Data Any with appropriate protocol support
Wowza Media Server Wowza Media Systems 2007-02-17 3.5.0 (2012-11-08)[1] Free Developer and Trial licenses; Subscription Licenses at $5/day or $55/month; Perpetual License at $995; Amazon EC2 with embedded license starting at $0.15/hour proprietary Audio/Video/Data Any with appropriate protocol support, including Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight (in-browser, out-of-browser, Windows Phone), VLC, Apple QuickTime, Apple Safari (HTML5), iPhone/iPad/iPod touch, 3GPP (Android, Blackberry, Symbian, etc.), IPTV set-top boxes, game consoles (Wii, PS3, Xbox 360), and others.
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 LGPL 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 Universal Server RealNetworks 1994-01-01 V15 (2012-11-08) Free for 12 months (Basic) and $1,000-$10,000 proprietary Audio/Video Any with appropriate protocol support for PC (MPEG-DASH, Flash player, QuickTime, MS-Silverlight, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, VLC, Mplayer, HTML5), Tablet & Mobile (Android (MPEG-DASH / HLS / RTSP), Blackberry, iOS, Symbian, HTML5) and OTT (HLS or MPEG-DASH) IPTV STBs devices.
Helix DNA Server RealNetworks 2003-01-22 11.1 (2006-06-10) Free RCSL/RPSL Audio/Video Any with appropriate protocol support.
Windows Media Services Microsoft 1996-12-10 9.6 (2010-04-05) Free proprietary Audio/Video Any with appropriate protocol support, including Windows Media Player and Microsoft Silverlight
IIS Media Services Microsoft 2008-11-07 4.1 (2011-11-09) Free proprietary Audio/Video/Data Any with appropriate streaming protocol or HTTP progressive download support, including Windows Media Player, Microsoft Silverlight (in-browser, out-of-browser, Windows Phone), Adobe Flash, VLC, Apple QuickTime, Apple Safari, iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, Android, IPTV set-top boxes, Xbox 360, and others.
Icecast Xiph.Org Foundation 1998-12 2.3.3 (2012-06-11) Free GPL Audio Any with appropriate protocol support.
SHOUTcast Nullsoft 1998-12 1.9.8 (2007-02-28) Free proprietary Audio Any with appropriate protocol support.
Feng LSCube[2] 2007-05-31 2009-10-14 Free GPL Audio/Video Any with appropriate protocol support.
Logitech Media Server Logitech ? 7.7.2 (2012-03-14) Free GPLv2 Audio Various hardware and software clients available

Operating system support [edit]

Name Windows Mac OS X Linux Unix
VLC media player Yes Yes Yes Yes
PeerCast Yes Yes Yes ?
Unreal Media Server Yes No No No
Firefly Yes ? Yes Yes
Flash Media Server Yes No Yes No
Mistserver Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wowza Media Server Yes Yes Yes Yes
Darwin Streaming Server Yes Yes Yes Yes
Flumotion Streaming Server No Yes Yes ?
FreeCast Yes No Yes Yes
Helix Universal Server Yes No Yes Yes
Helix DNA Server Yes ? Yes Yes
Windows Media Services Yes No No No
IIS Media Services Yes No No No
Icecast Yes No Yes Yes
SHOUTcast Yes Yes Yes Yes
Logitech Media Server Yes Yes Yes Yes
Name Windows Mac OS X Linux Unix

Container format support [edit]

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Information about what container formats are supported.

Name 3GP AVI ASF QuickTime Ogg OGM Matroska MP4 MPEG transport stream FLV ABS
VLC media player ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
PeerCast ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Unreal Media Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Firefly ? No ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Flash Media Server ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No Yes Yes
Mistserver No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wowza Media Server Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Darwin Streaming Server Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? Yes ? No No
Flumotion Streaming Server ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
FreeCast ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Helix Universal Server Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Helix DNA Server ? No No No No No No No No No ?
Windows Media Services ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? No No
IIS Media Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Icecast ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? No No
SHOUTcast ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? No No

Protocol support [edit]

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Information about which internet protocols are supported for broadcasting streaming media content.

Name HTTP MPEG DASH RTSP MMS RTP RTCP UDP TCP RTMP MPEG TS Real Data Transport WebM
VLC media player Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
PeerCast Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Unreal Media Server Yes ? Yes (receiving RTSP streams) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Firefly ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Flash Media Server Yes
(HTTP Live Streaming,HTTP Dynamic Streaming)		 ? No No No No ? ? Yes No ? ?
Mistserver Yes
(Progressive, HDS, HLS)		 ? No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No ?
Wowza Media Server Yes
(HTTP Live Streaming, Smooth Streaming, HTTP Dynamic Streaming)		 ?
(Previewed at IBC & the NAB Show, and for the 2012 London Olympics)		 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
(RTMP, RTMPE, RTMPTE, RTMPT, RTMPS, RTMP Dynamic Streaming)		 Yes No ?
(Previewed at IBC & the NAB Show)
Darwin Streaming Server No ? Yes No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Flumotion Streaming Server Yes ? No ? No ? ? ? No ? ? ?
FreeCast Yes ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Helix Universal Server Yes
(HTTP Live Streaming, MPEG-DASH, HTTP Progressive Streaming)		 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ?
Helix DNA Server Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes ? ? Yes ?
Windows Media Services Yes
(WM-HTTP)		 ? Yes
(WM-RTSP)		 Yes, for WMS 9.0 and earlier; removed in WMS 2008 (9.5)[3] Yes
(WM-RTSP)		 No Yes
(WM-RTSP/U and MS-MSB)		 Yes
(WM-RTSP/T and WM-HTTP)		 No No No No
IIS Media Services Yes ? No No No No No No No No No No
Icecast Yes ? No No No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
SHOUTcast Yes ? No No No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Name HTTP MPEG DASH RTSP MMS RTP RTCP UDP TCP RTMP MPEG TS Real Data Transport WebM

Features [edit]

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Name Client Playback Synchronization Web Interface Graphical User Interface
VLC media player Yes Yes Yes
Logitech Media Server Yes Yes No

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ 3.5.0 (2012-11-08)
  2. ^ "index : feng". LSCube. 
  3. ^ David Nelson (10 December 2009). "Windows Media protocol reference". Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 23 February 2012. 

External links [edit]

  • See the container and protocol of VLC Media Player from here: [1]
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