Comparison of streaming media software

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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
Template:Rh | Adobe Media Server Macromedia/Adobe Systems//Veriskope Inc 2002-07-9 5.0.16 (2020-2-15) 2020-2-15 Template:HsFree Developer and Trial licenses; Subscription Licenses at $33/month; Standard Perpetual License at $995; Amazon Marketplace license starting at $0.13/hour proprietary Video, Audio, Data
Ant Media Server Ant Media Inc. 2017 2.12 / 12-12-2024 2.12 Free Trial License, Monthly, Annual and Perpetual License Offerings Proprietary Video, Audio,Data
Template:Rh | atmosph3re Guillaume Carrier 2005-08-15 3.0.7 (2015-10-31) 2015-10-31 Template:Hs$30 perpetual license proprietary Audio
Template:Rh | Darwin Streaming Server Apple Inc. 1999-03-16 6.0.3 (2007-05-10) 2007-05-10 Template:HsFree APSL Audio/Video
Template:Rh | Feng LSCube[1] 2007-05-31 2009-10-14 2009-10-04 Template:HsFree GPL Audio/Video
Template:Rh | Firefly Ron Pedde ? 0.2.4.2 (2008-04-19) 2008-04-19 Template:HsFree GPL Audio
Template:Rh | Helix DNA Server RealNetworks 2003-01-22 11.1 (2006-06-10) 2006-06-10 Template:HsFree RCSL/RPSL Audio/Video
Template:Rh | Helix Universal Server RealNetworks 1994-01-01 15.2.1 (2014-09-16) 2014-09-16 Template:HsFree for 12 months (Basic) and $1,000-$10,000 proprietary Audio/Video
Template:Rh | Icecast Xiph.Org Foundation 1998-12 2.4.4 (2018-10-31) 2018-10-31 Template:HsFree GPL Audio
Template:Rh | IIS Media Services Microsoft 2008-11-07 4.1 (2011-11-09) 2011-11-09 Template:HsFree proprietary Audio/Video/Data
Template:Rh | Lyrion Music Server Logitech/LMS Community 2001-09-16 8.5.2 (2024-05-20) 2024-05-20 Template:HsFree GPLv2 Audio
Template:Rh | Nimble Streamer Softvelum 2013 3.7.1-5 (2020-10-27) 2020-10-27 Template:HsFree proprietary Audio/Video
Template:Rh | OvenMediaEngine AirenSoft 2019-05-23 0.16.8 (2024-07-19) 2024-07-19 Template:HsFree AGPLv3 Audio/Video
Template:Rh | OpenBroadcaster OpenBroadcaster 2003 5.0.0 (2018-01-27) 2018-01-27 Template:HsFree AGPLv3 Audio/Video
Template:Rh | Open Broadcaster Software OBS Project 2012-9-01 30.0.2 (2023-12-10) 2023-12-10 Template:HsFree GPL v2 Audio/Video
Template:Rh | Plex (software) Plex Media Server 2008-07-08 1.15.6.1079 (2019-05-15) 2019-05-15 Template:HsFree proprietary Audio/Video
Template:Rh | Red5 (open source) Infrared5/community 2003-09-22 1.0.9 (2017-06-11) 2018-12-13 Template:HsFree Apache License v2 Audio/Video/Data
Template:Rh | SHOUTcast Nullsoft 1998-12 2.4.7 (Build 256) (2015-03-31) 2015-03-31 Template:HsFree proprietary Audio
Template:Rh | Unreal Media Server Unreal Streaming Technologies 2003-09-15 15.0 (2023-01-03) 2023-01-03 Template:Hs$995 perpetual license proprietary Audio/Video
Template:Rh | VLC media player VideoLAN ? 2.2.4 (2016-06-05) 2016-06-05 Template:HsFree GPL v2 Audio/Video
Template:Rh | Windows Media Services Microsoft 1996-12-10 9.6 (2010-04-05) 2010-04-05 Template:HsFree proprietary Audio/Video
Template:Rh | Wowza Streaming Engine Wowza Media Systems 2007-02-17 4.8.5 build 20200616153358 (2020-06-17)[2] 2020-06-17 Template:HsFree Developer and Trial licenses; Subscription Licenses at $125/month;[3] Perpetual Pro License at $1995; Amazon EC2 with embedded license starting at $0.15/hour proprietary Audio/Video/Data
Template:Rh | xiu Harlan Chen 2020-08-16 0.13.0 (2024-08-11) 2024-08-11 Template:HsFree MIT Audio/Video

Operating system support

Name Windows macOS Linux Unix
Template:Rh | Adobe Media Server Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | atmosph3re Yes No No No
Template:Rh | Darwin Streaming Server Yes Yes No Yes
Template:Rh | Firefly Yes ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Helix DNA Server Yes ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Helix Universal Server Yes No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Icecast Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | IIS Media Services Yes No No No
Template:Rh | Lyrion Music Server Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Nimble Streamer Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | OvenMediaEngine Yes (with Docker) Yes (with Docker) Yes No
Template:Rh | OpenBroadcaster No No Yes ?
Template:Rh | Open Broadcaster Software Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | Plex (software) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Red5 (open source) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | SHOUTcast Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Unreal Media Server Yes No No No
Template:Rh | VLC media player Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Windows Media Services Yes No No No
Template:Rh | Wowza Streaming Engine Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | xiu Yes Yes Yes Yes

Container format support

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Name 3GP AVI ASF QuickTime Ogg OGM Matroska MP4 MPEG-TS FLV ABR WebM
Template:Rh | Adobe Media Server ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | atmosph3re ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Darwin Streaming Server Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? Yes No No No ?
Template:Rh | Firefly ? No ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Helix DNA Server ? No No No No No No No No No ? ?
Template:Rh | Helix Universal Server Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | Icecast ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? No No Yes
Template:Rh | IIS Media Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | Nimble Streamer No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | OvenMediaEngine No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | OpenBroadcaster No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? No ? ?
Template:Rh | Red5 (open source) Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | SHOUTcast ? Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? No No ?
Template:Rh | Unreal Media Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | VLC media player ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Windows Media Services ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ?
Template:Rh | Wowza Streaming Engine Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | xiu No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No

Protocol support

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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 DASH SRTP
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Adobe Media Server Yes
(HTTP Live Streaming, HTTP Dynamic Streaming) 		? No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | atmosph3re Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Darwin Streaming Server No ? ? Yes No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Firefly ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Helix DNA Server Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes ? ? Yes
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Helix Universal Server Yes
(HTTP Live Streaming, MPEG-DASH, HTTP Progressive Streaming) 		Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Icecast Yes ? ? No No No No ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | IIS Media Services Yes ? No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Nimble Streamer Yes (HTTP Live Streaming, Smooth Streaming) Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | OvenMediaEngine Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | OpenBroadcaster Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Red5 (open source)[4] Yes No In Development No No No No No Yes Yes (RTMP, RTMPE, RTMPTE, RTMPT, RTMPS, RTMP Dynamic Streaming) No Yes Yes ? No
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | SHOUTcast Yes ? ? No No No No ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Unreal Media Server Yes
(HTTP Live Streaming, Smooth Streaming) 		No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
(RTMP, RTMPT, Dynamic RTMP) 		Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | VLC media player Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Windows Media Services Yes
(WM-HTTP) 		? No Yes
(WM-RTSP) 		Yes, for WMS 9.0 and earlier; removed in WMS 2008 (9.5)[5] Yes
(WM-RTSP) 		No Yes
(WM-RTSP/U and MS-MSB) 		Yes
(WM-RTSP/T and WM-HTTP) 		No No No
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | 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
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | xiu Yes
(HTTP Live Streaming) 		No Yes
(Whip/Whep) 		Yes No Yes
(WM-RTSP) 		No Yes
(WM-RTSP/U) 		Yes
(WM-RTSP/T) 		Yes
(RTMP) 		Yes No No Yes No No
Name HTTP MPEG DASH WebRTC RTSP MMS RTP RTCP UDP TCP RTMP MPEG TS Real Data Transport Web sockets HLS DASH SRTP

Features

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Name Client Playback Synchronization Web Interface Graphical user interface iOS SDK Android SDK Javascript SDK
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Lyrion Music Server Yes Yes No
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Red5 (open source) No Yes Yes No No No
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | VLC media player Yes Yes Yes

See also

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References

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External links

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