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.

NameCreatorFirst Public Release (yyyy-MM-dd)Latest Stable Version (Release Date)Cost (USD)licenseMediaMedia Player
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

NameWindowsMac OS XLinuxBSD UnixSolarisOther Unix
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
NameWindowsMac OS XLinuxBSD UnixSolarisOther Unix

[edit] Container format support

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Information about what container formats are supported.

Name3GPAVIASFQuickTimeOggOGMMatroskaMP4MPEG transport streamFLV
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.

NameHTTPRTSPMMSRTPRTCPUDPTCPRTMPMPEG-TSReal Data Transport
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 ? ? ? ? ?
NameHTTPRTSPMMSRTPRTCPUDPTCPRTMPMPEG-TSReal Data Transport

[edit] See also

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posted on 2012-01-27 23:35  李玉龙  阅读(435)  评论(0)    收藏  举报

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