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Transcoder for nimble streamer

Transcoder for nimble streamer
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Decode / transform / encode live video and audio streams seamlessly
Input spec
  • H.264, HEVC (H.265), MPEG2, MPEG4, VP8 and VP9 video
  • AAC, MP3, AC-3, MP2, Speex, PCM G.711 (a-law, μ-law) audio
The protocols
  • RTMP pulled and published
  • RTSP pulled and announced
  • MPEG-TS via HTTP and UDP
  • SRT via all modes
  • UDT via all modes
  • Pulled HLS
  • Icecast and SHOUTcast audio

Excellent performance
  • Low resource usage and high performance
  • Each stream is decoded just once
  • Multiple transcoding threads, multiple CPU cores
  • Encoding is done once after all transformations
  • Pass-through mode for non-changed media
  • Native application for Linux, Windows and Mac on x64, ARM and POWER8
  • libx264 video encoder support
  • libvpx encoder support for VP8/VP9
  • Intel® Quick Sync Video hardware and software support
  • NVidia® NVENC hardware acceleration support
  • VA API (libVA) support for H.264 and VP8 video encoding
  • FDK audio transcoder support

Output spec
  • H.264, HEVC (H.265), VP8 and VP9 video
  • AAC and MP3 audio
  • input codecs pass-through
The protocols
  • HLS with MPEG2TS and fragmented MP4 (fMP4) containers
  • MPEG-DASH playback
  • RTMP and RTSP playback and re-publish
  • SLDP playback
  • MPEG-TS playback and multicast
  • SRT via all modes
  • UDT via all modes
  • Icecast audio
Read Live Transcoder review by Jan Ozer which gives general overview of the product.

FFmpeg™ filters

  • Apply filters without streams interruption
  • 4 different strategies for adding key frames alignment
  • Resize or crop to create multiple resolutions
  • Graphic overlays, picture-in-picture video
  • De-interlacing
  • Make filtering chains without additional decoding
  • Add any custom or third-party filter
  • Audio transrating, e.g. 256Kbps to 192Kbps
  • Audio re-sampling, e.g. 44KHz to 22KHz
  • Mix several audio sources
There are several advantages over FFmpeg which makes Transcoder more efficient in some cases.

Affordable pricing

The cost is 50 USD per month per 1 transcoding server license.
Server license has no limits on number of transcoded streams, that number depends only on your hardware capability.

Web UI: knitting the transcoding scenarios

  • Create any chain of transcoding for both video and audio.
  • Set up filters in a couple of clicks.
  • Drag-n-drop elements of transcoding scenario.
  • Use any browser to setup and control.
  • Apply changes without interruption of live streaming.
  • Apply settings to multiple servers in a few clicks.
  • Also, take a look at Live Transcoder troubleshooting article to see how you can avoid some of the common transcoding issues. General performance tuning may be useful as well.
  • Usage snapshots show examples of combined usage of Softvelum products including live transcoder.

 
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