libaom-av1 and SVT-AV1 transcoding setup with Nimble Streamer

AV1 format is a promising solution for high-quality efficient video compression.

Live video overlays and videowall with Nimble Live Transcoder

Nimble Streamer Live Transcoder now allows overlaying video or pictures on top of the video.

New WebVTT Features: Transcoder Passthrough and Playout Support

We are glad to announce that we added new features to our Nimble Streamer software media server to support WebVTT subtitles. WebVTT is one of the popular formats for displaying timed text tracks in VOD or live streams. Based on the feedback from our customers, we were working on adding WebVTT support for Live Streams.

Improving Stability: Nimble Streamer Unveils the Out-of-Process Transcoder Mode

We're excited to introduce the latest innovation in Nimble Streamer: the Out-of-Process Mode for Live Transcoder scenarios. Designed to tackle stability challenges, this feature takes streaming technology to new heights.

Dante audio support in Nimble Streamer

Dante support has been discontinued in Nimble Streamer as of November of 2024.

License API and deferred payments for Transcoder and Addenda

Nimble Streamer has premium add-ons which require additional licenses to operate.

SEI metadata NTP time sync support in Nimble Streamer

Remote production with multiple video sources has an known issue that may affect the perception of the viewers.

Improvements in billing mechanics of WMSPanel

Our team has recently made a few updates and improvements for the billing of our customers which will make it easier to handle. Please check what might be useful for you.

NETINT encoder support in Nimble Streamer Transcoder via custom FFmpeg build

Live Transcoder for Nimble Streamer supports a number of encoding libraries off-the-shelf which cover most used technologies.

Conditional transcoding for ABR

Nimble Streamer Live Transcoder allows building transcoding pipelines of various complexity however it used to provide only straight-forward scenarios regardless of incoming stream parameters.

Converting NDI to Apple Low Latency HLS

Nimble Streamer supports NDI processing to get real-time input and produce multiple output formats. Apple Low Latency HLS is one of the protocols that can be produced from NDI.

Nimble Live Transcoder API

Nimble Streamer Live Transcoder add-on has a convenient web UI allowing to control transcoding scenarios and pipelines via browsers. However many customers need even more flexibility so they'd like to use API to control server behavior.

Building Quick Sync-only pipeline with Nimble Transcoder

Live Transcoder for Nimble Streamer provides many features for transforming live content using both software libraries and hardware acceleration.

NDI support in Nimble Streamer

NDI® is a free protocol for video delivery over IP. It's widely adopted by industry professionals in a variety of products used in live production.

Handling fuzzy FPS to get proper bitrate output

Nimble Live Transcoder allows creating transcoding scenarios with various transformations, including control over output bitrate.

Building NVENC-only pipeline with Nimble Transcoder

Live Transcoder for Nimble Streamer provides wide feature set for transforming live content using both software libraries and hardware acceleration.

Fallback of published RTMP, RTSP and Icecast streams

RTMP, RTSP and Icecast live protocols can be pulled by Nimble Streamer for further processing, and in order to improve robustness each pulled stream can have fallback streams.

Live Transcoder control API

Nimble Streamer Live Transcoder is well known for its drag-and-drop web UI which allows setting up live stream transformation of any complexity using any browser.

FFmpeg custom build support in Live Transcoder

Live Transcoder for Nimble Streamer supports a variety of decoding, filtering and encoding libraries.

Running encoders in out-of-process mode

This feature has been deprecated, please use the Out-of-Process Mode of Transcoder that we released in 2023. Please refer to this article for usage details