LEAD Technologies is pleased to announce the release of the Media Streaming Server SDK. This major addition to the LEADTOOLS Multimedia product line provides a programmer-friendly library for building professional audio/video multimedia streaming applications for playback on any device.
Media Streaming Server SDK Overview
- High-level Media Streaming Server framework with minimal coding required
- Place any audio/video media file on the server and stream to any client
- Adobe Flash RTMP — for any web browser that has Adobe Flash installed
- Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS) — for most web browsers that have Adobe Flash installed
- Apple HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) — for Apple iPad / iPhone and Android devices
- MPEG-DASH — for most web browsers that have Adobe Flash installed
- Microsoft Smooth Streaming (SSF) — for web browsers with Microsoft Silverlight installed
- RTSP/RTP — for web browsers with the Apple QuickTime or VLC RTSP plugin installed or any application that supports RTSP
- RTSP/RTP (MPEG-2 transport) — for web browsers with Apple QuickTime or VLC RTSP plugin installed or any application that supports RTSP
- RTSP/RTP over HTTP — for web browsers with Apple QuickTime or VLC RTSP plugin installed or any application that supports RTSP
- HTML5 Video — for most web browsers with HTML5 support (PC and mobile devices)
- Automatically convert videos on the fly from a single base format to minimize recompression
- Configure server settings programmatically or with XML files
- Supports custom, application-defined properties and settings
- Monitor and manage connected users
- Flexible filters and demultiplexers allow for continuous streaming with changing formats
- Stream high-quality videos at Full HD 1080p resolution
- Broadcast audio/video content compressed with LEADTOOLS’ industry-leading compression technology
Product Line Changes
Developers can acquire the new LEADTOOLS Media Streaming Server as an add-on to LEADTOOLS Multimedia SDK or bundled with LEADTOOLS Multimedia Suite:
- Streaming Module (formerly named Video Streaming Module)
- Multimedia Suite
V19 customers who have previously purchased these products are automatically entitled to a Media Streaming Server development license free of charge. After downloading the latest Multimedia Installer from our website or the Check Setup Version utility, contact sales@leadtools.com to get a temporary development license.
Additional Updates to Multimedia Technologies
In addition to the Media Streaming Server, the following updates were made to existing features within the Multimedia product line:
- ISO multiplexer and demultiplexer (MP4 format) now supports
- MJPEG video
- UYVY, YUY2 uncompressed video
- Video with non-square pixels
- Uncompressed audio
- Reverse playback for ISO demultiplexer when using MJPEG compression
- H.265 encoder for Media Foundation
- NVIDIA CUDA and Intel QuickSync hardware acceleration for MPEG-2 and H.264 decoders
