Live Encoding Options

Software Solutions

A variety of live encoding software solutions are compatible with the Streaming Server:

• QuickTime Broadcaster - Basic Mac OS X Live encoder
• The Wirecast encoder supports multiple live camera inputs, high quality compositing for titles, graphics, and movies
• Channel Storm LiveChannel is a sophisticated Mac OS X webcasting studio
• Popwire Broadcaster is a Mac OS X webcasting application optimized for 3GP streaming
• Abstractplane Uplink - Advanced live encoder for Mac OS X and Windows
• mpeg4ip - Linux Open Source project
• mpegable Broadcaster - Basic Windows encoder
• The Orban AAC/AACPlus Encoder - A Windows-based high fidelity audio encoder for Internet radio
• envivio 4caster - High-end Windows encoder
• VLC - VLC can stream through QTSS/DSS from the command-line interface
• Media Excel Softstream - Streaming SDK for Windows

Hardware Solutions

A variety of live encoding software solutions are compatible with the Streaming Server:

• JVC DM-NC40 Network Encoder provides high quality ISMA MPEG-4 encoding from any analog video and audio source. It also features a unique low-latency conferencing mode where two units can be used for video conferencing with picture-in-a-picture.
• The JVC GY-DV300U camera combined with the JVC KA-DV300 Streaming Option provide live MPEG-4 streaming directly from a high quality 3-CCD camera.
• The VBrick VBXcast provides high quality MPEG-4 encoding from any analog source.

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