We’re delighted to announce an extraordinary release this time. We’ve not only put an enormous amount of work into the server itself, but our Storm Library & Storm Player were rebuilt from the ground up too. On top of that, we’re also publishing a dedicated Demo page, where anyone can test our server application or Library/Player APIs. Let’s get into details… Storm Streaming Server 1.3.0 While there aren’t any new features, memory and thread management were greatly improved, reducing RAM usage by 30%. We have also enhanced our DVR functionality for iOS (HLS/LL-HLS). It works much smoother ..read more

While we usually do not announce minor releases for our Server, this one is rather important due to possible vulnerability found in the log4j library. While we were unable to replicate conditions required to perform an attack, we advise all our customers and users to upgrade their Storm Streaming Server to the latest version. The post Storm Streaming Server release 1.2.2 (log4j update) appeared first on Storm Streaming Blog ..read more

We already know what kind of software we need to support video streaming. It’s time to talk about the hardware architecture required for our service to function efficiently and reliably. As in the case of software, we will first deal with the streaming device. We already know that it can be virtually any electronical device, but there are a few essential aspects to keep in mind. Performance First, it doesn’t matter whenever we are dealing with a smartphone or a PC/MAC computer – it’s the performance that is important. Most modern devices based on either ARM or x86 architecture have dedicated i ..read more

This is our second big update for StormStreaming Server. This release includes all bug fixes from previous releases as well as a new video recording feature. Full list of new features A stream recoding functionality has been added to the server (can be configured by preferences.xml file), New optional VariableFPS parameter in application settings allows deciding whenever Strom should adjust for Variable Frame Rate source or not (you might want to turn it off for NVENC codec), New optional KeyFrameCompensation parameter in application settings forces the packetizer to add missing keyframes (yo ..read more

If we want to design an efficient infrastructure for streaming for our website or application, we must first understand what it should consist of. The division that I will present here concerns the software layer primarily. This, in turn, is scaled on the hardware layer, which we will discuss later. Streaming application The entire streaming process begins with the streaming application installed on a regular phone, PC / Mac computer, and professional workstation. For some protocols, such as WebRTC, the streaming application can be, for example, the Internet browser itself. There are also many ..read more

It’s time for the first big update. Our REST module has been completely rewritten. It’s now possible to check/add/delete applications, streams, and clients in real-time. We have also rebuilt basic statistics for both the server (CPU Usage, Memory, Threads) and Applications/Streams (upload, download). Full list of new features REST Module has been compeletly rewritten, Full list of bug fixes New authentication system for REST, RTMP Client has been greatly improved, The bug where the client was not informed about a source that had been closed/ended was fixed, License type has been removed fro ..read more

The real-time video streaming service itself must not, of course, “hang” in the air. We need a platform that will provide our clients with convenient access to it. Today we have basically three options that can be combined with each other or gradually supplemented. Classic website The first option is, of course, a classic website or service in the case of more complex structures. Undoubtedly, it is technologically the simplest, but also the cheapest option, which is a good bridgehead to start your business. How should such a website be designed to fulfill its role well? This is obviously a top ..read more

After almost three years, this day has finally arrived. The Web-Anatomy team proudly presents you Storm Streaming Server v.1.0.0. It’s the first production-ready version of our multimedia server. While some of our clients have been using Storm for over a year now, with this release, we invite anyone to download the trial version and test it out Full list of new features a licensing system has been added to the server (it will automatically download license files and store them in a local file), Full list of bug fixes improved stability and memory management, issues with nDVR memory were res ..read more

Quite a lot of new features this time. Let’s start with nDVR, which makes Storm record part of the live stream. Viewers can navigate to any moment in time that is cached or switch back to live stream. This feature will be great for replay function. The support for mobile platforms has also been added. Actually, we have both iOS and Android players coming as sample/component players. Version 0.9 is also the first available via Docker containers. Full list of new features introduction of nDVR functionality support for dedicated mobile apps/components docker distribution is now available for all ..read more

Another update release. This time we’ve concentrated a little bit on latency. Thanks to the inbuilt RTMP server, we’ve managed to go as low as 0.3 sec with latency (via OBS). For clusters, this value will be closer to 0.5 seconds, which ain’t bad for TCP-IP-based protocol. We’ve also tweaked a little bit the secure-token functionality. Full list of new features reduced latency to 0.3 for RTMP-based streams (with inbuilt server), reworked security token functionality, Full list of bug fixes issues related to cluster connections were resolved, The post Storm Streaming Server release 0.8 appe ..read more