Specifications
MistServer feature list
Core | |||
---|---|---|---|
Feature | MistServer Enterprise | MistServer non-commercial | MistServer open source |
On the fly stream repackager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Browser based management interface | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Low footprint high performance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Modular design | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Low latency | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multiplatform | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Streaming | |||
Feature | MistServer Enterprise | MistServer non-commercial | MistServer open source |
Adaptive bitrate | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
SMIL RTMP multibitrate index | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Wildcard support for live/vod (single setting for multiple streams) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Passthrough | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Subtitle support | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Recording | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Integration | |||
Feature | MistServer Enterprise | MistServer non-commercial | MistServer open source |
API basic calls | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
API advanced calls | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Triggers - event based server flow changes | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Stream meta-data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Basic analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Advanced analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Prometheus integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Seamless integration with other programs/databases | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Security | |||
Feature | MistServer Enterprise | MistServer non-commercial | MistServer open source |
Digital Rights Management | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Stream password protection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
HTTPS | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Limiting | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Connectivity logs | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Scaling | |||
Feature | MistServer Enterprise | MistServer non-commercial | MistServer open source |
Load balancer | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Pull from other servers | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Push to other servers | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Additional configured server boots within seconds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Support | |||
Feature | MistServer Enterprise | MistServer non-commercial | MistServer open source |
Standard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Premium | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
24h priority support | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Monitoring | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Appliance testing | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Custom development | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
MistServer supported inbound protocols
Protocol | MistServer Enterprise | MistServer non-commercial | MistServer open source |
---|---|---|---|
RTMP single bitrate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
RTMP multi bitrate | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MPEG-TS (uni-/multicast) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
RTSP | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MP4 files | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
TS files | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
FLV files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MP3 files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
ISMV files | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
DTSC files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DTSC pull | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
OGG files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MistServer supported outbound protocols
Protocol | MistServer Enterprise | MistServer non-commercial | MistServer open source |
---|---|---|---|
DASH | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MP4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MP4 live | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
HLS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
RTMP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
RTMP multibitrate | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
RTMP push single-/multi bitrate | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MPEG-TS (unicast) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MPEG-TS (multicast) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MPEG-TS push | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MPEG-TS file | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
RTSP | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
HDS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
FLV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
FLV file | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
MP3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
HSS (Silverlight) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
DTSC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
OGG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MistServer video support matrix
H264 | HEVC* | Flash** | Theora | |
---|---|---|---|---|
DASH* | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✗ |
DTSC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
HDS | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | - |
HLS | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
HSS | ✓ | - | - | - |
FLV | ✓ | - | ✓ | - |
MP4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
RTMP | ✓ | - | ✓ | - |
RTSP* | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
TS | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
OGG | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
"-" stands for Not Applicable
* The flash codecs are VP6, JPEG, H.263 and Screen Video 1&2.
MistServer audio support matrix
AAC | AC3* | MP3 | Flash | Vorbis | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DASH* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✗ |
DTSC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
HDS | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | - |
HLS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
HSS | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | - | - |
FLV | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | - |
MP3 | - | - | ✓ | - | - |
MP4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
RTMP | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | - |
RTSP* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
TS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
OGG | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
"-" stands for Not Applicable
* The flash codecs are (AD)PCM, Nelly, G711 and Speex.
Operating System Support
While the list below doesn't contain all of the operating systems we can run on, it's a list containing the more widely known operating systems. Want to know if another one is supported? Contact us.
Operating System Support | MistServer Enterprise | MistServer non-commercial | MistServer open source | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unix | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Solaris | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Linux x86 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Linux x86_64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Linux ARM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Linux MIPS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
OS X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Windows 64 bits | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |