MistServer - The best technology for media streaming

Content distribution Your media optimized, scalable and flexible at the touch of a button

Having a robust network is key to your success in media. The major challenge is that most networks and load balancing solutions are made for short bursts of traffic. This works well for web servers and other static content, but not for media servers. While it would be functional, using a solution not tailored to media delivery will leave you with a suboptimal system.

MistServer creates an extremely efficient, flexible, media optimized CDN capable of exactly what you need.

Media delivery done right through combining multiple MistServer instances with our media specialised load balancer. It is capable of balancing all types of streaming formats between servers. Events or bursts on your network can be handled with ease as spinning up servers and adding them to the load balancer can be a matter of seconds. A transparent fixed-fee no matter how many servers are in use means you can worry about your content instead of your infrastructure.

Your CDN, your rules.
A load balancer specialised and optimised for media delivery.
No per-server costs.

Native playback Flawless media playback across the entire ecosystem

One of the bigger challenges in media delivery is making sure you’re compatible with every browser on every device. On top of that media delivery is an ever changing environment where keeping track of all the constant developments can quickly take up most, if not all of your time. Most often, a decision is made to use a single delivery method and enforce it in all environments. This means in some cases HTML5 can be used, but in others you will have to rely on apps for specific devices. And since devices are constantly updated, any number of these apps may unexpectedly go out of date at any time.

With MistServer you have the guarantee that your media will always reach your users.

MistServer makes this possible through the following key features:

On the fly repackaging to all common delivery formats. In the past, now, and in the future.
Our meta-player picks the best player for you, and can change players or delivery methods depending on current conditions (device, network, load, etc). Even mid-playback!
A full software solution: (re)use your existing infrastructure, no specific hardware requirements!

User generated content User contributed content with ease

Creating an interactive network where users can send in and view their own and others’ content is quite the challenge. The most important part of the media workflow, the source material, is no longer under your control. This means the used settings of the encoding can be anything, and all of them need to work.

With MistServer you will be able to build a maintainable user generated content system with ease.

MistServer allows you to easily combine multiple applications and libraries making a complete media experience for your users. Allowing you time to work on enhancing your platform instead of maintaining it:

You decide what the user experience is: low latency, high stability, or anywhere in between.
Create a wholesome experience for all your users.
With a maintainable core you can focus on innovation again.

Harmonized media workflow Integrating applications with other applications through MistServer

Media devices and platforms need to be able to deliver a reliable, consistent experience. In order to fully achieve this every application needs to be able to work together like clockwork and must be able to adjust depending on each others output or status. This is often a time consuming process that requires extensive attention to get just right.

MistServer makes it easy to link media components together and automate workflows.

By weaving multiple applications together you can provide a smart and consistent experience in only a fraction of the normally required development time. Easy integration with other applications allows you to exert control on every step of your media delivery. By standardizing inputs and outputs you’ll be able to use any media format to provide the same experience no matter the environment.

Easily integrate multiple applications together.
Create a stable, consistent experience no matter the environment.
Complete media server functionality, both on and to any platform or device.

Analysis & validation Pinpoint problems within your delivery chain

Modern media systems need to be able to handle several media formats at the same time. The main problem is that every format has a different behaviour, making the effective load your system is capable of hard to measure or estimate. On top of that every media format has their own specifications and brings its own challenges, especially if you are not in control of the media yourself.

MistServer comes with tooling that allows you to measure the effective capabilities and quality of your entire distribution network.

Know just what your system is capable of with our capability tests as you’ll be able to test your system under any type of load it might experience. While also being able to check stream compliance at every step in your distribution allowing easy identification of any issues.

Verify your media files/sources to root out any problems.
Measure the effective capabilities of your distribution network.
Full analysis capabilities with any of MistServer’s inputs and outputs.

Rapid development Streamline media platform development

Development within streaming media can be tricky. You need to pay attention to multiple specifications, limitations and best practices. Adjusting the input or output of your system to work just how you want it can easily set back your development years, as problems encountered are often frustratingly hard to identify.

MistServer allows you to save time and resources during development.

Use MistServer’s flexibility to your advantage and speed up your development, make sure that media is handled exactly how you want it to. Passthrough or adjust metadata through MistServer to ensure your customizations take place as intended. Have MistServer support your own development by taking care of parts you don’t want to spend time on.