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More codecs & build support for MistProcAV planned
We're planning to upgrade MistProcAV. MistProcAV is the encoder based on libAV that you can include in MistServer builds, but it has a downside: you'll need to compile your own MistServer on your server. Now this is actually quite easy once
How does one get Decklink functionality in MistServer Happy new year everyone! We've had Decklink functionality available in certain builds of MistServer for quite some time. Direct Decklink Input and Output is something we've created for o
Happy holidays! During December we don't expect to post many updates, if at all, so let us take this time to wish you the best for the Holiday season in 2025 and 2026 as a whole. We'll be running at a somewhat lower capacity, so please forg
When did the multiviewer become a compositor? Some might still remember the multiviewer feature we were planning. At first it was already close to a compositor (a tool to add various various media elements into an unified endresult), howeve
Open Media room at FOSDEM2026 We should've posted this way sooner, but better late than never. We're helping organize the Open Media Devroom at FOSDEM2026. This year is extremely busy and it looks like FOSDEM2026 will be even grander than l
We're planning cache directory support for MistServer
Caching within MistServer We're working on quite a significant improvement for MistServer: caching. With this we mean the ability for MistServer to store more than just its buffer in a designated folder to easily use & share with viewers. T
What is MistProcAV? MistProcAV is a stream process within MistServer. Stream processes are created to edit, modify or change streaming tracks and data in some way. In the case of MistProcAV that is usually video quality/codec changes, howev
Introducing the Multiviewer With MistServer 3.10 we're launching a new exciting feature that allows you to combine multiple live feeds into one single stream. This can be used to create a picture in picture view, a grid containing multiple
What is WHEP? WHEP stands for WebRTC HTTP Egress Protocol. Simply put, it's a standardization for serving WebRTC from a server to a viewer. Now WebRTC isn't exactly new as it's been around for a while. The main problem with WebRTC however w
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