Audio streaming via Nimble Streamer

Icecast/SHOUTcast processing

Icecast or SHOUTcast may be taken as input for further transmuxing.

• Icecast can be published into Nimble Streamer
• Icecast streams may be taken via public HTTP URL.
• Multiple pulled Icecast streams can also be used as a fallback for robust streaming.
• Failover for published Icecast streams can be set using hot swap.

Output protocols are Icecast, SRT, NDI, RTMP, RTSP, MPEG-TS, HLS and MPEG-DASH.

Multiple protocols can be transmuxed into Icecast.

• Transmux RTMP to Icecast getting published and pulled RTMP
• Transmux RTSP to Icecast getting announced (pushed) and pulled RTSP
• Transmux MPEG-TS to Icecast getting MPEG-TS via HTTP and UDP
• Convert pulled HLS to Icecast
• Use SRT as input for Icecast
• Process NDI input into all supported protocols including Icecast.
• WebRTC WHIP ingest of Opus can be transcoded into Icecast output.

Icecast metadata is fully supported in Nimble Streamer and Live Transcoder

Other existing Softvelum features and products can be applied for Icecast.

Audio live transcoding

Nimble Streamer Transcoder supports various scenarios for audio transformation.
Those include transrating to lower bitrate, re-sampling, voice-over, volume control and others.
Icecast can be used as an input for transcoding among other protocols.

The input formats are AAC, MP3, AC-3, MP2, Speex and PCM G.711 (a-law, μ-law). The outputs are AAC and MP3.

Server-Side Ads Insertion for Icecast

Nimble Advertizer framework allows performing dynamic ads insertion into your live audio streams.

Icecast mobile playback

Icecast produced by Nimble Streamer cab be played in any Icecast player. In addition Softvelum mobile Larix Player provides Icecast playback on Android and iOS.
You may use free apps and also buy our SDK to build your own mobile solutions.

Paywall capabilities

Nimble Streamer supports a variety of features for building paywalls for Icecast and HLS streaming. This includes Icecast hotlinking protection feature set as well as pay-per-view framework, geo-location restriction and more.

API and control

Icecast streaming can be controlled in a few other ways besides WMSPanel web UI settings.

Qosifire: Icecast streaming quality monitoring

Qosifire is live streaming quality monitoring service. It allows checking Icecast audio streams for protocol-specific issues and audio quality parameters like silence detection.
Check Icecast monitoring features to see how Qosifire can help you.
Sign up for 14-days free trial or run 30-seconds free check-up to make sure your stream is available is consistent.

Usage snapshot

Online radio snapshot shows example of combined usage of Softvelum products including audio streaming, ads insertion and mobile devices.

Easy installation and upgrade

Nimble Streamer can be installed in a couple of small steps and upgraded to the latest version by running two or three simple commands in console.

Let us know if you need any help and search through our documentation to find more information.