DVR - live recording and playback

DVR capabilities of Nimble Streamer

Recording and playback

Nimble Streamer provides recording and playback capability for incoming live streams.
Read main setup article to see how it is set up and used.

Current incoming streams formats are RTMP, RTSP, SRT, MPEG-TS, Icecast and SHOUTcast

Outgoing playback streams formats are HLS and MPEG-DASH.

For HLS both HEVC (H.265) and AVC (H.264) content is supported in fMP4 and MPEG2TS containers simultaneously.
HTTP/2 will be used for HLS DVR output in modern browsers.

Current DVR features are:

recording the specified incoming streams;
playback of previously recorded streams;
playback for selected time range for EPG etc.;
time-shifted playback of recorded stream;
time line browsing and playback;
generating JPG thumbnails and MP4 thumbnails on-the-fly;
per-application and per-stream settings;
split recording by threads and recording location;
ABR support for input and output;
SCTE-35 markers can be recorded and transmitted via HLS;
export to MP4 via API calls;
high performance and low resources usage;
source stream timing errors handling.

Read main setup article to learn more about its easy setup and usage.

Watch this video tutorial to see DVR setup and basic usage.

DVR for DRM

Nimble Streamer provides DRM feature set for Widevine, Playready and FairPlay content CENC-powered encryption for MPEG-DASH and fMP4 HLS.
When a viewer connects to a stream within an application protected by the DRM, its output will be encrypted with respective DRM engine.

Control API

A set of APIs allows automating DVR setup for your streaming infrastructure. Please check WMSPanel API reference for DVR settings section.

Snapshot

Usage snapshot shows example of combined usage of Softvelum products including DVR.

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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.

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