StreamS File HLS Encoder
Enterprise FILE / On-Demand Streaming Audio Encoder Software
No dedicated streaming server software required
Uses standard web server and web server infrastructure to stream live and files. Does not require any special web server module, allowing any web server on any platform, including simple cloud storage, to be used. Uses HLSdirect™ and DASHdirect™. HTTP/2 ready. Does not rely on legacy ICY (SHOUTcast/Icecast) or Adobe Flash RTMP protocols to deliver HLS/DASH without all the associated limitations. 100% FlashFree™ encoder.
StreamS File HLS Encoder - Key Features
The StreamS 1021 Enterprise File On-Demand Streaming Audio Encoder for IETF HLS meets all the professional requirements of commercial audio streaming using the latest standards-based segmented streaming protocols. A scalable approach allows higher performance and quality to reach a wider audience on modern operating systems, streaming and mobile devices, connected car digital dashboards, and smart speakers, giving your listeners the experience they expect from their expensive high performance digital players.
File centric audio segments are uploaded and deleted by the encoder, creating an intrinsic keep-alive for stream reliability. HLS Metadata is extensible and either audio frame accurate (ES) or timestamped (fMP4) for precise display and control. Live streams and files can contain unlimited text and image metadata. Podcasts have rich text and image features.
Create X-rated StreamS
eXtended HE-AAC
Xcellent Efficiency
Xtraordinary Quality
Xceptional Reliability
Xcelerate Audience Share
Xclude High Streaming Costs
We are the first to offer professional xHE-AAC encoders.
Internet streaming audio is now a viable means of delivering quality content to a mass audience. This IS the new era of radio. Internet streaming is no longer a hobby or a toy. Hundreds of millions of desktop computers, smartphones, automotive dashboards, and other player devices allow easy access and can reach your audience with quality that can exceed traditional terrestrial and satellite radio. This is provided the right streaming encoders are used.
High-fidelity wideband floating-point audio encoder engines provide the highest coded audio quality, which outperform fixed-point implementations.
Not all streaming audio encoders are created equal. They all have different audio encoding implementations and various feature sets. Some CDNs provide encoders. Most are inferior, as their main objective is to just make “noise” and sell bandwidth. Many broadcasters, netcasters, IT professionals, and even software developers are not aware of all the necessary details to produce quality audio on computer platforms, even though it may be their primary business. Now is not the time for poorly implemented amateur encoders. Broadcast quality standards should be applied to streaming audio to achieve professional results. StreamS Encoders take all the guess work out of this for you. All of the details are taken care of.
Synchronous frame-accurate metadata, which does not reply on server performance, provides on-time delivery of content information, such as artist and title, and other user definable metadata. It also allows accurate cue points and triggers for content insertion such as advertising, achieving professional results and eliminating embarrassing off-times and resulting miss-cues resulting in a very unprofessional audience presentation, commonly heard on other systems.
Using new streaming formats such as HLS and AAC, it now possible to reach all modern browsers and platforms without requiring Flash, RTMP, or expensive, deprecated MP3 streams. HE-AAC (aka aacPlus) allows your audience to listen longer at less expense to both the content provider and the listener. MP3 is only useful to reach the very small number of old remaining streaming devices that don’t support AAC. It is no longer economically feasible to support MP3 streaming to these few devices, as it is an added expense to reach a very low percentage of the total audience. However, for those who insist on MP3 for whatever reason, StreamS offers MP3 encoder options.
StreamS Encoders continue to lead with the best audio encoding technology available. Using Orban Optimod-PCn with StreamS Encoders produces audio streams that attract and hold audiences to listen longer, and keep them coming back for more. StreamS Encoders are currently in use at some of the largest content providers. Targeted towards demanding professional applications, “There are no better audio streams than those produced with StreamS.”
ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) / FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
- Precision Premium Audio for TrueHD Audio Streaming
- Reach All Browsers, and Many Devices.
- Better than FM Radio – No pre-emphasis or de-emphasis.
- Better than HD Radio™ – No lossy audio codec.
- Better than Satellite Radio – No audio bandwidth limitations.