Flumotion Streaming Server

An end-to-end, 100% legal, distributed and open source solution that will take your streaming to a whole new dimension.

The Flumotion Streaming Server is compatible with the most commonly used formats on the Internet (Flash, Windows Media, MP3, H264, AAC, AAC+…) and it includes acquisition in its decentralized design. It allows for a great deal of scalability combined with a simple management process. Its software is based on homogeneous technologies that work on Linux.

It will save you time and money, it will keep your stream management simple, and it will serve the most suitable format for your end user.

Flumotion Server	Other servers
Same encoding software for all formats	Different encoders for different formats
All components are based on the same technology	Use technologies that are not homogeneous
Everything works based on Linux	Several OS's within your streaming infrastructure (Windows, Mac Osx...)
The licenses for the different formats in each pack are included	License purchasing for each individual format
A single device can be encoded in multiple formats and multiple bitrates to serve several different streams produced from the same incoming signal	Hardware purchasing for each individual format
One technology and, therefore, one single training process for your team	Different technologies and, therefore, different training processes for your team
Flumotion is in charge of software updates for each format	Software update management for each format
Avoid traffic management problems for each format, as they can be managed from the same platform	Different platforms for different formats and, therefore, more complex management

End-to-end solution

When distributing video on the Internet, one of the main obstacles is the need to use more than one solution to enable the entire streaming process, from acquisition to content distribution.

Flumotion’s new multiformat server is a unique, end-to-end solution, based on the powerful and proven GStreamer multimedia framework. Flumotion has built its platform based on this framework.

Multiformat

The Flumotion Streaming Server is multiformat and is therefore capable of reading and converting different formats for further distribution on the Internet, regardless of whether it is live or on demand.

The supported formats and codecs are: WMA and WMV, Flash VP6, MP3, H264, AAC, AAC+, OGG-Vorbis-Theora and DIRAC (introduced by the BBC R&D)...

Additionally, the Flumotion Streaming Server integrates the seeking functionality for both Flash and Windows media streams. This is one of the most requested features because it allows users to go directly to any given point in the video or audio without having to download the previous content, reducing the cost to the customer considerably since users only download what they want to see or listen to.

100% legal

Flumotion has licensed all the codecs used for encoding.

Scalability with a distributed design

Due to its distributed design, the Flumotion Server is able to balance the load of the streaming process through different machines. This is essential to make the stream management easier and to implement advanced solutions without compromising the stream quality. As an added bonus, there are no licensing limitations based on bandwidth or CPU’s used.

Simplicity

The Flumotion Server is easy to install and user-friendly for the customer. It integrates well with Linux. Its file management system is user-friendly and accessible.

It supports playlists, several accounts and connections, search engines, and statistics that can be analyzed with any kind of specialized software (Awstats, for instance).

Compatible with Solaris

Flumotion has ported its streaming server to Sun Solaris to allow Sun Fire servers to be integrated into a streaming content distribution cluster and to leverage the amazing traffic capacity of this hardware solution.

Support

Flumotion offers the support and expertise of a professional team with proven know-how in this environment.

There's an open source version

At Flumotion.net there's a downloadable open source version which is free to try using the Ogg-Vorbis-Theora format.