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January 2, 2023: Unreal Media Server v15.0 Release Notes.
RTSP server: streaming out via RTSP protocol.
Full SRT protocol support: ingesting live MPEG2-TS streams over SRT and publishing MPEG2-TS streams over SRT.
Support for streaming HEVC (H.265) video to HTML5 MSE player.
Improved HLS and MPEG2-TS streaming.
Security and performance improvements.
September 25, 2021
Unreal Media Server service release, bugfixes and improvements:
Fix for secure websockets in HTML5 web players, related to iOS 15 update.
Support for large-size cookies for HTML5 web players.
HTML5 web players now support spaces in live broadcast aliases and file names.
Unreal Media Server v14.0 was updated.
September 5, 2021
Unreal Media Server service release, bugfixes and improvements:
Support for large-size cookies for HTML5 web players.
HTML5 web players will support spaces in live broadcast aliases and file names.
Unreal Media Server v14.0 was updated.
June 4, 2021
Licensing policy change for Unreal Live Server:
Unreal Live Server is now completely free, including video mixer and network streams capture components.
Video Mixer and WebRTC, RTSP, RTMP, HLS, MPEG2-TS DirectShow source filters do not have any limitations when running within Unreal Live Server.
Unreal Live Server v10.0 was updated.
August 29, 2020
Unreal Media Server service release, bugfixes and improvements:
Full SSL certificates chain will be sent to browsers when HTTPS connections are initiated by secure websockets,
which improves compatibility with browsers for WebRTC and MSE players.
Support for G.711 (PCMA/PCMU) codec for outgoing RTMP streams.
Unreal Media Server v14.0 was updated.
April 14, 2020: Unreal Media Server v14.0 Release Notes
Support for live HEVC (h265) video ingest from RTSP and MPEG2-TS sources, and output to UMS and MPEG2-TS players.
Support for streaming files to HTML5 video element in web browsers via HTTP byte-range requests.
Bugfixes and performance improvements.
February 22, 2020
Unreal Live Server service release, related to audio/video synchronization issues:
Bugfixes related to audio/video sync.
New "lip sync adjustment" setting for compensating on constant audio/video timestamp difference.
Unreal Live Server v10.0 was updated.
November 19, 2019
Bugfixes and improvements:
Websocket concurrency issue was fixed, affecting multiple HTML5 WebRTC/MSE players on the same webpage.
MPEG2-TS receiver component was improved to provide better mp3 audio stream parsing.
New feature: RTMPS publishing - support for RTMP over TLS from live RTMP encoders.
New feature: Domain restrictions for HTML5 WebRTC/MSE players: http://www.umediaserver.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3627
Unreal Media Server v13.0 was updated.
May 14, 2019
Bugfixes and improvements:
Security update for session-based authentication: http://www.umediaserver.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3607
RTSP receiver component was improved to provide better streaming from IP cameras to WebRTC player.
Unreal Media Server v13.0 and SDK were updated.
December 26, 2018
Bugfixes and improvements:
Unreal Media Server v13.0 was updated: added support for Opus audio in RTSP and MPEG2-TS ingest.
HTML5 MSE javascript player v2 was updated: fix for Chrome pausing playback when switching to another tab; performance improvements.
Streaming Media Player v7.1 was updated: using VMR9 video renderer on Windows 10, instead of VMR7 that is used on previous Windows OS.
May 10, 2018: Unreal Media Server v13.0 Release Notes; Unreal Live Server v10.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Full support for WebRTC: ability to publish live streams via WebRTC from web browsers to Unreal Media Server;
ability to play live streams from Unreal Media Server in HTML5 <video> element via WebRTC.
Complete re-work of MPEG2-TS receiver: improved startup time and performance.
New type of live rebroadcast: HLS receiver.
Unreal Live Server:
Support for QuickSync and NVidia H264 hardware encoding.
New video codecs support: VP8 and VP9.
New audio codec support: opus.
May 20, 2017
Bugfixes and improvements (better b-frames support for HLS played by Media Source Extensions).
Components updated: Unreal Media Server v12.0.
April 18, 2017
Bugfixes and improvements (better seek, live playlists support) for HTML5 player.
Components updated: Unreal Media Server v12.0, HTML5 player v1 and v2.
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April 3, 2017
Bugfixes and improvements (better b-frames support, faster startup) for HTML5 player.
Components updated: Unreal Media Server v12.0, HTML5 player v1 and v2.
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February 27, 2017
New version (v2) of HTML5 player is released, adding support for server-side timeshift.
Unreal Media Server v12.0 was also updated to support timeshifted playback by HTML5 player.
Unreal Media Server v12.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Streaming via Websockets (plain and secure) to HTML5 <video> element that supports Media Source Extensions.
UMS-HTTPS is supported directly by Unreal Media Server; the UHTTPProxy IIS extension is not used any more.
Restful Web API for Session-based authentication.
Streaming Media Player v7.1, ActiveX control v7.1 and cross-browser plugin v7.1:
UMS-HTTPS is supported directly by Unreal Media Server; the UHTTPProxy IIS extension is not used any more.
Unreal Media Server v11.5 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
New functionality for Live Playlist (previously named Live Channel): server-side ad insertion; streaming whole folders in live mode.
AES-128 encryption for HLS.
Improvements and bug fixes for receiving pushed RTMP streams from RTMP publishing encoders.
Faster initialization for pulled RTMP rebroadcasts.
Updated RTSP receiver component.
Unreal Media Server v11.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
New type of live broadcast: Live Channel, allowing switching between a/v sources streaming to the same player.
Time-shifted playback for live broadcasts.
Robustness, reliability and performance improvements for working with large number of live cameras.
Throughput throttling for streaming files via RTMP/RTMPT: prevent streaming too fast.
Ability to pull and rebroadcast RTMP streams.
Updated RTSP receiver component.
RTMP streaming: if audio is not supported by Flash player then stream video only.
Streaming Media Player v7.0, ActiveX control v7.0 and cross-browser plugin v7.0:
Support for live channels.
Support for time-shifted playback.
Ability to change aspect ratio.
UMS over HTTPS: moved from WinInet API to WinHTTP API; no more limitation of 2 connections per process, now unlimited.
Improved buffering algorithm.
Unreal Media Server v10.5 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Added support for receiving multi-bitrate streams from Flash live encoders such as FMLE.
Added support for HLS adaptive bitrate streaming.
Added support for RTMP adaptive bitrate streaming.
Stability and performance impovements.
Unreal Media Server v10.1:
Throughput improvements for streaming over high-latency networks via RTMP, RTMPT, UMS-TCP/HTTP/HTTPS protocols.
Updated RTSP receiver component.
Unreal Media Server v10.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Added support for RTMP Flash live encoders such as FMLE, Wirecast, xSplit etc.
Added support for automatic start and recovery of Apple HLS, MPEG2-TS and MS Smooth streaming.
Updated RTSP receiver component: better support for some older IP cameras.
Improved performance of UMS protocol streaming via RTP(UDP).
Unreal Media Server v9.5 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Added support for Apple Http live streaming (HLS).
Added support for Microsoft Smooth streaming.
Other RTMP clients than Flash player can now pull rtmp streams from server, such as xSplit, vMix, Wowza etc.
Fixes in RTSP receiver component: support for audio-only streams, ability to select streams.
Unreal Media Server v9.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Ability to receive live RTSP streams from IP Cameras and other RTSP sources.
Ability to receive live MPEG2-TS streams from broadcasting equipment.
Native support for UMS protocol via HTTP transport; UHttpProxy is now used for HTTPS transport only.
New file engine allows streaming ANY possible file container format; no 3-rd party splitters needed any more.
RTMPT protocol support.
RTMP/RTMPT streaming for files.
Unicast and multicast streaming via MPEG2-TS protocol, for files and live broadcasts.
Unreal Live Server:
Live Server is completely free with no limitations:
Ability to encode with custom codecs and to record based on motion detection is included in the free version.
Live Server automatically reconnects live sources to Media Server on startup.
Removed size restriction for Flash-compatible encoding.
Improved support for USB cameras with hardware H264-encoding.
Ability to select Baseline and Main profiles in H264 codec.
Improved AAC Audio Encoding.
Improved mp4 recording.
Streaming Media Player, ActiveX control and cross-browser plugin:
Native support for UMS protocol via HTTP transport; UHttpProxy is now used for HTTPS transport only.
Player automatically connects via HTTP if TCP/UDP connection attempt failed.
Unreal Media Server v9.5 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Added support for Apple Http live streaming (HLS).
Added support for Microsoft Smooth streaming.
Other RTMP clients than Flash player can now pull rtmp streams from server, such as xSplit, vMix, Wowza etc.
Fixes in RTSP receiver component: support for audio-only streams, ability to select streams.
Unreal Media Server v9.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Ability to receive live RTSP streams from IP Cameras and other RTSP sources.
Ability to receive live MPEG2-TS streams from broadcasting equipment.
Native support for UMS protocol via HTTP transport; UHttpProxy is now used for HTTPS transport only.
New file engine allows streaming ANY possible file container format; no 3-rd party splitters needed any more.
RTMPT protocol support.
RTMP/RTMPT streaming for files.
Unicast and multicast streaming via MPEG2-TS protocol, for files and live broadcasts.
Unreal Live Server:
Live Server is completely free with no limitations:
Ability to encode with custom codecs and to record based on motion detection is included in the free version.
Live Server automatically reconnects live sources to Media Server on startup.
Removed size restriction for Flash-compatible encoding.
Improved support for USB cameras with hardware H264-encoding.
Ability to select Baseline and Main profiles in H264 codec.
Improved AAC Audio Encoding.
Improved mp4 recording.
Streaming Media Player, ActiveX control and cross-browser plugin:
Native support for UMS protocol via HTTP transport; UHttpProxy is now used for HTTPS transport only.
Player automatically connects via HTTP if TCP/UDP connection attempt failed.
Unreal Media Server v9.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Ability to receive live RTSP streams from IP Cameras and other RTSP sources.
Ability to receive live MPEG2-TS streams from broadcasting equipment.
Native support for UMS protocol via HTTP transport; UHttpProxy is now used for HTTPS transport only.
New file engine allows streaming ANY possible file container format; no 3-rd party splitters needed any more.
RTMPT protocol support.
RTMP/RTMPT streaming for files.
Unicast and multicast streaming via MPEG2-TS protocol, for files and live broadcasts.
Unreal Live Server:
Live Server is completely free with no limitations:
Ability to encode with custom codecs and to record based on motion detection is included in the free version.
Live Server automatically reconnects live sources to Media Server on startup.
Removed size restriction for Flash-compatible encoding.
Improved support for USB cameras with hardware H264-encoding.
Ability to select Baseline and Main profiles in H264 codec.
Improved AAC Audio Encoding.
Improved mp4 recording.
Streaming Media Player, ActiveX control and cross-browser plugin:
Native support for UMS protocol via HTTP transport; UHttpProxy is now used for HTTPS transport only.
Player automatically connects via HTTP if TCP/UDP connection attempt failed.
Unreal Media Server v8.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
RTP(UDP) Unicast protocol support.
Unicode support for Aliases, Virtual Folders, Usernames, Passwords, Metadata etc. - you can specify them in any language.
Fixed Multicast and MMS streaming of some mp4 and wmv files.
Unreal Live Server:
RTP(UDP) Unicast protocol support.
Unicode support.
Recording of h.264/AAC content into MP4 files.
Fixed AAC Audio Encoding out-of-synch problem.
Streaming Media Player, ActiveX control and cross-browser plugin:
RTP(UDP) Unicast protocol support.
Unicode support.
Ability to play in FullScreen mode from the beginning.
Ability to prohibit FullScreen.
Fixed problem of black video window when returning from FullScreen mode on Windows7/Vista.
Unreal Media Server v7.5 Release Notes.
Media Server:
Ability to disable/enable live broadcasts and virtual folders.
Support for VLC player via MMS protocol.
Improved audio-video synchronization for Flash player.
Support for AAC encoding for Flash player.
More video resolutions for Flash player.
Improved Session-based authentication: now with IP Address validation.
Live Server:
AAC Audio Encoding.
Ability to disable/enable live sources.
Deinterlacing now takes place before resizing.
Unreal Media Server v 7.0:
On March 22, 2010 the new version 7.0 of Media and Live servers has been released, adding VC1 and H.264 encoding, and ability to stream to Flash player through support of RTMP protocol.
Unreal Media Server v 6.0:
Streaming over MMS protocol is now possible with Session-based authentication.
Ability to listen on specific IP address.
Connection limits can now be set per every virtual folder or live broadcast.
Option to notify Archival Server to record a live broadcast when it's active.
Unreal Live Server v 6.0:
Auto-Cleanup for recorded files.
Video Deinterlace filter.
Video Crop/Resize filter.
Ability to specify Key Frame time interval for WMV compression.
Client Activex control v 5.0:
The ActiveX control was rebuilt with VS 2008, to resolve DEP issue caused by ATL 7, which prevented developers
hosting the ActiveX control in c# applications in VS 2008.
On September 24, 2007 the new 5.5 version of Media Server was released. Support for MMS delivery protocol was added to Media Server, allowing interoperability with variety of MMS-capable players on any OS. Live Server and Streaming Media Player (ActiveX control) remain version 5.0.
Unreal Media Server 5.0 Release notes.
1. Live video “Snapshot” function in the player; Live Config may allow or prohibit it per live source.
2. “Local preview” option in Live Server – the player can directly connect to Live Server only if player and live server run on the same computer.
3. Media Server Config shows all connections from live servers, including idle ones.
4. HTTPS protocol.
5. ActiveX control default appearance is without the flowbar.
6. Properties window in the ActiveX control show codecs information.
7. “Recently played resources” dialog box added to Streaming Media Player.
8. Two streaming delivery modes for live sources: Near Real Time and Buffered.
9. Full Screen mode can be toggled with left mouse doubleclick.
10. Optional display of playback status text on the video window.
11. Limit concurrent connections per each authenticated user and per all anonymous users.
12. Delegate live broadcasts - server-to-server live streaming capability.
13. Improved TV-tuners audio support.
14. Windows Media codecs support for live audio / video sources.
15. Support for hardware appliances - streaming hardware compressed content without software transcoding.
January 16 2007.
Unreal Streaming Technologies.
On November 7, 2005 the new 4.0 version was released. Here is the list of most important new features and improvements added in the new version:
# Support for "behind NAT firewall" Live Servers: ability for Live Server to initiate a connection to Media Server.
# Audio/Video recording built-in to the Live Server, based on scheduler or motion/beat detection, independently of streaming.
# Media Server configuration program allows monitoring, kicking users and setting timeouts for live broadcasts.
# Player allows playlist retrieval and browsing.
# Custom Size, Logo, Error handling for ActiveX control.
# Performance improvements for all parts of the system.
On January 12, 2005 we have released a service pack for version 3.0.
Several problems related to multicast and video-only live sources were corrected, and some components were updated.
RTSP server: streaming out via RTSP protocol.
Full SRT protocol support: ingesting live MPEG2-TS streams over SRT and publishing MPEG2-TS streams over SRT.
Support for streaming HEVC (H.265) video to HTML5 MSE player.
Improved HLS and MPEG2-TS streaming.
Security and performance improvements.
September 25, 2021
Unreal Media Server service release, bugfixes and improvements:
Fix for secure websockets in HTML5 web players, related to iOS 15 update.
Support for large-size cookies for HTML5 web players.
HTML5 web players now support spaces in live broadcast aliases and file names.
Unreal Media Server v14.0 was updated.
September 5, 2021
Unreal Media Server service release, bugfixes and improvements:
Support for large-size cookies for HTML5 web players.
HTML5 web players will support spaces in live broadcast aliases and file names.
Unreal Media Server v14.0 was updated.
June 4, 2021
Licensing policy change for Unreal Live Server:
Unreal Live Server is now completely free, including video mixer and network streams capture components.
Video Mixer and WebRTC, RTSP, RTMP, HLS, MPEG2-TS DirectShow source filters do not have any limitations when running within Unreal Live Server.
Unreal Live Server v10.0 was updated.
August 29, 2020
Unreal Media Server service release, bugfixes and improvements:
Full SSL certificates chain will be sent to browsers when HTTPS connections are initiated by secure websockets,
which improves compatibility with browsers for WebRTC and MSE players.
Support for G.711 (PCMA/PCMU) codec for outgoing RTMP streams.
Unreal Media Server v14.0 was updated.
April 14, 2020: Unreal Media Server v14.0 Release Notes
Support for live HEVC (h265) video ingest from RTSP and MPEG2-TS sources, and output to UMS and MPEG2-TS players.
Support for streaming files to HTML5 video element in web browsers via HTTP byte-range requests.
Bugfixes and performance improvements.
February 22, 2020
Unreal Live Server service release, related to audio/video synchronization issues:
Bugfixes related to audio/video sync.
New "lip sync adjustment" setting for compensating on constant audio/video timestamp difference.
Unreal Live Server v10.0 was updated.
November 19, 2019
Bugfixes and improvements:
Websocket concurrency issue was fixed, affecting multiple HTML5 WebRTC/MSE players on the same webpage.
MPEG2-TS receiver component was improved to provide better mp3 audio stream parsing.
New feature: RTMPS publishing - support for RTMP over TLS from live RTMP encoders.
New feature: Domain restrictions for HTML5 WebRTC/MSE players: http://www.umediaserver.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3627
Unreal Media Server v13.0 was updated.
May 14, 2019
Bugfixes and improvements:
Security update for session-based authentication: http://www.umediaserver.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3607
RTSP receiver component was improved to provide better streaming from IP cameras to WebRTC player.
Unreal Media Server v13.0 and SDK were updated.
December 26, 2018
Bugfixes and improvements:
Unreal Media Server v13.0 was updated: added support for Opus audio in RTSP and MPEG2-TS ingest.
HTML5 MSE javascript player v2 was updated: fix for Chrome pausing playback when switching to another tab; performance improvements.
Streaming Media Player v7.1 was updated: using VMR9 video renderer on Windows 10, instead of VMR7 that is used on previous Windows OS.
May 10, 2018: Unreal Media Server v13.0 Release Notes; Unreal Live Server v10.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Full support for WebRTC: ability to publish live streams via WebRTC from web browsers to Unreal Media Server;
ability to play live streams from Unreal Media Server in HTML5 <video> element via WebRTC.
Complete re-work of MPEG2-TS receiver: improved startup time and performance.
New type of live rebroadcast: HLS receiver.
Unreal Live Server:
Support for QuickSync and NVidia H264 hardware encoding.
New video codecs support: VP8 and VP9.
New audio codec support: opus.
May 20, 2017
Bugfixes and improvements (better b-frames support for HLS played by Media Source Extensions).
Components updated: Unreal Media Server v12.0.
April 18, 2017
Bugfixes and improvements (better seek, live playlists support) for HTML5 player.
Components updated: Unreal Media Server v12.0, HTML5 player v1 and v2.
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April 3, 2017
Bugfixes and improvements (better b-frames support, faster startup) for HTML5 player.
Components updated: Unreal Media Server v12.0, HTML5 player v1 and v2.
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February 27, 2017
New version (v2) of HTML5 player is released, adding support for server-side timeshift.
Unreal Media Server v12.0 was also updated to support timeshifted playback by HTML5 player.
Unreal Media Server v12.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Streaming via Websockets (plain and secure) to HTML5 <video> element that supports Media Source Extensions.
UMS-HTTPS is supported directly by Unreal Media Server; the UHTTPProxy IIS extension is not used any more.
Restful Web API for Session-based authentication.
Streaming Media Player v7.1, ActiveX control v7.1 and cross-browser plugin v7.1:
UMS-HTTPS is supported directly by Unreal Media Server; the UHTTPProxy IIS extension is not used any more.
Unreal Media Server v11.5 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
New functionality for Live Playlist (previously named Live Channel): server-side ad insertion; streaming whole folders in live mode.
AES-128 encryption for HLS.
Improvements and bug fixes for receiving pushed RTMP streams from RTMP publishing encoders.
Faster initialization for pulled RTMP rebroadcasts.
Updated RTSP receiver component.
Unreal Media Server v11.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
New type of live broadcast: Live Channel, allowing switching between a/v sources streaming to the same player.
Time-shifted playback for live broadcasts.
Robustness, reliability and performance improvements for working with large number of live cameras.
Throughput throttling for streaming files via RTMP/RTMPT: prevent streaming too fast.
Ability to pull and rebroadcast RTMP streams.
Updated RTSP receiver component.
RTMP streaming: if audio is not supported by Flash player then stream video only.
Streaming Media Player v7.0, ActiveX control v7.0 and cross-browser plugin v7.0:
Support for live channels.
Support for time-shifted playback.
Ability to change aspect ratio.
UMS over HTTPS: moved from WinInet API to WinHTTP API; no more limitation of 2 connections per process, now unlimited.
Improved buffering algorithm.
Unreal Media Server v10.5 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Added support for receiving multi-bitrate streams from Flash live encoders such as FMLE.
Added support for HLS adaptive bitrate streaming.
Added support for RTMP adaptive bitrate streaming.
Stability and performance impovements.
Unreal Media Server v10.1:
Throughput improvements for streaming over high-latency networks via RTMP, RTMPT, UMS-TCP/HTTP/HTTPS protocols.
Updated RTSP receiver component.
Unreal Media Server v10.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Added support for RTMP Flash live encoders such as FMLE, Wirecast, xSplit etc.
Added support for automatic start and recovery of Apple HLS, MPEG2-TS and MS Smooth streaming.
Updated RTSP receiver component: better support for some older IP cameras.
Improved performance of UMS protocol streaming via RTP(UDP).
Unreal Media Server v9.5 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Added support for Apple Http live streaming (HLS).
Added support for Microsoft Smooth streaming.
Other RTMP clients than Flash player can now pull rtmp streams from server, such as xSplit, vMix, Wowza etc.
Fixes in RTSP receiver component: support for audio-only streams, ability to select streams.
Unreal Media Server v9.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Ability to receive live RTSP streams from IP Cameras and other RTSP sources.
Ability to receive live MPEG2-TS streams from broadcasting equipment.
Native support for UMS protocol via HTTP transport; UHttpProxy is now used for HTTPS transport only.
New file engine allows streaming ANY possible file container format; no 3-rd party splitters needed any more.
RTMPT protocol support.
RTMP/RTMPT streaming for files.
Unicast and multicast streaming via MPEG2-TS protocol, for files and live broadcasts.
Unreal Live Server:
Live Server is completely free with no limitations:
Ability to encode with custom codecs and to record based on motion detection is included in the free version.
Live Server automatically reconnects live sources to Media Server on startup.
Removed size restriction for Flash-compatible encoding.
Improved support for USB cameras with hardware H264-encoding.
Ability to select Baseline and Main profiles in H264 codec.
Improved AAC Audio Encoding.
Improved mp4 recording.
Streaming Media Player, ActiveX control and cross-browser plugin:
Native support for UMS protocol via HTTP transport; UHttpProxy is now used for HTTPS transport only.
Player automatically connects via HTTP if TCP/UDP connection attempt failed.
Unreal Media Server v9.5 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Added support for Apple Http live streaming (HLS).
Added support for Microsoft Smooth streaming.
Other RTMP clients than Flash player can now pull rtmp streams from server, such as xSplit, vMix, Wowza etc.
Fixes in RTSP receiver component: support for audio-only streams, ability to select streams.
Unreal Media Server v9.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Ability to receive live RTSP streams from IP Cameras and other RTSP sources.
Ability to receive live MPEG2-TS streams from broadcasting equipment.
Native support for UMS protocol via HTTP transport; UHttpProxy is now used for HTTPS transport only.
New file engine allows streaming ANY possible file container format; no 3-rd party splitters needed any more.
RTMPT protocol support.
RTMP/RTMPT streaming for files.
Unicast and multicast streaming via MPEG2-TS protocol, for files and live broadcasts.
Unreal Live Server:
Live Server is completely free with no limitations:
Ability to encode with custom codecs and to record based on motion detection is included in the free version.
Live Server automatically reconnects live sources to Media Server on startup.
Removed size restriction for Flash-compatible encoding.
Improved support for USB cameras with hardware H264-encoding.
Ability to select Baseline and Main profiles in H264 codec.
Improved AAC Audio Encoding.
Improved mp4 recording.
Streaming Media Player, ActiveX control and cross-browser plugin:
Native support for UMS protocol via HTTP transport; UHttpProxy is now used for HTTPS transport only.
Player automatically connects via HTTP if TCP/UDP connection attempt failed.
Unreal Media Server v9.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
Ability to receive live RTSP streams from IP Cameras and other RTSP sources.
Ability to receive live MPEG2-TS streams from broadcasting equipment.
Native support for UMS protocol via HTTP transport; UHttpProxy is now used for HTTPS transport only.
New file engine allows streaming ANY possible file container format; no 3-rd party splitters needed any more.
RTMPT protocol support.
RTMP/RTMPT streaming for files.
Unicast and multicast streaming via MPEG2-TS protocol, for files and live broadcasts.
Unreal Live Server:
Live Server is completely free with no limitations:
Ability to encode with custom codecs and to record based on motion detection is included in the free version.
Live Server automatically reconnects live sources to Media Server on startup.
Removed size restriction for Flash-compatible encoding.
Improved support for USB cameras with hardware H264-encoding.
Ability to select Baseline and Main profiles in H264 codec.
Improved AAC Audio Encoding.
Improved mp4 recording.
Streaming Media Player, ActiveX control and cross-browser plugin:
Native support for UMS protocol via HTTP transport; UHttpProxy is now used for HTTPS transport only.
Player automatically connects via HTTP if TCP/UDP connection attempt failed.
Unreal Media Server v8.0 Release Notes.
Unreal Media Server:
RTP(UDP) Unicast protocol support.
Unicode support for Aliases, Virtual Folders, Usernames, Passwords, Metadata etc. - you can specify them in any language.
Fixed Multicast and MMS streaming of some mp4 and wmv files.
Unreal Live Server:
RTP(UDP) Unicast protocol support.
Unicode support.
Recording of h.264/AAC content into MP4 files.
Fixed AAC Audio Encoding out-of-synch problem.
Streaming Media Player, ActiveX control and cross-browser plugin:
RTP(UDP) Unicast protocol support.
Unicode support.
Ability to play in FullScreen mode from the beginning.
Ability to prohibit FullScreen.
Fixed problem of black video window when returning from FullScreen mode on Windows7/Vista.
Unreal Media Server v7.5 Release Notes.
Media Server:
Ability to disable/enable live broadcasts and virtual folders.
Support for VLC player via MMS protocol.
Improved audio-video synchronization for Flash player.
Support for AAC encoding for Flash player.
More video resolutions for Flash player.
Improved Session-based authentication: now with IP Address validation.
Live Server:
AAC Audio Encoding.
Ability to disable/enable live sources.
Deinterlacing now takes place before resizing.
Unreal Media Server v 7.0:
On March 22, 2010 the new version 7.0 of Media and Live servers has been released, adding VC1 and H.264 encoding, and ability to stream to Flash player through support of RTMP protocol.
Unreal Media Server v 6.0:
Streaming over MMS protocol is now possible with Session-based authentication.
Ability to listen on specific IP address.
Connection limits can now be set per every virtual folder or live broadcast.
Option to notify Archival Server to record a live broadcast when it's active.
Unreal Live Server v 6.0:
Auto-Cleanup for recorded files.
Video Deinterlace filter.
Video Crop/Resize filter.
Ability to specify Key Frame time interval for WMV compression.
Client Activex control v 5.0:
The ActiveX control was rebuilt with VS 2008, to resolve DEP issue caused by ATL 7, which prevented developers
hosting the ActiveX control in c# applications in VS 2008.
On September 24, 2007 the new 5.5 version of Media Server was released. Support for MMS delivery protocol was added to Media Server, allowing interoperability with variety of MMS-capable players on any OS. Live Server and Streaming Media Player (ActiveX control) remain version 5.0.
Unreal Media Server 5.0 Release notes.
1. Live video “Snapshot” function in the player; Live Config may allow or prohibit it per live source.
2. “Local preview” option in Live Server – the player can directly connect to Live Server only if player and live server run on the same computer.
3. Media Server Config shows all connections from live servers, including idle ones.
4. HTTPS protocol.
5. ActiveX control default appearance is without the flowbar.
6. Properties window in the ActiveX control show codecs information.
7. “Recently played resources” dialog box added to Streaming Media Player.
8. Two streaming delivery modes for live sources: Near Real Time and Buffered.
9. Full Screen mode can be toggled with left mouse doubleclick.
10. Optional display of playback status text on the video window.
11. Limit concurrent connections per each authenticated user and per all anonymous users.
12. Delegate live broadcasts - server-to-server live streaming capability.
13. Improved TV-tuners audio support.
14. Windows Media codecs support for live audio / video sources.
15. Support for hardware appliances - streaming hardware compressed content without software transcoding.
January 16 2007.
Unreal Streaming Technologies.
On November 7, 2005 the new 4.0 version was released. Here is the list of most important new features and improvements added in the new version:
# Support for "behind NAT firewall" Live Servers: ability for Live Server to initiate a connection to Media Server.
# Audio/Video recording built-in to the Live Server, based on scheduler or motion/beat detection, independently of streaming.
# Media Server configuration program allows monitoring, kicking users and setting timeouts for live broadcasts.
# Player allows playlist retrieval and browsing.
# Custom Size, Logo, Error handling for ActiveX control.
# Performance improvements for all parts of the system.
On January 12, 2005 we have released a service pack for version 3.0.
Several problems related to multicast and video-only live sources were corrected, and some components were updated.