Softvelum provides a number of products which allow building any types of live streams delivery.
This page describes some popular use cases of Softvelum products usage. Go to each case study to learn more about it and get links for further study and setup.
First, take a look at a few mentions of Nimble Streamer usage:
- Riot Games Keeps League of Legends Esports Rolling With Fully Cloud-Based Virtualized Workflow
Production model relies on vMix, AWS, NDI, Nimble, and other cloud-based tools. - The largest VALORANT production to date and how cloud computing enabled it
Gaming streaming infrastructure with Nimble Streamer in it. - The Evolution of Yourcast.TV: Mad Devs developed a secure and private video streaming service.
- White Peaks Solutions Partners with Softvelum: Elevating KWIKmotion’s Live Streaming.
- LiveX and VVCR: Nimble Streamer Powers Cloud Production Innovator – our latest case study.
Also take a look at Building a multi-CDN streaming strategy using Nimble Streamer as your origin blog post describing how you can use our server for CDN delivery.
Step-by-step adoption of Softvelum products
There are common questions of our trial users regarding the cost and hardware specs for their solutions.
Check the general approach to building a new delivery network and forecasting the price.
Build delivery network with power origin
Get live stream to origin server with transcoding, publish streams to edges, then balance the load of users between them.
Build delivery network with power edges
Get live stream to origin server, publish streams to edges which perform further transcoding, then balance the load of users between them.
Mobile to mobile
Capture live stream on mobile device, control its origin, process it with media server and deliver it to other users’ devices.
Camera recording, transcoding and protected playback
Get live stream from camera or encoder, process it with media server, record and deliver it to other users’ devices with protection.
Online radio
Get live audio stream from mixer or mobile device, process it with media server, insert dynamic ads and deliver it to other users’ devices, while controlling availability via quality monitoring service.
Here are a couple of articles created in collaboration with Haivision and SRT Alliance to showcase the usage of SRT streaming protocol.
- Reliable Low Latency Delivery with SRT+SLDP – a post in Haivision blog describes the combination of Haivision and Softvelum products for building reliable delivery networks.
It covers SRT and SLDP technologies usage for building encoder-origin-edge-player delivery chain. - Glass-to-Glass Delivery with SRT: the Softvelum way – a post in SRT Alliance blog shows how Softvelum products can be used for building delivery from source to viewer.
Learn more about glass-to-glass SRT delivery setup with Nimble Streamer, Larix Broadcaster and Larix Player.
Larix Broadcaster
Best practices for Larix Broadcaster production deployment: we gathered some noticeable recommendations for live streaming from mobile devices.
Here are some real-life examples of large-scale Larix Broadcaster usage:
- NFL Draft 2020: NFL Media Deploys iPhone Production Kits, Coordinates 600+ Live Feeds To Bring Virtual Draft to Fans has Larix Broadcaster mentioned as part of streaming setup.
- NFL Draft Reflections: For Epic Transmission Plan, SRT Protocol Came Up Clutch goes deeper into technical side of that event.
- MLB Draft 2020: MLB Network Embraces Virtual Event With 120 In-Home Feeds, Socially Distant Facility article mentions Larix Broadcaster usage in production cycle.
- The Ultimate Guide To DJ Livestreaming In 2020 gives full overview of DJ tool set including Larix Broadcaster.
- AT&T, Media Links Go to Extremes (and Embrace CBRS) To Help ARA Racing Go Live From Remote Locations featuring Larix.