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Nimble Streamer codecs support


The Nimble Streamer live transmuxing and live transcoding engines support a variety of codecs. Passthrough of input codecs is also supported in the event no transcoding or transmuxing is required.

Nimble Streamer provides users with exceptional live streaming and muxing capabilities. Its robust engine supports a variety of codecs, enabling seamless transmuxing and transcoding for a high quality viewer experience. A wide variety of video and audio codecs are able to be processed. Legacy formats and new codecs are all available.

For more information on HEVC please visit our dedicated page covering Nimble Streamer HEVC Processing. For more info about AV1, please visit AV1 processing dedicated page.

The below table highlights all of the various codecs that are supported by Nimble Streamer.

Transcoder
input

Video: H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, AV1, MPEG2, MPEG4, VP8, VP9, NDI
Audio: AAC, MP3, Opus, Ogg/FLAC, MP2, AC3, NDI, Speex, PCM G.711 (a-law, μ-law) and E-AC3 in passthrough mode

Transcoder
output

Video: H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, AV1, VP8, VP9, NDI
Audio: AAC, MP3, Opus, NDI

Video: H.264/AVC, VP8, VP9, AV1 from Chrome, H.265/HEVC from Apple devices
Audio: Opus

WebRTC WHEP
output

Video: H.264/AVC, VP8, VP9, AV1 in Chrome
Audio: Opus

RTMP
input+output

Video: H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVCAV1, VP6
Audio: AAC, MP3, Speex

SLDP
output

Video: H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, AV1, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, VP6, VP8, VP9
Audio: AAC, MP3, MP2, AC3, E-AC3, Speex, PCM G.711 (a-law, μ-law), Opus

RTSP
input+output

Video: H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, VP8, VP9
Audio: AAC, MP3, MP2, AC3, E-AC3, PCM G.711 (a-law, μ-law)

SRTMPEG-TSRIST
input+output

Video: H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, AV1, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4
Audio: AAC, MP3, MP2, AC3, E-AC3, Opus

HLS
input+output

Video: H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4
Audio: AAC, MP3, MP2, AC3, E-AC3

MPEG-DASH
output

Video: H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, AV1
Audio: AAC, MP3

DVR
input+output

Video: H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, AV1 (MPEG-DASH only), MPEG2
Audio: AAC, MP3, AC3, E-AC3, MPEG2

Icecast
input+output

Audio: AAC, MP3, FLAC/Ogg

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