2025-04-22 20:33:00
Formed as a fork of the Red5 media server, Ant Media Server has evolved over time into a full-featured streaming server offered by Turkish developers both as an open source product for the community and as commercial software with an extended functionality and support.
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Ant Media Server |
Wowza Streaming Engine |
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Programming |
Java |
Java |
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Computing platforms |
Linux (Ubuntu/ CentOS/RedHat) Windows support thru WSL |
Windows, Linux , MacOS |
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Installation |
Linux install .sh script, Installation of the product is extremely simple. Additionally, a rather confusing method for installing an SSL certificate is offered. |
Linux installer Windows installer RPM package MAC dmg installer Silent installation mode support. |
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License key verification methods |
Internet checkin |
Internet checkin, USB, MAC, disconnected |
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Easy backup/restore configuration |
Yes (all configuration files under installation directory) |
Yes (all configuration files under installation directory) |
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Web administration panel |
Yes |
Yes (could be disabled) |
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Active Directory authentication support |
No. Built-in support of integration with KeyСloak |
No |
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SNMP monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
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JMX monitoring |
Yes Built-in support of integration with Apache Kafka, Elastic Search, Grafana |
Yes |
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Cluster support |
Yes (thru central Mongo DB) |
Yes |
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Live stream distribution infrastructure (CDN) capabilities |
Yes |
Yes (SSL support for internodes communication) |
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VOD content caching (CDN) capabilities |
No |
Yes (wide range of detailed configuration options, HTTP origin support) |
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Built in load balancing (CDN) capabilities |
No Nginx, HAProxy or etc. should be used |
Yes (stats, geoip, IP subnets) |
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Video signal ingest methods |
IP ingest only |
IP ingest only |
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Mpeg transport stream support (IP headend , IDR) |
Yes |
Yes |
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RTMP support (encoders, re-stream) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Apple HLS support (HTML5 players, devices) |
Yes |
Yes |
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RTP/RTSP support (encoders, IP cams, players, STBs) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Low latency streaming protocols |
Whip, WebRTC, Apple LL-HLS |
WebRTC, Apple LL-HLS |
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Built in HTML5 video player |
Yes |
No |
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Live stream transcoding methods. |
CPU, Nvidia, QuickSync |
CPU, Nvidia, QuickSync, Vega, AMD. Possible to combine different methods for one stream |
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Live stream multibitrate (ABR) transcoding capabilities |
Yes |
Yes |
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Files multibitrate (ABR) transcoding capabilities |
No (external tools ieffmpeg) |
No (external tools ieffmpeg) |
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Live stream recording |
MP4, HLS (.ts) |
FLV,MP4, nDVR |
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Statistics |
Web panel, API, log files |
Web panel, API, log files |
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Development APIs |
REST API Java API Client SDKs |
REST API Java API |
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Code samples, extension modules |
Many |
Many |