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Composer/multiviewer guide

Hey everyone, We have created a guide on how to use the new composer. We noticed that while there is a lot of excitement for the multiviewer, there is also a bit of confusion on how to use it. Not entirely unexpected at it is quite an advan

OptiMist Team February 22, 2026

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Webcodec player in development

Hey everyone, We're working on adding yet another player to the MistServer metaplayer. The webcodec player. This player makes use of the new webcodec technology which allows native hardware acceleration in modern browsers. This gets you qui

Balder Viëtor February 15, 2026

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Documentation rework & flowcharts

Hey all, We're redoing our documentation with the hope it will be much more clear where to find certain information. Or at the very least have better information per page. Originally I had hoped to do this in the quieter times of December,

Balder Viëtor February 8, 2026

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FOSDEM2026 presentation & demo

Hey everyone, We're back from FOSDEM2026, it was great meeting & talking to the open source community once again. In case you missed our presentation it's available here: We're already looking forward to FOSDEM2027. The talk is also availab

Balder Viëtor February 1, 2026

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Events

FOSDEM2026 - final weekend of January

Attending FOSDEM2026 Just posting a reminder that upcoming weekend we'll be in Brussels attending FOSDEM2026. We'll be excited to see all the updates and new projects both in and outside of media. Should you wish to find us you'll have your

Balder Viëtor January 25, 2026

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Our plans for 2026

What do we want to accomplish in 2026? Chances are we will be doing very different things since that's almost always how it ends up going, however we felt it might be fun to post what we are planning to accomplish or at least what we wish t

Balder Viëtor January 18, 2026

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More codecs & build support for MistProcAV planned

We're planning to upgrade MistProcAV. MistProcAV is the encoder based on libAV that you can include in MistServer builds, but it has a downside: you'll need to compile your own MistServer on your server. Now this is actually quite easy once

Balder Viëtor January 11, 2026

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DeckLink & MistServer

How does one get Decklink functionality in MistServer Happy new year everyone! We've had Decklink functionality available in certain builds of MistServer for quite some time. Direct Decklink Input and Output is something we've created for o

OptiMist Team January 4, 2026

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Happy Holidays and best wishes for 2026

Happy holidays! During December we don't expect to post many updates, if at all, so let us take this time to wish you the best for the Holiday season in 2025 and 2026 as a whole. We'll be running at a somewhat lower capacity, so please forg

OptiMist Team December 7, 2025

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