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General

From Multiviewer to Compositor

When did the multiviewer become a compositor? Some might still remember the multiviewer feature we were planning. At first it was already close to a compositor (a tool to add various various media elements into an unified endresult), howeve

Balder Viëtor November 30, 2025

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Events

FOSDEM2026 - Open Media Devroom

Open Media room at FOSDEM2026 We should've posted this way sooner, but better late than never. We're helping organize the Open Media Devroom at FOSDEM2026. This year is extremely busy and it looks like FOSDEM2026 will be even grander than l

Balder Viëtor November 23, 2025

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We're planning cache directory support for MistServer

Caching within MistServer We're working on quite a significant improvement for MistServer: caching. With this we mean the ability for MistServer to store more than just its buffer in a designated folder to easily use & share with viewers. T

Balder Viëtor November 16, 2025

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Encoding directly in MistServer with MistProcAV

What is MistProcAV? MistProcAV is a stream process within MistServer. Stream processes are created to edit, modify or change streaming tracks and data in some way. In the case of MistProcAV that is usually video quality/codec changes, howev

Balder Viëtor November 9, 2025

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A first look into the multiviewer

Introducing the Multiviewer With MistServer 3.10 we're launching a new exciting feature that allows you to combine multiple live feeds into one single stream. This can be used to create a picture in picture view, a grid containing multiple

OptiMist Team November 2, 2025

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WHEP playback from the MistServer meta-player

What is WHEP? WHEP stands for WebRTC HTTP Egress Protocol. Simply put, it's a standardization for serving WebRTC from a server to a viewer. Now WebRTC isn't exactly new as it's been around for a while. The main problem with WebRTC however w

Balder Viëtor October 27, 2025

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JSON Web Token Support

JSON Web Tokens available with MistServer JSON Web Token (JWT) support is now available in MistServer, making integration with other platforms and applications easier. What are JSON Web Tokens? JSON Web Tokens are an open standard ( RFC 751

OptiMist Team October 22, 2025

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Upgrade your RTMP feeds with E-RTMP and MistServer

Learn what is Enhanced RTMP (E-RTMP), How it improves RTMP with additional codec support, multi-track streaming, server redirection and how to use it.

Balder Viëtor September 30, 2025

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Events

Exhibiting at IBC2025

The MistServer team will once again be exhibiting at IBC2025.

OptiMist Team August 20, 2025

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