Introduction to the LEADTOOLS Streaming Module

The LEADTOOLS Streaming module provides developers with all the necessary functionality for creating both server/client and peer-to-peer streaming applications.

Media Streaming Server – create a server capable of streaming to PCs, Mobile devices (Android , Apple iPad/iPhone) using a variety of protocols:
- Adobe Flash RTMP – for any web browser that has Adobe Flash installed
- Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS) – for most web browsers that have Adobe Flash installed
- Apple HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) – for Apple iPad / iPhone and Android devices
- HTML5 Video – for most web browsers (PC and mobile devices)
- Microsoft Smooth Streaming (SSF) – for web browsers with Microsoft Silverlight installed
- MPEG-DASH – for most web browsers that have Adobe Flash
- RTSP/RTP – for web browsers with the Apple Quicktime or VLC RTSP plugin installed or any application that supports RTSP
- RTSP/RTP (MPEG-2 transport) – for web browsers with Apple Quicktime or VLC RTSP plugin installed or any application that supports RTSP
- RTSP/RTP over HTTP – for web browsers with Apple Quicktime or VLC RTSP plugin installed or any application that supports RTSP
Videoconferencing, Security Server or Webcast, using LEAD Network Modules
Windows Media Video (WMV/ASF), using LEAD H264 Encoder in conjunction with Microsoft’s Media Server
Smooth Streaming (SSF) using LEAD MMS Sink in conjunction with the IIS Media Services Server

For more information on the Media Streaming Server functionality, see the Introduction to Media Streaming SDK.

For more information on Videoconferencing, Windows Media and Smooth Streaming, click here.

For more RTSP functionality, see the LEADTOOLS MPEG2 Transport Module.

Developers enabling Flash with the LEADTOOLS Media Server and testing on Microsoft Edge:
The Windows 10 Anniversary Update includes changes to Microsoft Edge that affect how Flash content is displayed. For more information, refer to Windows 10 Update Effects on Edge.