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nanocosmos rolls out nanoStream 2.6 for Windows and MacOS to selected customers. The new release contains several updates, new functions and quality improvements for H264 encoding and streaming.

Some of the new features and benefits:

• New H.264 encoder with much improved quality (also made available to our SDK and DirectShow customers)
• Improved Text and Bitmap Overlay with simple layout editor and API
• Improved RTMPT (Tunneling) and Proxy Detection
• Improved Documentation and API
• New Encoder and RTMP Streamer for MacOS, available as command line app and browser plugin

Contact us for further questions and an evaluation.

The new release nanocosmos Live Video Encoder 2.5 is available to our customers

New Features and Improvements for Version 2.5
New User Interface for App and Web Encoder
New: Parallel local mp4 recording and RTMP streaming
Improved RTMPT Tunneling with better support for Firewall and Proxy configurations
Improved Javascript API, HTML/CSS layout and web plugin loader
Improved compatibility and format checks for different capture devices
Improved Bandwidth Checker
Improved Audio Level, Volume and Mute control
Improved Text and Bitmap overlay with Alpha, color and font settings
Improved Video Mixing of a second video device
Improved Screen Capture / Desktop Sharing
Improved XML compatibility to Flash Media Live Encoder
Improved File Streaming in Live Mode
Improved segmented writing of MP4 and TS files
Improved developer sample code for the ActiveX control

New Features and Improvements for Version 2.3
New: Hardware Accelerated H264 Encoder for Intel QuickSync (HD Graphics)
New: Ad/clip insertion – File Based Streaming / Seemless switch
New: Audio Input Level Meter
New: Dynamic Crop / Region Based Capture
Improved Image Processing: Crop/Resize/ColorConv./Text/Bitmap Overlay
Improved Video-only and Audio-only streaming
Improved CDN compatibility for RTMP Sender and Receiver
Improved RTMP Meta Data Handling

New Features and Improvements for Version 2.1

New: Remote Wowza and Flash Media Server Recording (DVR)
New: MP4 Segmented File Writing
New: MP4 FastStart indexing for VOD streaming
New: Web based video chat example
Improved H264 Quality / Main Profile / Extended Profile
Improved 24/7 Operation
Improved Automatic Network Reconnect
Improved MP4 Recording during RTMP Streaming
Improved RTSP Streamer and Source Filter
Improved Text/Bitmap Overlay
Improved Format Selection / Rescaler
Improved Remote Control
Improved API
Improved Documentation
New: Auto-Adjust / Adaptive Bitrate
New: Bandwidth-Checker
New: Bitrate Statistics
New: Multi-Target RTMP/MP4 Encoding and Streaming
New: AEC support (Audio Echo Cancellation)
New: RTMP Source Filter for MediaPlayer playback (H264, AAC and MP3)
New: RTMP Messaging / Meta Data / Cue Points
New: Automatic Reconnect on Network Errors
New: Support for IP Cams (Axis MJPEG)
New: Audio Level and Mute function
New: Screen Capture Driver for Desktop Sharing
Improved XML Config and Command Line Encoder
Improved RTMP Authentication
Improved Javascript API
Improved Compatibility with Firefox, Chrome, Safari
Improved Event and Error Handling and Logging
Improved Video Mixer and Text/Bitmap Overlay
Improved 3D Stereo Video Mixer
Improved 3D Stereoscopic Player
More Programming Examples for HTML,JS,C,C++,C#,VB,Python, etc.

nanocosmos, the video coding experts, successfully equipped the Berlin International Film Festival 2012 (Berlinale) and the European Film Market with their improved video coding and playout software.

Based on the Berlinale 2011 setup, improved software for video playout and additional tools for quality assurance and video verification were installed.

More than 500 movies have been encoded and encrypted with nanocosmos software, shown in more than 30 cinemas in Berlin.

The new release nanocosmos Live Video Encoder 2.3 is available to our customers

New Features and Improvements for Version 2.3
New: Hardware Accelerated H264 Encoder for Intel QuickSync (HD Graphics)
New: Ad/clip insertion – File Based Streaming / Seemless switch
New: Audio Input Level Meter
New: Dynamic Crop / Region Based Capture
Improved Image Processing: Crop/Resize/ColorConv./Text/Bitmap Overlay
Improved Video-only and Audio-only streaming
Improved CDN compatibility for RTMP Sender and Receiver
Improved RTMP Meta Data Handling

New Features and Improvements for Version 2.1

New: Remote Wowza and Flash Media Server Recording (DVR)
New: MP4 Segmented File Writing
New: MP4 FastStart indexing for VOD streaming
New: Web based video chat example
Improved H264 Quality / Main Profile / Extended Profile
Improved 24/7 Operation
Improved Automatic Network Reconnect
Improved MP4 Recording during RTMP Streaming
Improved RTSP Streamer and Source Filter
Improved Text/Bitmap Overlay
Improved Format Selection / Rescaler
Improved Remote Control
Improved API
Improved Documentation
New: Auto-Adjust / Adaptive Bitrate
New: Bandwidth-Checker
New: Bitrate Statistics
New: Multi-Target RTMP/MP4 Encoding and Streaming
New: AEC support (Audio Echo Cancellation)
New: RTMP Source Filter for MediaPlayer playback (H264, AAC and MP3)
New: RTMP Messaging / Meta Data / Cue Points
New: Automatic Reconnect on Network Errors
New: Support for IP Cams (Axis MJPEG)
New: Audio Level and Mute function
New: Screen Capture Driver for Desktop Sharing
Improved XML Config and Command Line Encoder
Improved RTMP Authentication
Improved Javascript API
Improved Compatibility with Firefox, Chrome, Safari
Improved Event and Error Handling and Logging
Improved Video Mixer and Text/Bitmap Overlay
Improved 3D Stereo Video Mixer
Improved 3D Stereoscopic Player
More Programming Examples for HTML,JS,C,C++,C#,VB,Python, etc.

A performance upgrade to Live Video Encoder Toolkit is available, based on graphics hardware (GPU) accelerated video encoding.

The Live Video Encoder allows simple integration of Live Encoding and Streaming into custom applications. With the flexible API for Web Applications with Javascript or Desktop Applications with ActiveX, a custom encoding application is created in minutes.

The new hardware accelerated encoder based on Intel QuickSync / SandyBridge technology provides full HD encoding with low CPU load on Intel QuickSync & HD Graphics based plaforms. Most modern Intel CPUs based on Core i3, i5 and i7 support this architecture.

Contact us for further details and a free evaluation of the pre-release!