The ViewCast Niagara family of streaming media encoders and servers have been designed from the ground up to provide reliable, pre-configured, plug-and-play solutions enabling you to quickly encode and stream premium quality audio and video over the Internet or corporate network.

The Niagara systems are built upon an industry standard, the ViewCast Osprey® streaming video capture boards. These systems include a mix of Osprey analog and digital capture boards along with our remote management and tuning software (Niagara SCX®) and streaming productivity software (SimulStream®) resulting in a powerful, reliable, and cost-effective streaming media platform. The Niagara family of streaming media encoders is segmented by application and performance, below is a brief summary of the Niagara series:

ViewCast has broken the price/performance barrier with its latest innovation, the Niagara 2100. Packed with many of the same powerful features found in ViewCast’s professional-grade streaming appliances, the Niagara 2100 offers uncompromised quality and simplicity of operation in a compact, low-cost streaming solution.

ViewCast is pleased to introduce the new Niagara Pro II – the next generation in professional-grade video streaming appliances. This encoder offers the most powerful processors and largest memory capacity of all the Niagara appliances, taking professional streaming to the next level. With its two independent audio and video channels, the Niagara Pro II allows you to capture and encode multiple full-resolution (D1), SDI video streams.

Introducing the GoStream® SURF - same GoStream portability, but with much more power to let you broadcast in multiple full resolution streams. Designed with a combination of simplicity, portability, and power - just grab the handle and GO! It's a great way to quickly stream live events over the Internet from on location or anywhere you can access an IP network.

The Niagara® 8224 is the newest high-density analog encoder from ViewCast, featuring eight fully independent channels. This media encoding system provides a full variety of analog video inputs for each channel, as well as balanced and unbalanced audio.

Video streaming from high-definition video sources has reached a new level of quality and performance with the Niagara 7500. Designed for professional broadcasting applications, this powerful streaming appliance simplifies the complex workflows often associated with the transformation and delivery of high-definition video over IP and mobile networks.

The ViewCast Niagara® 6226 is a pre-configured, plug-and-play, standard-definition (SD) media encoder designed and optimized to capture, encode, stream and archive premium quality audio and video. The Niagara 6226 is the smart choice for studios, broadcasters, government agencies, CDN providers, and enterprise IT professionals.