Exact storage depends on your video, but as a rough estimate of 720p HD video on the Nimbus platform, 1GB (gigabyte) of storage is approximately 10 minutes of video content.

Performance, reliability, and long term feature plans. Video and media delivery was an afterthought for Flash, and while it has come a long way, Silverlight was built for it. The differences are trivial when it comes to low-quality video, but Silverlight is the clear winner for high-definition content in repeated performance and reliability tests, and is continually the technology of choice where that matters (just ask Netflix or NBC).

Full support for Rough Cut Editor will be released within the next few weeks.

Encoding time is largely dependent upon your video content, and while we're pretty fast, is still an extremely CPU-intensive process. Nimbus uses encoding servers 18 to 24 processor cores, and can typically encode HD content at 4x-6x slower than real-time, plus some time for network transfer to the CDN. So, a 3-minute video will normally take 12 to 18 minutes for encoding, while a 3 hour video might take between 12 to 18 hours.

We use some of the latest server hardware available, but while most video editing programs and our traditional streaming competitors encode video at one constant bitrate, Nimbus encodes your video up to 8 times, for 8 different bitrates.

Yes, we now support Silverlight and iOS, with more desktop and mobile platforms on the way.

Yep, with full CDN support. You may need to work with our team to get it set up if you have hardware encoders. If you just want to try it out with a software encoder, check out this intro guide for setting up a live stream with Expression Encoder v4.

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