Ace Stream Media

Ace Stream Media is an open source multimedia utility with a feature-rich player (based on LibVLC), providing the following features:

- Playback of any video and audio information, together with MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, Ogg, FLAC, TS, M2TS, Wv and AAC, in addition to playback of network streams that are broadcasted through protocols HTTP(S), RTMP, FTP, BitTorrent, Ace Stream, etc. All codecs are included, without the need for separate downloads.

- The software features a media library for audio and video files and permits you to browse folders instantly.

- There is support for multi-channel audio, subtitles, teletext and closed captions.

- There is assist for auto-rotate, aspect ratio changes and gestures to control quantity, brightness and search.

- Ability to play content material on remote gadgets and TV, through communication protocols Ace Cast, AirPlay, Google Cast, etc.

Note: In this release the default output format in settings is set to auto, which means that the stream is transcoded when enjoying video in MKV container with AC3 codec on devices and players with no support for this audio codec (Apple TV, Chromecast etc.). This results in appreciable delays when starting playback and increases response when seeking (especially on low-powered devices). Therefore, in case your remote device or participant supports AC3 audio codec, then you'll have the ability to go to settings and change the output format to something extra convenient.

Important! To maximize the consolation and stability of the published, when taking half in content from P2P networks (BitTorrent / Ace Stream) on a distant system, use Ace Cast communication. To use Ace Cast it's needed that the Ace Stream software is installed on the device from which the published shall be transmitted, as well as on the system on which the published shall be performed.

Ace Stream Media is an mixture software which incorporates the following products:

- Ace Stream Engine (Server) is a common multimedia stream manager which makes use of essentially the most superior P2P technologies for environment friendly knowledge storage and transmission (MIT License, https://github.com/acestream/acestream-engine-android)

- Ace Media Library - an improved modification of the most popular cross-platform multimedia player VLC media participant, with help for P2P-protocols and additional performance. Distributed as open supply (GPLv3 or later, https://github.com/acestream/ace-media-library-android)

- Ace Stream TV service - module for Android TV, for viewing broadcasts within the system Live Channels software (module for Android TV Input Framework, https://source.android.com/devices/tv)

Attention! Ace Stream Media does not comprise any video and audio content, including hyperlinks to such content material, and does not provide an ability to create and publish content material which is seen to or accessible by different app's users. This utility is intended solely for organizing and/or enjoying consumer's personal content material (which is either owned by him or is at his disposal), as nicely as for taking half in different legal content material, together with content that's freely obtainable on the Internet, by self-adding such content material (video, audio, photographs, texts or any other materials) within the application.