Streaming · Flussonic Media Server
Flussonic dedicated server for IPTV, licensed and installed.
A Flussonic dedicated server here is a whole physical machine running Flussonic Media Server under a licence we supply and install, on an unmetered switch port that carries your traffic alone.
- Unshared port
- No overage price
- Root access
- Five cities
- Billed monthly
You bring the channels and the middleware. We rack the server, put it on our own network, install Flussonic with a working licence and hand you the keys. The licence and the machine are two lines on one invoice, so you can see what each costs.
What you get
The licence, the machine and the port
Each one is yours alone. Nothing on the server is shared with another customer, and nothing about the software is hidden behind a panel.
01 · Licence
Flussonic Media Server, installed
Tick Flussonic in the software step of the order form. Our team installs it on the Linux system you chose and activates the licence. You get the admin login with the server.
02 · Machine
A whole server, root included
Every core, all the memory and every disk belong to one account. You have root, so you can tune the kernel, add a capture tool or run your middleware next to Flussonic.
03 · Port
Unmetered, in both directions
Ingest uses the inbound side of the port and viewers the outbound side. Neither is metered, there is no transfer allowance and there is no overage price. Faster ports up to 100 Gbps are chosen on the order form and priced on the 10 Gbps page and its neighbours.
Flussonic IPTV
What Flussonic does with your channels
Flussonic takes live channels in from the head-end, records them, repackages them and serves every common player from one process. That is why IPTV operators pick it.
For a pay service, pair it with the middleware you already run. Flussonic asks your backend whether each viewer may play a channel, so only authorised set-top boxes, apps and browsers get the stream. DRM with Widevine, FairPlay and PlayReady is available for content that needs it.
The archive is what most people buy it for: catch-up, timeshift and restart TV are served straight from the recording on the server's disks. Plan the drives for the archive depth you sell, and pick a line with enough bays.
Feature list from the vendor's product page, flussonic.com, read 3 October 2026. What a feature needs in your Flussonic edition is between you and the vendor.
In
- MPEG-TS over UDP and multicast
- SRT
- RTMP
- RTSP
- WebRTC
Flussonic
- DVR archive
- Timeshift and catch-up
- Transcoding
- Viewer authorisation
- DRM
Out
- HLS and LL-HLS
- MPEG-DASH
- WebRTC
- RTMP, RTSP, SRT
- MPEG-TS
Video: H.264, H.265, AV1, MPEG-2. Audio: AAC, AC-3, MP3.
Sizing
How many viewers fit on one port
On an IPTV server the port fills up long before Flussonic runs out of breath. Divide what the port can carry, less a fifth kept in reserve, by the bitrate of one viewer.
320
viewers at 720p (2.5 Mbps) on the 1 Gbps port most lines include
177
viewers at 1080p (4.5 Mbps) on 1 Gbps
3,200
viewers at 720p on a 10 Gbps port
1,777
viewers at 1080p on 10 Gbps
Arithmetic, not a benchmark. It assumes every viewer is on the top rendition; an adaptive ladder averages lower.
Ingest
Two hundred channels at 4.5 Mbps arrive as 900 Mbps on the inbound side. The outbound side is untouched, so ingest and viewers do not compete.
Transcoding
Repackaging costs little CPU. Transcoding costs a lot. The Iris Pro encoder lines encode H.264 in hardware with Intel Quick Sync on the processor, and the 3.0 GHz model adds HEVC. A ladder for many channels belongs on an NVIDIA GPU: see GPU transcoding.
Archive
A week of catch-up for one 4.5 Mbps channel is about 340 GB. Multiply by channels and days, then choose drives and bays. Dual-socket lines take twelve drives or more.
Live from the catalogue
Machines that take the Flussonic licence
Each price is the entry build of that line, read from the same catalogue the checkout uses, next to the build it buys. Add the licence at $129.99 a month on any of them.
| Machine | Entry build | Port range | Cities | Machine, per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iris Pro encoder, 2.9 GHz | Intel Xeon E3-1284L v4 Quad Core 2.90 GHz · 16 GB DDR3 · 1 × SATA-SSD 240 GB | 0.5–10 Gbps | NYC BUC AMS SFO | $46.18/mo |
| AMD Opteron 6300, one or two sockets | AMD Opteron 6366 HE Hexadeca Core 1.80 GHz · 16 GB DDR3 · 1 × SATA 500 GB | 0.5–20 Gbps | NYC BUC MIA | $51.86/mo |
| Iris Pro encoder, 1.8 GHz | Intel Xeon E3-1284L v3 Quad Core 1.80 GHz · 16 GB DDR3 · 1 × SATA-SSD 240 GB | 0.5–1 Gbps | NYC BUC | $52.18/mo |
| Iris Pro encoder, 3.0 GHz, 4 bays | Intel Xeon E3-1585L v5 Quad Core 3.00 Ghz · 32 GB DDR4 · 1 × NVMe-SSD 240 GB | 1–10 Gbps | NYC BUC SFO AMS MIA | $62.58/mo |
| Xeon D, 8 or 16 cores | Intel Xeon D-1548 Octa Core 2.00 GHz · 32 GB DDR4 · 1 × NVMe-SSD 240 GB | 1–10 Gbps | NYC MIA BUC AMS SFO | $62.58/mo |
| Xeon E5 v1/v2, dual socket | Intel Xeon E5-2630L Hex Core 2.00 GHz · 32 GB DDR3 · 2 × SATA 500 GB (RAID 1) | 1–20 Gbps | NYC BUC MIA | $70.93/mo |
| Xeon E5 v3/v4, dual socket | Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 Octo Core 2.10 GHz · 32 GB DDR4 · 2 × SATA 500 GB (RAID 1) | 1–40 Gbps | NYC BUC SFO MIA AMS | $73.47/mo |
| Xeon Scalable, dual socket | Intel Xeon Silver 4110 8 Core 2.10 GHz · 16 GB DDR4 · 2 × SATA-SSD 240 GB (RAID 1) | 1–100 Gbps | NYC BUC SFO MIA AMS | $83.67/mo |
| Eight-core encoder, up to 5 GHz | Intel Xeon E-2286M 8 CORE 2.40 GHz · 32 GB DDR4 · 1 × NVMe-SSD 240 GB | 1–10 Gbps | BUC | €105.99/mo |
| Xeon E5-4600 v1/v2, quad socket | 4 × Intel Xeon E5-4650L Octo Core 2.60 GHz · 64 GB DDR3 · 2 × SATA 500 GB (RAID 1) | 0.5–20 Gbps | NYC BUC MIA | $109.69/mo |
| Xeon E5-4600 v3/v4, quad socket | 4 × Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3 12 Core 2.10 GHz · 128 GB DDR4 · 2 × SATA 500 GB (RAID 1) | 1–20 Gbps | NYC BUC MIA SFO AMS | $186.37/mo |
| AMD EPYC, up to 128 cores | AMD EPYC 7413 24 CORE 2.65 GHz 128MB L3 CACHE · 32 GB DDR4 · 1 × SATA-SSD 240 GB | 1–20 Gbps | NYC BUC | $217.59/mo |
| Xeon Gold, quad socket | 4 × Intel Xeon Gold 6130 16 Core 2.10 GHz · 128 GB DDR4 · 2 × SATA 500 GB (RAID 1) | 1–20 Gbps | NYC BUC SFO | $409.38/mo |
Cities: NYC New York, MIA Miami, SFO San Francisco, AMS Amsterdam, BUC Bucharest. A ready server ordered as it stands has no machine setup fee; any other configuration has a one-time $29. The Flussonic licence is billed the same every month: a 3, 6 or 12-month cycle discounts the machine, never the software. The low-power entry lines also sell the option but are left off this list. Our ARM machines are not on it either: Flussonic's current system requirements name no ARM build.
Ordering
From order to the first channel
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Pick the machine
Choose a line above, set memory, drives and port, and tick Flussonic in the software step. Pick Ubuntu: it is the system Flussonic documents.
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We deliver and install
A machine already racked is up about 30 minutes after the order is approved. A server built to your configuration takes 4 to 24 hours. Flussonic follows, and its login reaches your email within 24 hours.
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Add sources, start streaming
Point your head-end at the server, connect your middleware and publish the playlist. Stuck on a setting? Our AI chat answers in seconds and can check your account and your server; ask for a person and one takes over.
Answers
Flussonic hosting questions
What is a Flussonic dedicated server?
A physical server rented to one customer with Flussonic Media Server installed and licensed on it. Nothing is virtualised or shared. You get root, every core, the disks and an unmetered port, and we run the building, the power and the network.
What does a Flussonic licence cost here?
Flussonic License and Support is $129.99 a month per server, plus $29.99 once for the install. The machine is billed on its own line: the cheapest with a 1 Gbps port is $62.58 a month for Intel Xeon E3-1585L v5 Quad Core 3.00 Ghz · 32 GB DDR4 · 1 × NVMe-SSD 240 GB · 1 Gbps. The licence costs the same on every billing cycle.
Can I use a lifetime Flussonic licence I already own?
Yes. Order the server without the Flussonic option and install your own licence, since you have root. The licence we supply is monthly and tied to your server with us.
Is Flussonic a good fit for IPTV?
Yes, that is its main use. It ingests multicast and SRT feeds, records them for catch-up and timeshift, checks each viewer against your middleware and serves HLS, DASH and WebRTC to set-top boxes, apps and browsers from one server.
What should an IPTV dedicated server have?
A port big enough for your peak audience, drives for the archive depth you sell, CPU or GPU headroom if you transcode, and a city close to your viewers. We are in New York, Miami, San Francisco, Amsterdam and Bucharest.
How many viewers can one Flussonic server handle?
The port decides first. Keeping a fifth in reserve, 1 Gbps carries about 177 viewers at 1080p and 10 Gbps about 1,777. Past one port, add a second server or put a CDN in front.
Who installs Flussonic, and how fast?
We do. A racked machine is up about 30 minutes after the order is approved, a built-to-order one in 4 to 24 hours, and the Flussonic login follows by email within 24 hours.
Is IPTV traffic metered on the port?
No. The port has no transfer allowance and no overage price, in either direction, and no other customer is on it.
Do you supply TV channels?
No. We supply the server and the licensed software. Streaming, IPTV and video on demand are allowed for content you own or hold the distribution rights to; retransmitting channels without those rights is not, and we act on valid infringement notices.
Is DDoS protection included?
No. We do not sell DDoS protection. If your service draws attacks, put a scrubbing service or a CDN in front of the server.
Full terms: terms of service.
Elsewhere
Other ways to run a stream here
Run Flussonic on a machine of your own
Pick the line and tick Flussonic. You get a server with the licence active and the port to yourself.