Comparison S3Media Stream & S3Media Stream Enterprise
Here you find a comparison table between the S3Media Stream and the S3Media Stream Enterprise packages.
Note: both packages work independently of each other and are not compatible since S3Media Stream Enterprise is rewritten from scratch, JW Player 6 & 7 and 8 also.
S3Media Stream (regular) is no longer available. This table of comparison is for existing users who contemplate to switch to the Enterprise version.
Features |
S3Media Stream
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S3Media Stream Enterprise
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| JWplayer | Ships with Version 5.10 commercial | Ships with 8.x or higher |
| JWplayer license | Lifetime license via 2-in-1 package or your own license | Yearly renewal. |
| Player type | Flash first with HTML5 fallback | HTML5 |
| Media types | 1.Video(web distribution, YouTube, other) 2.Audio (web distribution, MP3, M4a) 3.Download link via S3 bucket (protects any document type on AWS) 4.RTMP Streaming Video (MP4, FLV, AAC)* 5.RTMP Streaming Audio (M4a)* 6.SWF - elearning project*(*) may stop working from July 2017 onward. |
1.Video(HLS, MPEG-DASH, web distribution) 2.Audio (web distribution, MP3, M4a) 3.Download link via web distribution(protects any document type on AWS) 4. HLS adaptive streaming (public) 5. 360 VR videoYouTube No longer supported! |
| Expiring URL (signed, expiring) |
Yes (all media types) | Yes (all media types) |
| Encrypt URLs | Yes | Yes |
| Poster image | For audio & video | For audio & video |
| Autostart | Yes | Yes |
| Responsive video player | No | Yes |
| Video stetching | Uniform/fill/exact fit/none | Uniform/fill/exact fit/none |
| Controlbar | top/bottom/over/none | over/none |
| Repeat media | Yes | Yes |
| Enable/disable Full screen button | Yes | No, full screen cannot be prevented. |
| Playlist types | .xml/.rss | .rss, .smil, .m3u8, mpd |
| Subtitles/captions | Single language Not on mobile devices |
Multilingual Most mobile devices |
| Social sharing button | No | Yes (also on mobiles) |
| Custom Logo/Watermark | Yes Not on mobile devices |
Yes Most mobiles |
| Analytics | No | Not reliable |
| HTML5 Fallback | S3 Bucket | 2 fallback options via Web distribution |
| Custom context menu | Yes | Yes(partly adaptable) |
| Skins | 12 skins(shows not on mobile devices) | Version 6: 9 skins with Pro/Premium Version 7: 9 skins with Free/Premium Version 8: custom skin via css |
| Title | Not used | Version 6: Displays in play button Version 7 & 8: Displays top left |
| Start, Duration | Yes | No |
| Video area icons | Yes | No |
| Preview media | In the wizards | Preview post/page |
| Shortcode wizard | In S3Media Stream menu | In text editor post/page, also improved shortcode |
| Pricing & license rules | $89 if you have a JWplayer 5.x license, otherwise buy the 2-in-1 license of $169 | €62 euro A starter JW Player 8 license is required. |
| Call To Action box | No | Yes (at end of video/audio) |
| Future updates | No new updates planned except WordPress updates. Tested with 3.9 - 4.4.2 | New features will be added as JW Player progresses. Tested with WordPress 4.9 |
