SiaStream is the new home for all your media
It’s the most efficient cloud storage platform, capable of streaming to all major media players.
We’ve just released SiaStream, a brand new app from Nebulous. It’s a way to store your media in the cloud and get it to your favorite streaming app like Plex, Kodi, Emby, or Jellyfin. It can stream in beautiful 4k 60 fps. Buffer times are incredibly low. Most of the time it feels like you’re watching it right from your home setup, except it’s backed up across the world and highly secure.
It’s the first app to use a global network of storage providers to keep costs down and performance high. You can store your files on SiaStream either as a backup for your main media library or as your primary location to replace your home server.
Cloud storage for the new internet
The bandwidth costs associated with frequently accessing files have traditionally forced cloud storage out of the equation for media servers. That’s why you see so many people with extensive media libraries running their own private servers, typically setup in their homes. And even though hard drives come cheap these days, we still believe that cloud storage can be a great option for your media.
Enter SiaStream. SiaStream can store your media library in the cloud and stream directly to your favorite media player. It can store up to 35 TB per instance and has a base price $3.99* for each TB. That price includes both storage and bandwidth, one of the most expensive factors when it comes to accessing cloud data. It can do this, and keep it secure and private in a way that no other solution can. Because SiaStream uses the Sia marketplace, storage prices can sometimes temporarily exceed $3.99/TB/month.
This is also the first official use of the new Sia fee manager, where app developers can charge a fee for their apps built on Sia or Skynet. SiaStream charges a user fee that equals the difference between what the user pays for storage, and $3.99. For example, if you end up paying $2.99 for your storage, $1.00 is taken as a fee. This fee goes straight to Nebulous. If storage costs were to go above $3.99 due to marketplace fluctuation, no fee would be charged.
How it works
SiaStream is built on Sia, a blockchain-based cloud storage network. Sia is completely decentralized and stores your files in locations all over the world, not in huge server farms like how Amazon or Google do it. There are no sign ups and no trusted third parties — just you, and the people who store your data.
Sia has thousands of active users and a network that has been online for over five years. The files that are stored on Sia are split up and encrypted, and can never be viewed by anyone but you. The exception of course being media files uploaded to SiaStream when accessed by you or others connected to your media server.
SiaStream helps mount Sia as a drive on your computer using FUSE, and everything you upload can stream directly to your media player of choice, like Plex or Kodi.
It’s ok if you’ve never heard of Sia, blockchains, or cryptocurrency at all. Our goal with SiaStream is to break down those barriers and make it as accessible as possible. You can read more about the technical side of things in this great blog post from Chris, one of our core devs.
We have a simple on-boarding process and common-sense explanations for features that are, behind the scenes, pretty complex. You can download the app and get set up in a matter of minutes. And we’ve got a wonderful support center with guides and answers to your questions.
Download now
You can head over to siastream.tech to get it now.
