NGINX and NGINX Plus provide a complete application delivery platform with features specifically designed for streaming media on your site. NGINX can stream MP4 and Flash video on demand (VOD), as well as live video using the Real‑Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), and Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH).
NGINX Plus adds additional enterprise‑ready streaming media features, such as adaptive bitrate streaming for VOD, bandwidth controls for MP4 streaming, and enhanced session logging.
For complete details about how you can use NGINX and NGINX Plus as a streaming media server, check out this whitepaper, Serving Media with NGINX Plus.