A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Similarly, a video stream is only as good as the weakest step in the chain of processes that take it from camera to viewer. Kulabyte has applied its expertise in video encoding and Flash streaming to the development of a proprietary end-to-end process in which every component from ingest to pre-processing to encoding to rate control to stream multiplexing and finally playback has been precision-tuned to provide the ultimate Live Flash viewing experience, optimized for any bit budget. Building on its success with the world's highest-quality Live VP-6 Flash encoder while utilizing its proprietary Live 2Pass VBR processing, Kulabyte has created the video quality leader in Live H.264 Flash encoding, Xstream Live 2.0. Capable of providing broadcast quality 720p Flash streams at less than 2 Mbps, XStream Live 2.0 represents the state of the art in Flash encoders.