A Relay Channel is capable of ingesting a remote broadcast into the platform which can be:
- Viewed from the HTML Player (CDN)
- Accessed directly via HLS Link (CDN)
- Recorded to cloud storage
- Published to an external destination such as Facebook, Youtube, Twitch or Custom RTMP
The typical usage of a Relay Channel is to rebroadcast IP Cameras into the platform, however it can be used with any external broadcast in compatible format.
Ingest Formats
The channel is capable of receiving a broadcast in the following formats:
- RTMP (i.e., rtmp://hostname:port/static/channel)
- RTMPS (i.e., rtmps://hostname:port/static/channel)
- RTSP ( i.e., rtsp://hostname:port/static/channel)
- HLS/HTTP (i.e., http://hostname:port/channel/playlist.m3u8)
- HLS/HTTPS (i.e., https://hostname:port/channel/playlist.m3u8)
- MPEG-TS over HTTP (i.e., tshttp://hostname:port/stream)
- MPEG-TS over UDP (i.e., udp://hostname:port/stream)
- MPEG-TS over TCP (i.e., tstcp://192.168.0.1:54321)
Codec Requirements
The ingested content MUST be comprised of 1 x video stream and 1 x audio stream in the following format:
- H.264 Video Stream
- AAC Audio Stream
