Larix Broadcaster is a free mobile broadcasting software for iOS and Android devices that enables users
to stream live video and audio content from their smartphones or tablets.

Key features of Larix Broadcaster include:

• Support for multiple streaming protocols: SRT, RTMP, NDI, WebRTC, RTSP, Zixi, and RIST.
• Landscape and portrait orientation with live rotation support.
• Front and back camera switching.
• Content recording and screenshot saving.
• Stream pausing functionality.
• Audio-only capture mode for background streaming.
• Stream to services such as Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Twitch, Amazon Interactive Video Service, Dacast, Limelight, Akamai, etc.

Larix Broadcaster is compatible with iOS 13.1.1+ and Android 9+ devices.

Live Streaming Features

RIST live streaming. Push mode support: RIST Main and Simple Profile, librist 0.2.7.
Use “rist://ipaddress:port” for new connection URL.

RTSP Live Streaming publishing with SSL support for RTSPS.

Talkback – receive audio return feed from a studio (Premium feature).

Multiple simultaneous connections to several destinations (Premium for 3+ streams)

Pause and Stand-by modes, see description below.

Live Encoding Features

Video is encoded with interleaved H.264/AVC everywhere.

H.265/HEVC (Premium feature) is available on supporting devices. This includes transmission over Enhanced RTMP which allows publishing HEVC into YouTube, with HDR on supported devices.

Audio is encoded with AAC.

Adaptive bitrate (ABR) is supported via logarithmic descend, ladder ascend, hybrid approach and variable FPS. Read respective question in Larix FAQ to learn more technical details.

SEI time metadata with NTP server allows synchronizing streams on server side (Premium feature).

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Video/Image, Audio, & Functionality Features

Video/Image Features

• Landscape/portrait orientation, Live rotation support, “Always vertical” and “Always horizontal” modes support.
• Front/back cameras hot switch.
• Content recording and screenshots saving support.
• Overlays support:
  • Image layers with external URL and local images;
  • Web, Text and HTML widgets;
  • GPS-based data like coordinates, speed and more
  • Timestamp support as defined on unicode.org, e.g. <%date(‘MMM dd, HH:mm:ss’, en_US) %>
  • Assign layers for all mode: streaming, pause and stand-by;

Audio Features

• Input audio gain control.
• Audio-only capture mode: disable preview, stream from background, no video in output stream.

Functionality Features

• Pause the stream: long tap on Start will pause the stream without disconnecting it.
  Video track will contain a black screen, audio track will contain silence.
• Stand-by mode: when stopped, long tap on Start will start stream in pause mode, waiting to start with the camera image.
  A separate set of overlays can be mapped onto stand-by.
• Larix Grove format – easily distribute your connection and encoder settings via deep links and QR codes.

Other platform-specific features are listed on Android and iOS pages.
For example, those are UVC OTG USB and background streaming on Android or HDR streaming on iOS.

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Need help with the setup?

Watch our YouTube playlist with various video tutorials.

Read our documentation reference with all related articles.

Phone Takeover: Replacing Pro Cameras in Live Streaming article shows how a modern phone can be used instead of low- and mid-tier cameras for live production and REMI contribution, along with notable examples.

Contact our helpdesk regarding our mobile technologies.

Larix Tuner web control service

You can effortlessly manage multiple Larix Broadcaster app instances from Larix Tuner web service to simplify remote production and enhance your streaming workflow.

• Enable Larix Premium features via web service on any number of devices. Watch tutorial
• Remotely manage Larix instances: define settings and control behavior. Watch tutorial
• Create backups and restore settings.
• Track steaming sessions’ statistics in real time.

Visit Larix Tuner page for more details and sign up to simply your REMI.

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