Larix Tuner orchestrates multiple Larix Broadcaster instances – Softvelum: efficient tools to build your streaming networks

Larix Broadcaster provides a wide range of streaming features for Android and Apple devices. No wonder many professional and amateur creators use it intensively on multiple devices for remote production scenarios. And whether you’re a studio producer, a live stream director, or just a streaming enthusiast with several devices on the spot, you may face some tricky use cases.

More devices bring more challenges

There are a few typical problems that remote production producers may face in that regard:

Remote contributors need to get new connections settings easily to stream to the right servers in studio facilities.
Procurement department needs to purchase Larix Premium for different contributors and transfer the purchased licenses among devices.
Remote producers want to get stats from remote devices, to make infrastructure adjustments.
With multiple mobile devices set on scene, each one needs to be controlled remotely: define settings, start/stop stream, mute/unmute, enable overlays, etc.

Larix Tuner was created to solve these problems.

Orchestrate Larix Broadcaster via Larix Tuner

With Larix Tuner, you can control your Larix Broadcaster app instances via a single web service.

Remotely enable and disable Larix Premium limitations.
Back up and restore device streaming settings.
Track streaming statistics from each device over time.

Remote control features are being developed right now:

Set current streaming configuration of the apps in the account.
Set video and audio encoder settings, define overlays, and more.
Start/stop/pause/resume streams, mute/unmute, control overlays behavior.
Preview video feed in control UI.
Contact us to get early access.

More features are in our roadmap, including service REST API to customize the workflow and the standalone Tuner instance deployment.

Workflow

The workflow is simple:

Sign up for Larix Tuner or log in if you have one.
Create a license for a number of devices and subscribe for it.
Pass the license to your contributors via QR code, deep link or as plain ID.
Activate the license on each device.
Use Larix Tuner web UI as needed.
Add devices to licenses and activate them within apps any time.

Once the license is activate on device, Larix Broadcaster enabled all features available under Larix Premium limitations.

Right after license activation, Larix Broadcaster will sync up its settings into Larix Tuner for backup purposes. You will then be able to set the sync up interval for making backups. If your device somehow looses Larix settings or you move to another device, you can restore them from a QR code or a deep link.

You can also track streaming statistics of remote contributors both real-time and as daily stats.

This video tutorial shows license activation and backup in action.

Pricing

It’s as little as 10 USD per month per device.

You may create multiple licenses. Each license may cover multiple devices. This way, you can create separate licenses for different groups of contributors.