Larix mobile apps and SDK

Apps and SDKs for capturing and streaming from mobile devices

Softvelum provides a set of tools for creating user-generated mobile media.

SDK for Android
Larix Broadcaster and Larix Screencaster free apps

SDK for iOS
Larix Broadcaster free app

Encode and stream content with Larix library

We provide streaming library with the apps framework to use it properly.
The content is encoded in H.264 (AVC) and H.265 (HEVC) video with AAC audio.
Streaming is performed via RTSP/RTSPS, RTMP/RTMPS and SRT protocols.
Larix supports transmission of HEVC over RTMP as non-standard experimental feature.

A user can set multiple simultaneous connections to several destinations like software media servers, Facebook, YouTube Live, Twitch, Limelight CDN or other online services.
With 5G technology being the future of mobile networks, this allows easily deliver multi-point publishing.

Larix Broadcaster free app

You can use streaming capabilities for free using our fully-functional Larix Broadcaster apps.
Larix Broadcaster uses full power of mobile devices cameras, basic features include

landscape/portrait dynamic orientation
hot switch front/back cameras
content recording and screenshots

Adaptive video bitrate is supported in 2 modes:

Logarithmic descend - gracefully descend from max bitrate down step by step. Retries to raise back to previous step every minute. Best fit for good networks.
Ladder ascend - first cut bitrate by 2/3 and increase it back to normal as much as possible. Retries to raise back to previous steps in 15 seconds, 1.5 and then 5 minutes. Best fit for networks with big losses.

Learn more about Android and iOS platforms' capabilities and try them in action.

Larix Broadcaster sources are included in any premium SDK package.

Larix Screencaster free app

Android allows capturing the screen of user device, so Larix Screencaster captures it and uses streaming capabilities of Larix library to encode and stream it.
All protocols and codecs of Larix Broadcaster are available for Larix Screencaster.

Larix Screencaster sources are included in Android premium SDK package.

Larix premium SDK

You can get Larix library, free apps and other source code examples by subscribing to our SDKs.
This means you can create your own mobile solutions and customize our solutions to your streaming use cases and scenarios.
Check Android and iOS platforms' pages to get more details or use this page to subscribe for designated SDKs.

Documentation and FAQ

Visit documentation reference page to learn more about Larix apps setup and usage.

Check Larix apps and SDK FAQ with most popular questions about mobile streaming technologies.

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Mobile playback with SLDP Player

You can perfect your mobile users experience with real-time low latency playback.
SLDP Player gives you low latency playback capabilities on mobile devices allowing to play live content via SLDP, RTMP and Icecast protocols.

The player is a free app which you can provide to your customers, however you may also use our player SDK to build your own apps and embed playback capabilities into your mobile solutions.

Part of your streaming infrastructure

Being a great solution by itself, Larix mobile SDK also works well with other Softvelum solutions.

Take a look at Mobile solutions snapshot with other Softvelum products usage in actions.

Nimble Streamer is fast freeware streaming server with low resource consumption.
Publish control framework allows managing publication from mobile publishers according to your authentication and processing logic.
Live Transcoder gives ability to transform live content using flexible filtering and high-performance encoders.
Paywall and Advertizer frameworks provide streaming protection and monetization.
WMSPanel cloud-based web service gives you stats and easy streaming management.