The Streamer component connects to an external server using RTMP with an overall bitrate of 2Mbps, this is usually for 720p streams. Version 3.0 introduces support for 1080p30p streams which will usually be 4Mbps (the bandwidth corresponds with the bandwidth configured for the stream in the call bridge API).

The video is encoded using H.264 at 720p30, while the audio is 64kbps AAC-LC. All traffic between the Streamer and the external streaming server is unencrypted.

Note: The Streamer component supports the RTMP standard in order to work with third party streaming servers that also support the RTMP standard. However, we have only tested against Vbrick as an external streaming server.

Note: Version 3.1 extends the RTMP support in the internal SIP streamer application to RTMPS — essentially RTMP over a TLS connection. Previously all traffic between the streamer and RTMP server was unencrypted, 3.1 RTMPS support allows this traffic to be encrypted. The supported feature set for RTMPS and configuration steps are the same as for RTMP as introduced and documented in 3.0.

For more information on using the Streamer, see the deployment guide relevant to your setup.

Last update:

16-Dec-2020

FAQ ID:

1435