Most still use RTMP (Twitch, YouTube, Facebook.). Long answer: None of the main streaming services support the SRT protocol for ingest. The librist wiki has also a lot of useful practical info on RIST.Ĭan SRT or RIST be used with Twitch or my favorite service? Both protocols have been implemented in open source libraries, check libsrt here while librist library can be found on videolan.Ī very good source of info for SRT is the SRT Cookbook. Unlike RTMP, both SRT and RIST are open source protocols ( srt specs are here and rist specs are there). For more info on RIST, check the RIST Forum.

The RIST Forum advertises resilience for up to 50 % packet loss (editor's note I did test successfully a transatlantic rist stream from Paris, France to Florida, with obs it worked in spite of the 50% packet loss I simulated through a network testing app).įor more info on SRT, check the website of the SRT Alliance. SRT can recover from packet loss up to range of 15%. (2) low latency (as low as twice the round-trip between encoder and ingest server, with sub-second latency usually).

(1) better resilience to network issues (jitter, lost packets, delay, bandwidth fluctuations) with mechanisms for packet recovery (retransmission or ARQ automatic repeat request and also FEC forward error correction) + internet bonding and

SRT and RIST are recent streaming protocols, in a growing list of alternatives to RTMP (among which one can find webrtc, warp/quic etc).

Option 2: Stream SRT or RIST using the Custom FFmpeg Record output.

Option 1: Stream SRT or RIST using the Streaming output.

How to stream with OBS Studio to srt or rist destinations.

Play srt or rist streams within OBS Studio.

Can SRT or RIST be used with Twitch or my favorite service?.

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