FlowCaster creates a virtual I/O board for your creative software, desktop, real I/O board or NDI source that sends a high quality video signal through the network for display on a local monitor.  This article convers controlling and configuring FlowCaster through command line, its settings and via remote control.

 

Command Line Parameters

 

Usage: d:\drastic.trunk\bin64\flowcaster.exe [options]

Options:
-n, --ndisource NDI Source
-u, --urldestination URL to send to
-N, --name User name
-p, --password SRT password (min 10 char)
-I, --sourcenumber Source ID number
-s, --source <0-12 See Docs> A/V Source
-t, --transport <0-5: NDI,UDP,RTP,TR01,SRT,RTMP> Output Transport Type
-c, --codec <0-4: h264,h264_10,HEVC,HEVC_10,J2K> Codec
-i, --iframeorder <0-IBBP, 1-IPP, 2-III> Frame order
-b, --bitrate <# kilobits per second> Kilobits per second
-l, --latency <# milliseconds> Latency in milliseconds
-e, --encryption <0-none, 1-128, 2-256> Encryption level
-X, --watermarkx X position of the watermark
-Y, --watermarky Y position of the watermark
-W, --watermark Path and name of the watermark file
-x, --netx Parent Net-X-Code
-C, --config <0-All, 1-CS, 2-FCApp> Just display config page
-S, --saveconfig <0-NC, 1-CS, 2-FCApp> Save to settings
-L, --license Run for licensing
-?, -h, --help Displays this help.
-v, --version Displays version
information.

 

Windows (registry)

Creative Software Settings:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Drastic\FlowCaster

Applications (SDI/HDMI/NDI/Desktop) Settings:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Drastic\FlowCaster1

 

OS-X (~\Library\Preferences\)

Creative Software Settings:

/Library/Application\ Support/Drastic/com.drastictech.flowcaster.plist

Applications (SDI/HDMI/NDI/Desktop) Settings:

/Library/Application\ Support/Drastic/com.drastictech.flowcaster1.plist

 

Linux (~\.config\)

Creative Software Settings:

FlowCaster.conf

Applications (SDI/HDMI/NDI/Desktop) Settings:

FlowCaster1.conf

 

Settings:

• AudioMode - what audio channels to send
  • Stereo - 0
  • Stereo Mix - 1
  • 4 channels - 2
  • 8 channels - 3
  • 16 channels - 4
• ColorSpace
• Compression - compression for stream as a fourcc code
  • h264 - 875967080
  • h264 10 Bit - 1630680628
  • HEVC - 1752589105
  • HEVC 10 Bit - 1752589153
  • JPEG 2000 - 1598501450
• DataRate - in kilobits per second (megabits per second divided by 1000)
• Email - email address for licensing
• Enabled - enable transmission of SDI/HDMI/NDI
• Encryption - type of encryption to use
  • 0 - None
  • 1 - AES 128
  • 2 - AES 256
• FPS
• IBP - the IBP structure of the compressed stream
  • IBBP - 0
  • IPPP - 1
  • IIII - 2
• Latency - the number of milliseconds to use to recover packets
• Password - password to use for the encryption (must be at least 10 characters)
• SDR_HDR
• SendHDRSignals - 1 if it should send HDR signals to the reciever
• StreamNo - stream number to set for this send
• TransferType
• Type - protocol to send the stream as
  • SRT - Caller
  • SRT - Listener
  • SRT - Rendezvous
  • RTP
  • UDP
  • RTMP
  • NDI
  • CDI
  • RIST
  • WebRTC
  • SMPTE 2110
• URL - the target address (eg. srt://199.0.0.123:5000?mode=caller)
• User - the user name to use with the URL you are sending to (optional)
• UserName - user name for licensing
• Watermark - a path to a watermark file (normally PNG 32 bit)
• WatermarkX - the horizontal offset at which to display the watermark image
• WatermarkY - the vertical offset at which to display the watermark image