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FlowCaster SRT Quick Start

FlowCaster SwirlFlowCaster Quick Start for SRT (Secure Reliable Transport).  This article explains how to set up and test the FlowCaster output with freely available player tools.

FlowCaster Quick Start - SRT

Here is a quick start guide on how to enable FlowCaster’s SRT output:

Download and install FlowCaster

Download and install VLC (on the same machine to start with)

Optional:  Install FlowCaster on your iPhone/iPad, Android or AppleTV

Determine your computer’s IP address (Windows Terminal: ipconfig, macOS/Linux Terminal: ifconfig or Control Panel)

Run your creative software

FlowCaster SRT for Adobe Premiere

Testing FlowCaster SRT out in Adobe Premiere Pro

Run Adobe Premiere and open a project.

Click on the Preferences | Playback menu.

 Adobe Premiere Prefernces

In the Adobe Preferences dialog, enable the checkbox next to FlowCaster Transmitter, and select FlowCaster Transmitter as your Audio Device. Click the Setup link next to FlowCaster Transmitter to bring up the FlowCaster configuration dialog.

 FlowCaster Config

Set up the dialog as shown above

  • Transmit Type: SRT Listener
  • URL: srt://<your ip>:5000
  • Latency: 90
  • Encryption: None
  • Password: Empty
  • User: Empty
  • Stream: 0
  • Compression: h.264/AVC1
  • Structure: IPPP
  • Bit Rate: 2500
  • Audio Mode: Stereo

Click Ok on the FlowCaster Config and Adobe Preferences and you will be transmitting Premiere’s output.

These settings are just to get the initial output tested.  You can modify them as you need for your final workflow, once these tests are complete. 

There are a plethora of devices and software that support SRT. Maybe you already have a target? Set your device up as a caller, and look for or enter "srt://<the sender's IP>:5000" without the quotation marks.

Another great (free) way to test the SRT Output is VLC media player. You will need VLC version 3.0.12 or greater to support SRT.  Run VLC and select the menu Media | Open Network Stream.

 VLC Menu

This will bring up the Network Open Media dialog

 VLC Network Open

Enter

srt://<your ip>:5000

in the network URL text box and click Play and VLC will start receiving the SRT stream from Premiere.

 VLC playing FC

If you have the FlowCaster App installed on your phone you can receive the SRT there as well. Close VLC and open FlowCaster on your phone. After logging in, select Play an SRT Stream.

 HaiPlayPro initialScreen

This will bring up the configuration screen.

 HaiPlayPro Config

Select Caller and set the Address to <your ip> and the Caller’s Port to 5000. Click Play to start receiving the SRT stream

 HaiPlayPro Playing

Once you have FlowCaster set up, configuring it for various scenarios will be a combination of transmission type, address and port, to match the sender and receiver. Here are some of the basic rules to follow:

  • If FlowCaster is a Listener, then the receiver must be a Caller
  • If FlowCaster is a Caller, then the receiver must be a Listener
  • If FlowCaster is in Rendezvous mode, the receiver must also be in Rendezvous mode, and the internet facing IP addresses must be used
  • To get the internet facing IP address, go to https://www.netxfer.com/action.php?action=getmyip&format=human on both machines
  • VLC only supports Caller mode (so FlowCaster must be a Listener)
  • Whoever is the Listener must use a local address on the machine to listen on, not the internet facing address
  • The Caller’s address and port should match the Listener’s address and port
  • Rendezvous address will be the ones outside your firewall, on the actual network/internet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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