Larix Broadcaster provides a wide range of streaming features for Android and Apple devices. No wonder many professional and amateur creators use it intensively on multiple devices for remote production scenarios. And whether you’re a studio producer, a live stream director, or just a streaming enthusiast with several devices on the spot, you may face some tricky use cases.
More devices bring more challenges
There are a few typical problems that remote production producers may face in that regard:
- Remote contributors need to get new connections settings easily to stream to the right servers in studio facilities.
- Procurement department needs to purchase Larix Premium for different contributors and transfer the purchased licenses among devices.
- Remote producers want to get stats from remote devices, to make infrastructure adjustments.
- With multiple mobile devices set on scene, each one needs to be controlled remotely: define settings, start/stop stream, mute/unmute, enable overlays, etc.
Larix Tuner was created to solve these problems.
Orchestrate Larix Broadcaster via Larix Tuner
With Larix Tuner, you can control your Larix Broadcaster app instances via a single web service.
- Remotely enable and disable Larix Premium limitations.
- Back up and restore device streaming settings.
- Track streaming statistics from each device over time.
Remote control covers these features:
- Set current streaming configuration of the apps in the account.
- Set video and audio encoder settings, define overlays, and more.
- Start/stop/pause/resume streams, mute/unmute, control overlays behavior.
- Read Remote control setup article for setup details.
Real-time preview video feed from mobile device is also available as part of remote control.
More features are in our roadmap.
Workflow
The workflow is simple:
- Sign up for Larix Tuner or log in if you have one.
- Create a license for a number of devices and subscribe for it.
- Pass the license to your contributors via QR code, deep link or as plain ID.
- Activate the license on each device.
- Use Larix Tuner web UI as needed.
- Add devices to licenses and activate them in other Larix Broadcaster instances any time.
Once the license is activate on device, Larix Broadcaster enabled all features available under Larix Premium limitations.
Right after license activation, Larix Broadcaster will sync up its settings into Larix Tuner for backup purposes. You will then be able to set the sync up interval for making backups. If your device somehow looses Larix settings or you move to another device, you can restore them from a QR code or a deep link.
Pricing
It’s as little as 10 USD per month per device.
You may create multiple licenses. Each license may cover multiple devices. This way, you can create separate licenses for different groups of contributors.
You can re-use licenses across multiple Larix Broadcaster instances and move them as you need within your fleet of devices regardless of the operating system and model.
Read more about Larix Tuner pricing to learn more about purchase, activation and other aspects.
Now upgrade your Larix Broadcaster on your contributors’ devices, sign up for Larix Tuner account, define a number of devices in your first license then subscribe for it. You can then activate that license in your Larix Broadcaster instances, as described in the workflow above.
Let us know of any questions, issues or suggestions.
Install Larix Broadcaster
Larix Tuner operates remote control on Larix Broadcaster mobile streaming application. Use buttons below to install it on your iOS or Android device.
