Streaming Object

The Streaming object can be used to stream from a variety of different sources. The Streaming Object supports lots of different streaming protocols but UDP is recommended.

In the Objects tab, double-click on the streaming icon or click it and drag into the edit area. This will bring up the Streaming properties.

General

General settings tab: 🔎︎

• URL - Address to stream output.
• Render with fixed size - Lock the stream resolution to a certain size.
• Connect data - Read the streaming properties from an external text file or variable. 
• At end of scene -Control what the stream feed does at the end of the scene.
  • Keep playing stream in background.
  • Pause the stream until next loop.
  • Stop the stream.
• Keep last frame of video - When stream ends the last frame of the broadcast will be shown.
• Disable audio.
• Restart on stream end.
• Make object transparent if loading fails.
• Command line options -  Option to pass extra commands to the VLC engine.

Usage

Premium comes with a built in streaming plugin, based on the VLC media player. This allows Premium players to receive streams sent with a multitude of protocols and formats.