Stream to viewers

Streaming to viewers allows people to connect directly to your Standalone VGA Grid via their web browser or media player to view the live stream.

You can configure whether or not streaming is enabled for viewers. See Disable (and enable) streams for viewers.

Publishing Options	Use this option to...
HTTP	Quickly stream content to viewers simultaneously. No set up is required. The Standalone VGA Grid is ready to stream content as soon as it is has power and a configured channel. No other settings are required. Your audience need only access the URL of the broadcast and they are instantly connected. This viewing method is ideal for a small number of viewers. For each viewer, you are using the full stream bandwidth and a small amount of system overhead on the Standalone VGA Grid. For more information about using a HTTP streaming, refer to Stream content using HTTP or RTSP.
RTSP	Quickly stream content to viewers. No set up is required. The Standalone VGA Grid is ready to stream content as soon as it has power and a configured channel. No other settings are required. Your audience need only copy and paste the URL of the stream into a media player. For more information about using a RTSP and HTTP streaming, refer to Stream content using HTTP or RTSP.
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)	Stream live over the standard HTTP port 80, making it possible to cross firewalls and proxies that are normally accessible to other HTTP traffic and facilitates content delivery to CDNs. See Stream content using HLS (HTTP Live Streaming). There is approximately a 30 second delay when streaming using HLS.

Publishing Options

Use this option to...

HTTP

Quickly stream content to viewers simultaneously. No set up is required. The Standalone VGA Grid is ready to stream content as soon as it is has power and a configured channel. No other settings are required. Your audience need only access the URL of the broadcast and they are instantly connected. This viewing method is ideal for a small number of viewers. For each viewer, you are using the full stream bandwidth and a small amount of system overhead on the Standalone VGA Grid. For more information about using a HTTP streaming, refer to Stream content using HTTP or RTSP.

RTSP

Quickly stream content to viewers. No set up is required. The Standalone VGA Grid is ready to stream content as soon as it has power and a configured channel. No other settings are required. Your audience need only copy and paste the URL of the stream into a media player. For more information about using a RTSP and HTTP streaming, refer to Stream content using HTTP or RTSP.

HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)

Stream live over the standard HTTP port 80, making it possible to cross firewalls and proxies that are normally accessible to other HTTP traffic and facilitates content delivery to CDNs. See Stream content using HLS (HTTP Live Streaming).

There is approximately a 30 second delay when streaming using HLS.

To stream video outside of your LAN, configure port forwarding on your router. Work with your Network Administrator on this task. Network configuration is beyond the scope of this guide.