SRT MiniServer 2.6.2 — Tested at the Olympics
The SRT MiniServer version 2.6.2 with the SRT Caller Redundancy feature was released quite recently, and we have already had the opportunity to put it to the test in a real-world, high-stakes environment.
During the recent Olympic Games, our client used the solution to receive a critical SRT stream through two independent internet providers, outputting the signal directly to an SDI path. The two communication channels worked in parallel, ensuring that if one connection fails, the other instantly takes over.
While there were no major outages from the providers during this particular event, this real-world deployment confirmed the system's readiness. It is precisely for such critical cases where downtime is unacceptable that we developed this feature.
Key Benefits:
● Universal Compatibility: SRT Caller Redundancy works with any SRT server on the transmitting side.
● Simplicity: No special broadcasting equipment is needed. All it requires is two standard internet connections.
The SRT MiniServer version 2.6.2 with the SRT Caller Redundancy feature was released quite recently, and we have already had the opportunity to put it to the test in a real-world, high-stakes environment.
During the recent Olympic Games, our client used the solution to receive a critical SRT stream through two independent internet providers, outputting the signal directly to an SDI path. The two communication channels worked in parallel, ensuring that if one connection fails, the other instantly takes over.
While there were no major outages from the providers during this particular event, this real-world deployment confirmed the system's readiness. It is precisely for such critical cases where downtime is unacceptable that we developed this feature.
Key Benefits:
● Universal Compatibility: SRT Caller Redundancy works with any SRT server on the transmitting side.
● Simplicity: No special broadcasting equipment is needed. All it requires is two standard internet connections.
How to use
If you have SRT url then just "adapter" param to link and duplicate SRT url for each adapter.
If you have SRT url then just "adapter" param to link and duplicate SRT url for each adapter.
we read SRT url by TWO networks adapters (192.168.1.91 & 192.168.1.92)
NOTES: use ipconfig command for list of IP addresses of your network cards
NOTES: use ipconfig command for list of IP addresses of your network cards
Comparison with SMPTE-2022-7
It's important to note that SMPTE-2022-7 requires specialized hardware, dedicated servers, and a specifically formatted source stream (with RTP headers).
Our SRT solution is much simpler, as it does not require any specialized SRT server and is designed to work with any SRT source.
Theoretically, achieving truly seamless switching like in the SMPTE-2022-7 standard is not possible for our method.
However, in practice, the switching occurs with minimal artifacts in very short time (1s)
It's important to note that SMPTE-2022-7 requires specialized hardware, dedicated servers, and a specifically formatted source stream (with RTP headers).
Our SRT solution is much simpler, as it does not require any specialized SRT server and is designed to work with any SRT source.
Theoretically, achieving truly seamless switching like in the SMPTE-2022-7 standard is not possible for our method.
However, in practice, the switching occurs with minimal artifacts in very short time (1s)
When the main link was disconnected, switching to the backup occurred with minor artifacts in less than 1 second.