We are pleased to present you with an overview of the first update of 2026 — SRTMiniServer 2.6.2.
We continue to be happy to receive your ideas for functionality, which we try to implement to the best of our ability.
In this update, we have focused on increasing signal transmission reliability and expanding routing capabilities.
1. SRT Caller Redundancy
Let's start with an example of when this can be critically important. Let's say you want to receive content from your media provider. But, as is often the case, your internet provider may carry out technical work. Even if this work is short (just a few minutes), it inevitably leads to a connection break and the stream stopping on air.
To avoid such situations, for the SRT Caller mode we have added the Caller Redundancy function — simultaneously reading a stream through two independent channels (internet providers). If problems occur on one of the internet connections, signal reception will not be interrupted and will seamlessly switch to the backup. This solution is universal and compatible with any SRT server. Our clients have already tested this function with LiveU Cloud and other media servers.
The RIST protocol is currently gaining popularity in the broadcasting industry. It performs particularly well when using bonding solutions (internet channel aggregation), ensuring maximum stability. Moreover, more and more affordable encoders with RIST support are appearing on the market.
Responding to this trend, we have added the ability to receive RIST streams without a dedicated (public) IP address using Proxy mode. Now, working with the RIST protocol has become just as simple and convenient, even if you are behind NAT or using mobile internet.
Multilingual broadcasts continue to gain popularity, and we have added support for the SRT protocol to our RE-Stream Addon specifically for such tasks.
Now you can receive a multilingual SRT stream as input, and generate multiple outgoing streams with the required audio channels as output. For example, from one SRT stream with 16 audio channels, you can easily make 8 SRT or RTMP streams with two audio channels (for different language versions). At the same time, in terms of system load, the process will be very light because no video transcoding is performed — the original video is passed through unchanged.