This guide concerns the Infomaniak Video Streaming platform, which offers two possibilities to retrieve video streams for broadcasting:

1. The PUSH mode: you push the stream to the Infomaniak platform…
2. The PULL mode: you provide a source URL from which Infomaniak will retrieve the stream; this method allows you to broadcast an existing stream via Infomaniak.

IP Camera (PUSH mode)

The most common use case involves IP cameras, accessible from a URL or an IP address.

For optimal operation:

• Your equipment must support the RTSP protocol and the H264 video codec (do not rely on the MPEG4 indication).
• Your equipment must be publicly reachable from the Internet on port 554 (any other port will be refused).
• The RTSP address must work in a video player (VLC, mplayer, ...).
• The RTSP address must be retrievable via the administration interface of your equipment.

External Source (PULL mode)

It is also possible to retrieve the stream from an external source, which allows, for example, to process an existing stream by adding a watermark and to use Infomaniak's broadcasting servers to reach a wide audience.

Currently, the following stream formats are supported:

• RTP
• RTSP
• RTMP