With Helios Back-up Switcher you can set up multiple video feeds as a cascading failover should one feed fail via RTMP, SRT, MPEG-TS or file playback.
Also, you can manually switch between the inputs, changing the primary that moment you need.
It’s a great set of features that can provide reliability (failover) for your live streams.
How to set up?
- Launch a Helios with the ‘Back-up Switching’ option:
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Please note, the full tutorial on how to launch a new server, choose the region, and the billing type you will find here.
- Set your input types.
If you need, add more inputs. It is possible to use up to 5 inputs for one Back-up Switcher:
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- Launch the server.
- After the server is ready, please first send the feed to the primary input (marked with the check mark) and then to all other backup inputs:
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