MUX live source provides an additional live streaming option through Ravnur's partnership with MUX. You can now choose from multiple live streaming sources for your events: RMS, MUX, or any CDN with .m3u8 playlist support. MUX live source integrates directly with the Ravnur Media Platform to offer a reliable, scalable live streaming solution.
Contact Ravnur to enable a MUX live source for your RMP instance.
This guide walks you through setting up a MUX live stream, from initial configuration to going live, and explains important considerations when using MUX with RMP.
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Key features:
- MUX is the only supported method for live closed captioning. Live CC functionality for the RMS live source type is currently in development.
- Ingest streams via either RTMP/RTMPS or SRT.
- Reduced latency streaming.
Considerations
MUX is a video infrastructure platform that simplifies the technical challenges of live streaming. It provides scalable streaming capabilities and handles complex technical aspects of video delivery. Ravnur integrates MUX functionality directly into the RMP platform, giving you access to MUX streaming capabilities in one unified system.
When using MUX live source, keep these considerations and limitations in mind:
- MUX supports AI-generated live closed captions.
- DVR is always enabled for MUX live sources. The option to disable DVR is in development.
12-hour limit for both streaming duration and DVR window.
- MUX Live Source does not support Passthrough outputs.
- MUX always processes incoming streams to create Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) outputs.
- If you use OBS Studio as your encoder, make sure you are running version 32 or later. Earlier versions may close unexpectedly when transitioning from preview to live, which interrupts the stream.
Create MUX Live Source
To set up a MUX Live Source:
1. Navigate to Live Streaming > Configure sources.
2. Click Create Live Source and select MUX as the source type.
3. In the Ingest stream protocol field, select either RTMP or SRT.
4. Complete the remaining fields and select checkboxes according to your streaming requirements:
Enable AI generated live captioning (English only).
Reduced latency (12-20 seconds): creates a stream with approximately 12-20 seconds of latency between live capture and viewer playback, which is faster than standard streaming but maintains stability.
Ensure your encoder is configured appropriately for reduced latency, learn more.
Tip: Name your source to indicate it's a MUX stream for easy identification later.
5. Click Create Live Source.
Next steps
After configuring your MUX livs source, follow these standard steps:
1. Configure your encoder.
2. Assign MUX live source to your channel.
3. Schedule your live event with this MUX source.
As for the Post production settings available during scheduling:
- Generate captions for the VOD asset: Creates captions for the on-demand version of your stream.
If you selected "Enable AI generated live captioning" when creating the live source, those captions do not automatically transfer to the VOD. You must select this option to have captions for your VOD asset.
- Enable viewing of recorded event immediately: Makes the recording available for viewing as soon as the stream ends.
- Do not convert to VOD after stream completion: Prevents transcoding of the recording into multiple quality versions. When enabled, only one original recording will be available for VOD playback.
4. Preview and go live from the Control Room.
With MUX live streaming configured, you can now create live broadcasts with closed captions, reduced latency, and DVR for interactive events, webinars, and other streaming scenarios where viewer engagement is essential.