SRT Live Server
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SRT Live Server, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From SRT Live Server's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free (MIT open-source software) | Free | No paid plans or commercial service tiers are listed |
The facts
Each one read from SRT Live Server's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Android test app
- The README links to a separate Android player app for testing SRT Live Server.checked 12 Oct 2026
What it does
- Connection events
- The server can post connect and close events to an HTTP manager, and a response other than HTTP 200 causes the connection to be refused.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dependency
- SRT must be installed before building SRT Live Server.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The README describes compiling the server with make and also points to a Docker image.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Docker
- The README points users to a Docker Hub image for running SRT Live Server with Docker.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The README describes publishing streams with FFmpeg and OBS, and playing them with ffplay.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project describes itself as a live streaming server and documents stream publishing, playback, relaying, and performance testing workflows.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Latency
- The README says transport latency is normally less than one second over the internet.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The README release notes say the project changed its license from GPL to MIT in version 1.3.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License and warranty
- The repository includes the MIT License, which provides the software without warranty.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- Configuration directives include posting statistics to a URL at a configurable interval.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- The README says the SRT URL is carried in the SRT streamid parameter and identifies a stream.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- The README says it runs on Linux-based systems and lists macOS, CentOS, and Ubuntu as examples.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- SRT Live Server is an open-source live-streaming server based on Secure Reliable Transport (SRT).checked 12 Oct 2026
- Recording
- The server can record HLS output, with recording disabled by default and a documented default segment duration of 10 seconds.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Relay
- The server supports pull and push relay modes, with loop and hash options for connecting to upstreams.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The project uses SRT and requires an HTTP event endpoint to return 200 OK or the connection is refused; the pages opened do not state security certifications or compliance claims.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Stream format
- The project states that it supports MPEG-TS streaming only.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Streaming format
- The server supports MPEG-TS format streaming.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Test client
- The repository includes an SRT client tool that can push a TS file to an SRT stream or save a stream to a TS file.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
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