Using IRLStream

The label on the box has its serial number, a claim code (XXXX-XXXX), the name and password of its setup Wi-Fi, and a QR code with all of it.

1. Claim it. Scan the QR code with the IRLStream iPhone app, or on the web open Boxes → Claim a box and type the serial and claim code.
2. Connect it. Power the box on. With Ethernet that has internet, it activates by itself. Otherwise join its setup Wi-Fi (named like IRLStream-1234, password on the label) from the app and choose your Wi-Fi.
3. Watch it activate. The box page shows each step (Wi-Fi connected → activating → activated). The box turns Online within about 2 minutes.

Wrong Wi-Fi password? The box re-opens its setup Wi-Fi within a minute. Rejoin it and try again. Five wrong claim codes lock that serial for an hour.

Giving a box away: on its page choose Release. The box is reset to factory settings and you get a new claim code for the next owner. The old code stops working.

1. On Stream, open Show OBS settings on your ingest.
2. In OBS → Settings → Stream choose Custom. Paste Server (rtmp://rtmp.irlstream.ai:1935/live) and your Stream key.
3. For SRT, use the SRT URL from the same panel as the server and leave the key empty: the key travels inside the URL.
4. Add Twitch, YouTube, Kick or a custom RTMP target under Destinations, then press Start streaming in OBS.

• Suggested output: x264 or hardware H.264, CBR, keyframe interval 2 s, 720p30 at 4–6 Mbps or 1080p30 at 6–8 Mbps, AAC 160 kbps.
• The relay copies your video as-is, so each platform gets exactly what you send. Keep it within the strictest platform's limits.
• Treat the stream key like a password. Regenerate it from the ingest if it leaks.

1. Open the box from Boxes. It must be Online.
2. In Go live pick the ingest, the transport, a quality preset (Low 368p to Ultra 1080p), frame rate and bitrate, then Go live.
3. While live, the Max bitrate slider in Live stats changes the encoder on the fly; Stop stream ends the session.

Transports (the default is the first your ingest offers):

• SRTLA (bonded): splits one stream across every uplink (Ethernet, Wi-Fi, cellular) and rejoins it in the cloud. A link joins only after it passes an internet check and drops out within a second if it fails. The Network card shows each link.
• SRT: one link, but recovers lost packets. Used automatically when bonding can't connect within about 12 seconds.
• RTMP: the last resort; no loss recovery.

Under Advanced: ABR (on by default for SRT/SRTLA) lowers the bitrate when the network struggles and climbs back slowly; set a minimum bitrate as its floor. SRT latency (500–4000 ms, default 2000) trades delay for resilience: raise it on shaky cellular.

• Face blur: GPU face detection, about 30 detections a second at 720p.
• License plate blur: blurs number plates. Accuracy varies by region.
• Auto frame: a smooth 16:9 crop that follows the subject (up to about 2× zoom).
• Panic blur: blurs the whole frame instantly (optionally mutes audio).
• Noise suppression on the mic, Color grade and Slate.

Toggle them in the Filters card on the box page. Because they run before encoding, viewers never get the unfiltered picture. A greyed-out filter shows why it is unavailable on this box.

• HDMI: your camera. USB 2: a second USB webcam, when one is plugged in.
• Slate: a branded card such as BRB, Starting soon, Low bandwidth or your own message.

Switching is instant and never reconnects the stream, so chat and players stay put.

Auto BRB: when the bitrate sits at its minimum for 10 seconds, or every link is down for 5, the box shows the Low bandwidth slate instead of a frozen picture. It switches back once the connection has been healthy for 10 seconds. Unplugging the camera shows No HDMI input. Picking a scene yourself always wins; turn Auto slate off in the Scene card to disable it.

1. On the box page, turn on Record locally in the Recording card.
2. The box records whenever it streams, in five-minute segments. The card shows the current file, free space and every segment.
3. Delete segments you don't need from the card. Segments older than 14 days are removed automatically.

The box always keeps a free-space floor (about 2 GB). Below it, recording pauses with a warning and resumes on its own once space is freed.

• New versions arrive automatically. A box never installs while streaming; it shows Waiting: stream active and installs after you stop.
• Each install runs a self-test. If anything fails the box rolls back by itself to the version it ran before. A typical update takes under 2 minutes.
• The Software card shows the installed and target version. Check on box asks the box directly; Roll back returns to the previous version (it interrupts a running stream).

1. Open Notification settings (also in the account menu).
2. Choose rules: box offline (after N minutes), back online, stream dropped (after N seconds), update failed / installed, low disk and recording stopped. The cooldown stops repeats for the same box.
3. Add channels: email, or a webhook for Slack, Discord or your own endpoint (optionally signed with a secret). Press Test to check delivery; a failing channel shows its last error.

Every alert also appears under the bell in the header and on the Notifications page.

Box shows Offline

Check power and that at least one uplink has internet. If its Wi-Fi changed, the box opens its setup Wi-Fi after about 2 minutes: join it and pick the new network.

Transport shows SRT instead of SRTLA

Bonding couldn't reach the receiver, so the box switched that session to single-link SRT. You are still live. The next start tries bonding again.

"No HDMI input" slate

The capture card or camera isn't detected. Re-seat the HDMI cable and the USB capture card; the box switches back to the camera on its own.

Silent audio

Audio comes only from an external USB/HDMI capture card. Re-plug the card and check the camera's HDMI audio output is on.

BRB slate keeps appearing

The uplinks can't carry the minimum bitrate. Add a link, move to better signal, or pick a lower quality preset.

"Waiting for the box…"

The command was delivered but not yet confirmed. The page re-checks every 5 seconds; most commands confirm within a few seconds.

Update says "Waiting: stream active"

Updates never interrupt a stream. Stop streaming and the box installs it.

A filter is greyed out

The reason is shown next to it, usually a model that isn't installed in this box's software. Updating the box often fixes it.

Recording paused

Free space is below the box's floor. Delete old segments in the Recording card; recording resumes on its own.

Still stuck? Note the box name and the time it happened and contact IRLStream support. IRLStream is in beta: reports help. You are on stream.irlstream.ai.