Field contribution
Breaking news doesn’t wait forthe truck.
Reporters go live from a phone. Bonded units and encoders send SRT or RTMP. You see every feed’s health and cut to it like any guest.
Each session has its own ingest address and key
How a field feed comes in
Connect. Check. Cut.
- 01
Send the reporter in
They go live from the app, or point a bonded unit or encoder at their own ingest address.
SRT · RTMP · HLS
- 02
Check the feed
Signal, resolution, latency and sound, all checked before anything goes to air.
Health check - 03
Cut to the field
Put the reporter beside the anchor with a location band, and talk over the feed.
Like any guest
Try it here
Have a go with Field contribution.
A working model of the real thing. Click around: nothing is sent, nothing is saved.
Try it: click a feed to cut to the field.
Who it’s for
Built for the show you run.
The details
Field contribution, in detail.
What it does today. If you need something that isn’t here, ask us.
- SRT
- Listener or caller
- RTMP
- Push or pull, from OBS, vMix or hardware encoders
- HLS
- Pull an existing stream
- Files
- Play a recording, video, audio or image as a source
- Ingest
- An address and key per session
- Output
- Stream profiles for your live encoding settings
After the story
On social while the bulletin is on.
Every field feed is recorded on its own track. Cut the reporter’s piece into a captioned vertical clip before the segment ends.
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What the minister saidFAQ
Questions, answered.
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Talk to usWhat is field contribution?
Field contribution brings reporters, encoders and bonded-cellular units into your live show over SRT, RTMP or HLS. Each feed shows its health before air, and you cut to it like any other guest.
Which bonded units work?
Any unit that sends SRT or RTMP. To confirm: list tested models
Is there a stream key per show?
Each session has its own ingest address and key.
Can I talk over a field feed?
Yes. Add your own microphone to the feed for commentary or a voice-over.
Can I pull a stream instead of receiving one?
Yes. RTMP can be pushed or pulled, and HLS streams can be pulled in as a source.
Take your next story live from the field.
A reporter, a phone and a link. On air in minutes, not an hour.
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