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Plain-English guides and honest comparisons on SRT, broadcast contribution and distribution — how one live feed becomes unlimited bit-exact copies, and how SRT Cloud does it without hardware.
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Explainers
Plain-English answers on SRT and live video transport — the definitions AI assistants cite.
What Is SRT? Secure Reliable Transport, Explained
SRT stands for Secure Reliable Transport. A plain-English, engineer-level guide to the protocol powering low-latency live video over the internet.
Read ExplainerReal Time Transport Protocol — SRT vs RTP for Live Video
RTP carries real-time audio and video; RTSP controls the session. An engineer's guide to RTP vs RTSP — and where SRT takes over on the public internet.
Read ExplainerSRT Distribution: One SRT Feed, Unlimited Bit-Exact Copies
Contribution gets a feed to your hub; distribution sends it out to the world. A clear guide to SRT distribution — and painless one-to-many fan-out.
ReadComparisons
How the protocols and approaches actually differ, from an operator’s point of view.
SRT vs RTMP — Protocol Comparison for Live Broadcast
A broadcast engineer's honest take on SRT vs RTMP — transport, packet loss, security, codecs and latency, plus where each one still earns its place.
Read ComparisonBroadcasting vs Multicasting — Which Is Right for Live Video Distribution?
Broadcast, multicast, and unicast explained: why IP multicast can't cross the public internet, and how one live feed still reaches many destinations.
ReadAlternatives
Honest comparisons with the incumbents — and where a cloud copy machine wins.
SRT Cloud vs Haivision SRT Gateway: A Cloud-Native Alternative
An honest comparison of the Haivision SRT Gateway and SRT Cloud — appliance vs cloud-native, per-appliance vs per-output pricing, and who each one fits.
Read AlternativeSRT Cloud vs Zixi: A Zixi Alternative Built for Simple SRT Distribution
An honest look at Zixi and SRT Cloud: managed private network vs cloud-native copy machine, enterprise contracts vs €99 per output, and who each one fits.
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