Streaming with Broadcaster Only
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to stream from zixi on air pro to your broadcaster, you must first enable the broadcaster to receive the input by creating a push input you must have access to a running zixi broadcaster if you are activating your broadcaster for the first time, see installing zixi products docid\ vr8wiz4ksrwxsz52cx w there are two options to stream to a stand alone broadcaster (both options use the zixi protocol) manual connection option you can manually create a push input on your broadcaster in advance and then configure a connection with the input's details automatic connection option you can create a connection on the on air pro app with the details of the broadcaster when you start streaming using this connection, a push input is automatically created on the broadcaster and will disappear once the stream is disconnected this option requires enabling the allow automatic http push input setting manual connection option step 1 add a push input to your broadcaster open your zixi broadcaster in the top navigation, select inputs on the inputs screen, select + new input in the stream id field, enter a name that you will use to identify the stream sent from your on air pro app make a note of the stream id (case sensitive), as you will enter this as the stream id in the app settings in the stream type selection, select the push radio button (default) in the stream parameters section, in the password field, you can add a password for increased security make a note of the password (case sensitive), as you will enter this as the password in the app settings configure additional settings as necessary click ok the new input is added to the zixi broadcaster and now appears in the list of available streams on the inputs screen the status should be offline (blue) step 2 get the broadcaster ip address get the public ip address for your zixi broadcaster, so you can use this to populate the host field in the app, by doing one of the following if you are running the zixi broadcaster from your local machine, run the following command for linux curl 4 ip me for windows go to ip me if you are using a broadcaster connected to zen master, the ip is show on the broadcaster page in the ribbon at the top of the broadcaster page step 3 add a new connection on your apple or android device, open the zixi on air pro app in the top left, tap the gear icon in settings , tap connections tap the + icon to create a new connection enter the following information name – give the connection a name stream id – enter the same stream id you have configured on the zixi broadcaster (case sensitive) host – enter the public ip address for the broadcaster (e g 172 217 22 14) port – leave the default, or set the broadcaster server port which allows push inputs 2088 – non encrypted 7088 – protected by dtls password – optional enter the password set on the broadcaster input ignore dtls certificate errors – turn on to enable required with port 7088 and fully qualified domain name tap add to create the connection in the connections screen, if you have multiple connections, long tap the newly created connection to set it as the default connection in audio settings , you may want to toggle stereo mode on step 4 start streaming in the on air pro app, navigate back to the camera press the red button to start streaming in zixi broadcaster, you should now see your new input automatic connection option step 1 enable the allow automatic http push input setting on the broadcaster, go to settings > live protocols enable the allow automatic http push input setting click apply step 2 add a new connection on your apple or android device, open the zixi on air pro app in the top left, tap the gear icon in settings , tap connections tap the + icon to create a new connection enter the following information name – give the connection a name stream id – give the stream id a name this will be used to create a temporary input on your broadcaster (e g onair app) host – enter the public ip address for the broadcaster (e g 172 217 22 14) you will use to stream port – leave the default, or set the broadcaster server port which allows push inputs 2088 – non encrypted 7088 – protected by dtls ignore dtls certificate errors – turn on to enable required with port 7088 and fully qualified domain name tap add to create the connection in the connections screen, if you have multiple connections, long tap the newly created connection to set it as the default connection in audio settings , you may want to toggle stereo mode on step 3 start streaming in the on air pro app, navigate back to the camera press the red button to start streaming in zixi broadcaster, you should now see your new input this input will disappear once the stream will stop

