What's new

Launch: Automatic Vertical Framing for Twitch Dual Format

Streamrun already supports Twitch Dual Format natively. The new Automatic Vertical Framing layer builds the vertical version for you in the cloud, so one stream delivers both horizontal and vertical viewing experiences on Twitch, without a second device, plugin, or local encoder output. The same launch also improves Streamrun's Vertical frame element for creators who stream beyond Twitch. Twitch made Dual Format generally available to all streamers on June 17, 2026 (see Twitch's announcement and Dual Format docs).

• Streamrun Go: fully automatic setup, with live subject tracking for IRL and general content plus automatic webcam extraction for gaming content.
• Streamrun Pro: everything in Go, plus custom framing, a custom vertical canvas, and multistreaming the vertical feed to TikTok and YouTube Shorts with the Vertical frame and Output stream elements.

Multi-video playback

You can now select multiple video files and play them seamlessly without gaps between clips. Select multiple clips and play them randomly to keep viewers engaged during connection issues, or play sponsor messages sequentially during breaks.

• Streamrun Go: when failover kicks in, multiple selected videos are played in random order.
• Streamrun Pro Video Player: select multiple video files and choose whether they are played in random order or sequentially.

Updates and Improvements

• Streamrun Go: Added support for vertical streaming.
• HTML Overlay: Added zoom setting to reduce or increase text and other element sizes.
• Remote Control: Added “Kill outputs” option to forcefully stop outputs instead of graceful shutdown, allowing platform-specific (e.g., Twitch) disconnect protection to activate immediately.
• File uploads: Fixed a bug affecting uploads over 2 GB.
• PNG Overlay: Improved handling for RGB images (non-RGBA).
• Audio sync: Improved sync recovery after network glitches.

Multi-track audio and Twitch VOD tracks

Streamrun Pro now supports receiving two audio tracks from incoming streams and routing them separately to output destinations. This enables Twitch VOD tracks, where one audio track is used for the live broadcast and another for archived VOD recordings. It can also be used to send different audio tracks to different platforms, such as Twitch and YouTube simultaneously. To enable VOD track support for non-Twitch platforms in OBS, add EnableCustomServerVodTrack=true to your OBS user.ini file.

• Output stream audio settings →
• Read more about Twitch VOD Track →

Other improvements

• Video player: Improved playback with instant start. Videos now begin immediately without pre-processing delays.
• REST API: Added an autoStop field to the launch instances endpoint. Set true to always stop when idle, false to keep running indefinitely, or leave empty to use the account-level setting.
• Output stream: Added an option to the Run modal to automatically set outputs live when starting a configuration, making stream startup workflows faster and more streamlined.

Organizations and team collaboration

You can now create organizations and invite your team members or moderators to collaborate on live streams and configurations.

• Switch between organizations using the new sidebar switcher, and manage members from the updated Settings page.
• Organization members get full access to configurations, destinations, files, and settings, so your team can build and run streams together. Billing and member management remain restricted to the organization owner.
• All resources, including configurations, destinations, files, subscriptions, and credits, are organization-specific.
• Exception to organization scope: the Dashboard shows running streams across all organizations, so you can always see what’s live.

Read more about organizations →

REST API

• New endpoints to manage output destinations: create, update, or delete a stream destination.
• Changed the Input Stream RTMP/SRT pull behavior to allow restarting after failed attempts. The pull is attempted up to 10 times. If the other end is offline, it enters a failed state. Previously, the pull had to be stopped before a new attempt could be started.

Other changes

• Fixed Dual HD 1760 and Dual HD 2000 resolution detection in the Input Stream element. Dual HD lets you stream simultaneously in horizontal and vertical orientations using a single extra-large canvas, supported by any desktop streaming software.
• Internal networking changes improve stream reliability but do not automatically enable the AV1 codec. To use AV1, enable it in the Input Stream element's advanced settings. We recommend HEVC over SRT for the best quality/reliability balance.
• Maximum SRTLA latency set to 4000 ms. Keep your device's latency setting at or below this value.

New API endpoint: Instance actions

• Input Stream: start or stop RTMP/SRT pull.
• Video Player: control playback (play, pause, stop, restart).
• HTML Overlay: reload HTML.

Other improvements

• ingest.streamrun.io now returns IPv4 addresses only due to IPv6 connectivity issues from several customer networks. To continue using IPv6, use ingest-ipv6.streamrun.io.
• If you experience low bitrate despite a fast connection, consider switching from RTMP to SRT. RTMP is sensitive to packet loss due to TCP congestion control. SRT handles packet loss significantly better. Read about SRT setup.
• Bug fixes and stability improvements. The Video Player now handles a flickering input stream more gracefully when used as a failover.

Audio handling

Launched a higher-quality audio encoder and started handling audio internally with twice the dynamic range. This improves quality when mixing overlay sounds with stream audio. Also improved the Noise Cancellation element to keep non-processed audio in stereo.

REST API

• Set all output elements live or offline.
• Set a specific output element live or offline.
• Set a specific destination of a specific output element live or offline.
• Return information about the instance's state (inputs and outputs, with more elements to be added).

Streaming engine upgrade

Major upgrades to the streaming tech under the hood. Improves reliability and accelerates future feature development.

HTML Overlay element

• Rendering delay: sync the overlay with video. Useful for sports streaming where score updates might otherwise appear before the goal is visible due to encoding latency.
• Audio gain: control the amplification of the HTML Overlay's audio signal.

REST API

• Instance listing endpoints now return the stream key. The final stream key in each input element is prefixed with the element ID, e.g. inputstream-1/<stream-key>.
• Fixed issues with the settings override PATCH call. A switch element can now be operated via API.

New element: Picture in Picture (beta)

Combine two inputs on the same canvas. Display one video on top of another, or place sources side by side for multi-source and interview-style layouts.

Vertical Frame: facecam extraction

Extract and crop the facecam from the incoming stream and display it as a separate element in the vertical frame. Makes it easier to create native-looking vertical layouts from a single horizontal source.

Batch Launch

Multiple instances can now be started from the dashboard or with a single API call. Useful when multiple streams need to run simultaneously, such as streaming several football fields, tennis courts, or event stages to different outputs.

REST API (early beta)

Streamrun REST API is now available in early beta. Control configurations, launch instances, and list destinations. API keys can be created on the API keys page. See API documentation →