Cloud Infrastructure for Reliable Live Streaming
Streamrun operates as a cloud-based streaming layer between your encoding devices and destinations, handling processing, routing, failover, and delivery for continuous broadcast operations.
Your Encoder
OBS, cameras, mobile
Streamrun Cloud
Destinations
Twitch, YouTube, HLS distribution
Streamrun runs between your encoder and destinations, handling routing, failover, and delivery.
Core Reliability Capabilities
Built-in features that keep your stream online through real-world failure scenarios.
Disconnect Protection
Maintains live streams to destinations when your encoder loses connection. Displays a placeholder image or video and automatically resumes when the connection returns.
WiFi dropout → Reconnect → Auto-recoveryAutomatic Failover
Configure secondary device that automatically take over if your primary device fails. Hardware redundancy without manual intervention.
Primary offline → Secondary activatedLive Device Switching
Switch between multiple streaming devices during an active broadcast. Change from desktop to mobile setups seamlessly.
Desktop → Mobile → Action camera (no interruption)Multi-Destination Routing
Route your stream to multiple destinations simultaneously, with per-destination encoding profiles and graphical overlays.
1 source → N destinations (isolated)Health Monitoring
Receive automatic webhook alerts when disconnects or low bitrate are detected, enabling rapid recovery actions.
Why Infrastructure Matters
Direct streaming from local devices creates multiple points of failure.
Local Device Limitations
Your entire broadcast depends on a single point of failure.
- •Laptop crashes, OBS freezes, or cable disconnections terminate your stream instantly
- •Limited CPU and bandwidth become a bottleneck with multiple destinations
- •Complex needs overwhelm consumer-grade hardware
Network Instability Risks
Home and mobile connections experience frequent micro-disruptions.
- •Packet loss, ISP routing changes, and WiFi interference terminate broadcasts
- •Viewers experience buffering; small disruptions can cause the stream to end and the audience to leave
- •Recovery requires manual intervention and causes minutes of downtime
Long-Session Reliability
Extended streams face increasing reliability risks over time.
- •Devices overheating, memory leaks, and connection degradation increase with duration
- •IRL streamers and live events need infrastructure that runs for hours or days
- •Constant manual monitoring becomes necessary to maintain stability
Multi-Destination Complexity
Streaming to multiple platforms means multiple failure points.
- •Each destination requires independent bandwidth, CPU resources, and connections
- •Platform failures require diagnosing which service has issues while streaming continues
- •Managing per-platform requirements adds complexity that distracts from content
How Streamrun Infrastructure Works
Technical architecture designed for reliable streaming.
Cloud Processing Pipeline
Outgoing streams work even if your connection fails.
Ingest servers buffer and validate incoming data, then process through transcoding, routing, and delivery systems that operate independently of your device.
Stream state is maintained with buffered data, enabling seamless recovery when your connection returns.
Regional Processing Nodes
Geographic distribution minimizes latency to your encoder.
Streams route to the nearest node based on network proximity and load, ensuring stable connections even for high-bitrate streams.
Dynamic routing migrates sessions to alternative infrastructure if paths degrade, without interrupting delivery.
Automatic Recovery
Built-in recovery mechanisms handle encoder disconnections automatically.
When encoders disconnect, delivery streams continue using buffered data. Reconnection resumes ingestion and transitions to live data without viewer disruption.
No retry logic or reconnection protocols needed—the system detects and manages recovery based on session context.
Destination Delivery Layer
Independent delivery layer continues if your encoder disconnects.
Each destination receives streams independently. Encoder or platform failures don't affect other destinations or require reconfiguration.
Handles bitrate adaptation, key frame alignment, authentication, and platform-specific protocols automatically.
Performance and Scaling
Per-Session Scaling
Resources allocated per stream session.
With dedicated instances, your stream performance isn't affected by other users or platform-wide load.
Regional Routing
Geographic proximity minimizes added latency (100-500ms).
Ingests route through the nearest region automatically. Works from any location worldwide.
Latency Trade-offs
Small latency increase in exchange for reliability. Reliability benefits outweigh latency for live streaming.
Related Features
Explore specific capabilities powered by this infrastructure.
Disconnect Protection
Automatic stream recovery when your encoder loses connection
Device Switching
Switch between multiple streaming devices without interrupting your broadcast
Failover
Configure backup devices that automatically take over if your primary device fails
Multistreaming
Simultaneously deliver your stream to multiple platforms from a single source
Built for Critical Streaming Scenarios
Designed for broadcasts that can't afford interruptions.
IRL & Mobile Streaming
Continuity through network transitions.
- • Cell tower handoffs
- • WiFi → Mobile switching
- • Outdoor broadcast reliability
Sports & Events
Zero-downtime for multi-hour broadcasts.
- • Live sporting events
- • Esports tournaments
- • Live performances
Marathon Streams
Extended session reliability.
- • 24-hour charity streams
- • Continuous coverage
- • Always-on channels
Start Streaming with cloud-based Infrastructure
Free 14-day trial. No credit card required.