Streams overview

Written By Joan

Last updated 26 days ago

The Streams page is where you manage your streaming inputs and start distributing them to your destinations.

A Stream in Castlify is:

  • 1 input stream URL (usually an HLS .m3u8)

  • Sent to one or more destinations (RTMP or SRT)

What you can do from the Streams page

Create a new stream

Click Create Stream (top-right) to add a new live stream and select destinations.

Add destinations directly from a stream row

In the Destinations column, each stream shows the destinations already linked to it.

  • Click + Destination to add another destination to that specific stream.

  • You can select an existing destination or create a new one (depending on your setup).

This is the fastest way to expand a stream from “1 destination” to “multi-destination”.

Start / Stop distribution

In the Actions column:

  • Click Start to begin delivering your input to the enabled destinations.

  • When running, the stream will show as Distributing (and you can stop it from the same area when available).

Edit or delete a stream

Use the icons in Actions to:

  • Edit a stream (name, input, destinations, depending on what you allow)

  • Delete a stream

Columns explained (quick)

  • Stream title: your stream name (and thumbnail preview).

  • Input stream URL: the source URL Castlify pulls from (typically HLS).

  • Destinations: where this stream is being sent. Use + Destination to add more.

  • Status:

    • Stopped: not running (nothing is being delivered)

    • Distributing: running and delivering to destinations

    • Error: something is preventing delivery (input or destination issue)

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