Callaba Cloud - Live Video Production Control Plane

MULTIVIEW: YOUR SOURCES ON ONE SCREEN

• Monitor multiple live sources together in a browser-based Multiview board, with configurable layouts, source labels, audio meters, and stream information.
• Bring SRT, RTMP, and NDI sources into the same monitoring workspace.
• Select the exact stream within an SRT or RTMP server instead of relying on an ambiguous server-level selection.
• View codec, resolution, frame rate, bitrate, and connection information without reloading the board.
• Follow connection and disconnection events and control main/backup routing from the monitoring interface.
• Create SRT failover configurations with an optional Multiview board to make initial setup faster.
• Improved handling of source codec changes, including changes between main and backup feeds.
• Improved layouts and controls for smaller screens and tablets.
• Improved recovery after service restarts, configuration imports, and temporary source interruptions.

AV MIXER STUDIO: LIVE PRODUCTION IN YOUR BROWSER

• Added a production workspace with separate Preview and Program monitors, scenes, layers, audio mixing, recording, and publishing controls.
• Prepare the next scene in Preview while the current Program remains on air.
• Combine live streams, uploaded video, images, test patterns, browser camera feeds, screen sharing, and supported remote sources.
• Save mixer projects and restore configured sources and scene settings when returning to the workspace.
• Use CUT or FADE transitions with adjustable duration. CUT is the default for new mixer setups.
• Produce landscape, vertical, square, portrait, or custom-format video with configurable Program resolution and frame rate.
• Provide separate access for authorized operators and shared viewers.
• See Program frame rate, frame-loss information, output health, and available hardware capacity.

MORE DEPENDABLE SCENE SWITCHING

• Improved the first TAKE after adding or editing a scene, allowing the new scene to prepare without requiring unnecessary manual workarounds.
• Added genuine video crossfades when switching between separately prepared scene pipelines.
• Improved audio continuity and synchronization during transitions.
• Fixed cases where adding an SRT or phone-camera layer left Preview unavailable until the operator selected another scene and returned.
• Improved recovery when a live source temporarily disappears and then reconnects.
• Fixed layer-selection problems after deleting a layer, so TAKE uses the intended remaining picture and audio.
• Kept scene thumbnails associated with their own scenes during switching.
• Reduced Preview, Program, and transport-button flicker during scene changes.
• Improved Program startup when secondary sources are still connecting or temporarily unavailable.
• Preserved scene assignments, selected layers, and audio routing more consistently across edits, TAKE, and page reloads.

LIGHTER FILE PREVIEW AND MORE RELIABLE PLAYBACK

• Added lightweight, cached viewing copies for uploaded video in Preview and scene thumbnails, reducing browser decoding and download load.
• Reuse the same prepared viewing copy across layers and scene cards instead of repeatedly loading the full-resolution original.
• Keep the original media for Program and published output. Lighter previews do not reduce production output quality.
• Apply the preview optimization automatically to newly selected files.
• Improved file-based Program startup, looping, and seeking.
• On AWS VT1, video files use CPU decoding for dependable playback while configured output encoding can continue to use Xilinx acceleration.
• Improved temporary stream Preview quality.

PUBLISHING THAT WORKS INDEPENDENTLY OF PROGRAM

• Add or change publishing destinations while Program is running.
• Use the top Start/Stop Publish control to manage all configured outputs together.
• Retain individual output controls for destination-specific operation.
• Stop publishing without stopping Program.
• Fixed failures when publishing to an output added after Program had already started.
• Improved RTMP and SRT output startup, recovery, and status reporting.
• Apply selected output resolution, codec, and keyframe settings more consistently to live outputs and recordings.

AUDIO MIXING AND REMOTE MONITORING

• Adjust Program audio levels while the production is running, with live meters and fader control.
• Use Audio Follows Video to follow the selected scene or layer.
• Crossfade audio when the selected source changes while preserving continuity for shared audio sources.
• Keep audio available for monitoring even when its scene is not currently on air.
• Work with all configured audio channels rather than a fixed channel limit.
• Simplified audio mapping around source selection, mute, solo, and gain.
• Improved REMI monitoring for cloud servers without a local sound device.
• Preserved confirmed monitoring-output selections and improved recovery after interruptions.
• Reduced clicks and brief silent gaps in the Program audio path.

PHONE CAMERAS AND REMOTE CONTRIBUTORS

• Connect a phone camera through a QR invitation in Multiview or AV Mixer.
• Preview the phone feed and add it directly to a mixer scene.
• Reuse invitations until they are explicitly revoked.
• Improved reconnection after page reloads, temporary network loss, and publisher restarts.
• Switch between front and rear cameras without republishing the feed.
• Added a balanced 720p phone profile and lower-bandwidth 480p and 360p options.
• Improved microphone publishing and contributor controls.
• Improved public-address detection and TURN fallback for cloud connectivity.
• Improved cleanup of ended sessions and revoked invitations.

SRT RELIABILITY, FAILOVER, AND VISIBILITY

• Improved main/backup switching while preserving downstream receiver and puller connections.
• Use transport-level switching that does not depend on a particular audio or video codec.
• Improved switching back from backup to main and aligned manual and automatic failover behavior.
• Rediscover existing SRT processes after an API restart instead of attempting to start duplicates on occupied ports.
• Preserve sessions during temporary control-service interruptions, with controlled reconnection attempts.
• Fixed passphrase handling and added validation with clear error reporting.
• Apply edited SRT server settings, including passphrase changes, when restarting the enabled server.
• Pass configured SRT encryption and latency settings to Multiview inputs.
• Improved identification of default and custom stream IDs and their associated statistics.
• Added current and historical statistics, active-stream information, and connection events through the API.
• Updated the bundled SRT transport library with compatibility and security fixes.

LIVE SRT LOGS: FASTER TROUBLESHOOTING

• Added a dedicated log page for each SRT server, accessible through Show logs in the server settings.
• Follow new events live, with line wrapping and automatic scrolling.
• Pause live updates to inspect an event without losing your place.
• Search and filter messages, select a time range, and adjust the displayed line limit.
• Export the displayed results for support or further analysis.
• Clear stored server logs without deleting the server configuration.
• Configure the log level and storage limit separately for each SRT server.
• Keep storage bounded, with a default limit of 10 MiB per server.
• Reduced repetitive informational messages so useful connection events remain easier to find.
• Added API operations for retrieving and clearing server logs.

RTMP AND RECORDING IMPROVEMENTS

• Added RTMP server statistics covering active streams, publishers, receivers, and incoming and outgoing bitrate.
• Improved statistics accuracy during server edits and configuration reloads.
• Exclude internal relay traffic from source bitrate and viewer counts.
• Count viewers after media delivery begins.
• Keep active publishers and viewers connected during configuration reloads.
• Let receivers discover publishers that were already connected before a reload.
• Improved cleanup of outdated relays and stopping of server sessions.
• Prevent new sessions from joining a stopped RTMP server.
• Added an optional guest-access mode and removed application-level RTMP port restrictions.
• Improved video-call recording startup when participants join and avoided duplicate recording sessions.

DOMAIN AND SSL SETUP

• Added a guided domain and SSL setup workflow.
• Choose a free Callaba domain, use your own domain with automatic certificate issuance, or upload your own certificate.
• Support automatic certificate renewal and persistent certificate storage.
• Improved recovery from failed or interrupted certificate operations.
• Verify that HTTPS is ready before moving the browser to the secured address.
• Preserve the signed-in operator session across supported domain changes.
• Added a confirmed Reset SSL/Domain action with visible progress.
• Release a Callaba domain from an old server before reusing it on a replacement server.
• Show the server IP alongside clearer DNS instructions and a separate Streaming domain setting.
• Validate uploaded certificate and private-key pairs with clearer errors.
• Improved recovery of real-time services after domain and TURN configuration changes.
• Allow AWS deployment without requiring a configured CloudFront distribution.

ASK AI: HELP INSIDE YOUR WORKSPACE

• Added Ask AI to the main dashboard and a contextual panel available from the top navigation.
• Open the dashboard after a normal sign-in, with the assistant immediately accessible.
• Receive streamed answers and links to relevant Callaba documentation.
• Automatically include visible module names, statuses, and metrics from the current page.
• Refresh page context when sending each question so answers can reflect the latest visible state.
• Keep configuration form values, credentials, and logs out of the automatically attached context.
• Added Clear chat, stop, and retry controls.
• Ask AI provides guidance; it does not operate or reconfigure the server.