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I had my doubts about this compact device knowing how hard Windows machines work to encode an rtmp stream, but I am extremely happy with it after seeing it in action. My company needed to establish an internal corporate media broadcast channel for remote working employees to watch live video events and prerecorded video messages. After seeing the cost of running an Azure VM for encoding 7x24, we decided to move the rtmp stream to an internal server which worked well. Servers are also expensive and require some level of ongoing support, so we decided to try the wifi enabled URayCoder stand-aloe box to encode the output of an internal video bulletin board PC. The result is amazing.Our office network is highly secure so we use the units ethernet connection for inbound only admin/management connections, and transmit the rtmp stream via the wireless network to the internet - so fully infosec compliant.The HDMI passthrough also works well. Since we placed the URayCoder between the PC and video bulletin board, the video bulletin board large monitor is now fed from the URayCoder with zero loss in quality.Great Tech Support to boot: We wanted to update the unit with the latest firmware as a precaution, so sent an email to [email protected] as directed in the documentation, and after sending Mark my proof of purchase and current firmware rev, I received the latest firmware in less than 24 hours.

The computer hardware on this unit is very good. The audio is 24-bit. The HDMI signal is not raw, it is uncompressed input (probably YUY2, the company has a Magewell USB 3.0 HDMI capture card clone, which was one of the first high quality models of it's kind), but it has a de-noise filter with some sharpening, which makes my webcams and line skipped cameras look like higher end cameras but it makes my full-frame Sony A7C, which has very little noise, look less professional, but YouTube compression is worse so I can't complain about that too much. The de-noiser will result in a much smaller file size and better YouTube image quality. This card can stream an H.264 to YouTube/Facebook/etc and an H.265 version to your laptop, Raspberry Pi, etc. I've only seen image de-noise filters available as a software plugin, but not for OBS and it cost $300 so this is a good deal. It makes my GoPro Hero 8 Black, which is very noisy, and Panasonic FZ1000 II, which has similar sensor noise to Canon M50 and M6 Mark II, a lot more like the Sony cameras that downscale 6K to 4K or 1080P. I'm looking at an uncompressed raw video feed to H.264, which will inevitably zap the colors but it's not like MJPEG washed out. The H.265 compression with 10-bit color is a lot high quality.If you're looking for something that is easy to setup to stream to YouTube the Black Magic ATEM Mini Pro, Extreme, or ISO will work much better. The ATEM Mini or Extreme takes up a lot of desk space, which is why I opted for this route; mainly because I'm poor. I would rather use a keyboard shortcut because I'm on green screen with air mouse. This unit is setup more like a Wifi HDMI extender meant to be on all the time that can stream to YouTube. This unit is hackable to make it so you can just press stream and go live with an app or Chrome extension, but out of the box it's not configured like that. I started an open-source app on on GitHub called Kabuki OBS (Kobs) Commander, part of Kabuki Starship, seeking code contributions. With that said you can use your browser to click Go Live on YouTube to make this a non-issue, but that takes manual labor as you will see I'm trying to avoid.My biggest gripe about this unit is the lack of USB 3.0 port for a recording drive. To record a local copy with this unit in case YouTube censors me requires an RTMP server like rtmpdump, which can run on Raspberry Pi, my desktop with RAID/Storage Spaces, or I'm using an Intel Atom with external hard drive or SD Card. You can use the computer to play a video in case of computer crash, which is common and has taken my show RSS Commentary down many times. I had no clue what was causing my show to crash, but I'm pretty sure my gaming laptop monitor was down when I was using my external monitors and it was causing the laptop to overheat, the USB C docking station was drawing a lot of power and shutting off, and it was running slower than molasses. My setup is a laptop with four 4K cameras hooked up with Elgato CamLink, and some 1080 cameras like GoPro Hero 8 Black and Mokose UC40, but the 4K cameras tax my CPU hard, the MJPEG Mokose 4K even harder, and there was a lot of pixel noise. I've got 5 cameras running right right now bouncing around while I read news articles. This is almost as complicated as it gets. I wouldn't recommend you do this. I'm forced to.My options are get a faster laptop with fewer USB ports, add blinding lights to reduce the noise, upgrade my cameras, use a rackmount PC, or get an external streaming encoder with a 2u or 3u portable rackmount case. None of these options work for me so my solution was to use an H.264 streaming encoder, I haven't picked out the rack case yet, and only use one 4K signal and mic at a time with the laptop monitor open with a 65-watt USB-C PD charger on a triple HDMI USB C laptop docking station with 3 USB 3.0/3.1 ports and it's pretty stable now. I need to add a laptop cooler due to all of the heat. One HDMI goes out to the encoder, the desktop audio goes to my discrete bluetooth earpiece, and the mics gets added using the OBS audio monitor outputs via the HDMI. It works great, but the hardware is kind of finicky.My plan is to mount this inside of a rackmount with my Behringer UMC404HD 4-input audio interface on a 1u rack shelf. If more people come on my podcast then I can add my MOTU Track16 for EQ and Compression, and I can add 8 more mics via ADAT. I'm using two used whole-home Netgear AC1750 routers running DD-WRT as a wireless bridge to my laptop, the URayCoder, and Raspberry Pi, and I turn my mobile device's wifi off to maximize wifi speed while streaming. I tried hooking up a network switch to this unit to use a wireless bridge but it did not work.I also make open-source STEM cookbooks, Cooking with Cale, and I live stream coding sessions to find volunteers, so this unit allows me to leave a dedicated streaming encoder in my station that I can turn on and it's streaming. For me the quarks of this unit are worth putting up with for the image de-noise and ease of live streaming.

This encoder has allows me to add live streaming (on YouTube) to my game film setup. The encoder has been a great addition! As of this review, I have streamed four High School lacrosse games without the need to bring a laptop. It streamlined my process, reduced the amount of gear I need to bring, and surprisingly was very affordable as this is all my personal gear. I will be able to continue to use this for other sports and setups.The user interface isn't fancy, but was simple enough to use and doesn't require doing a lot. I setup my networking info, configured my stream settings (1080p @60 FPS) and its running.Additionally Linda has been great replying to all my questions and ensuring I have the latest firmware. I am very happy with this encoder! It has exceeded my needs and I am happy I added it to my setup.

I'm using this encoder for live streaming from a race car. Initial setup of the networking takes a little bit of patience but the instructions were fairly well written. I really like how configurable the device is and how easy it is to set up for different live streaming services like YouTube and Facebook. Quality seems good. Hopefully it will last a while in the rough conditions of a race car.

This encoder has a HDMI video in. You can stream 2 channels at once. The encoder has been reliable and streams a good image. I have 4 encoders from this company and they have been solid.