Castr utilizes the Akamai CDN for high scalability and reliability, ensuring seamless streaming to millions of viewers. In rare instances of performance issues, alternative CDNs like Fastly or Cloudfront are offered at no extra cost.

Castr supports SRT and RTMP ingest protocols, including the advanced H265 codec, leveraging geo-located nodes worldwide to minimize latency and ensure high-quality streaming.

Yes, Castr allows continuous 24x7 streaming without any additional ingress costs, setting it apart from competitors and enabling worry-free, round-the-clock broadcasting.

With Castr’s geo-blocking feature, you can easily manage your stream's accessibility by country, including options to block or whitelist specific locations, offering precise control over your content’s distribution.

Castr provides several security measures for your streams:

1. Password Protection: Secure your content with a password, accessible only to those you share it with.

2. Domain Referrer Protection: Ensure your player functions solely on your domain, preventing unauthorized use elsewhere.

3. Geo-Blocking: Restrict content access to specific countries as needed for targeted availability.

Yes, we offer security settings at the HLS URL level to ensure your streams are protected. These settings include:

Domain Referrer Protection: This feature ensures that your HLS stream can only be embedded and played on authorized domains. It prevents the stream from being used on unauthorized websites, providing a layer of security against content theft.

Geo-Blocking: You can restrict your HLS streams to be accessible only from specific countries or regions. This is particularly useful if you need to comply with licensing agreements or want to target specific geographic markets.

Castr supports a wide range of ingest protocols, including SRT, RTMP, HLS, MPEGTS, and RTSP, across all ingest locations, catering to diverse streaming needs with low-latency, packet-loss-free delivery.

Yes, Castr offers multiple CDN options to ensure the best possible delivery of your content. If required, we can also configure a single URL multi-CDN delivery, combining various networks to optimize streaming performance and reliability.

Yes, Castr can send to SRT destinations, allowing for low latency streaming to a variety of endpoints that support the SRT protocol.

Yes, Castr supports H.265 (HEVC) input, providing enhanced compression efficiency for higher quality video at lower bitrates. This is especially beneficial for streaming in 4K and higher resolutions, ensuring top-notch video quality with efficient bandwidth usage.