Deliver secure, high quality, and low latency video across the public internet.
Originally developed and pioneered by Haivision, SRT stands for Secure Reliable Transport. SRT is an open source video transport protocol and technology stack that optimizes video streaming performance across unpredictable networks. With secure streams and simplified firewall traversal, SRT delivers the best quality video over the worst networks.
The Secure Reliable Transport protocol is fast becoming the industry standard for transporting live video from point to point. Designed for overcoming the fluctuating conditions of IP networks, most notably the internet, SRT can securely and reliably deliver any kind of content from anywhere to anywhere. SRT brings together encryption, packet loss recovery, and jitter prevention to preserve the integrity and quality of your video streams.
Using the same 128/256 bit AES encryption trusted by governments and organizations around the world, SRT ensures that valuable content is protected end-to-end from contribution to distribution so that no unauthorized parties can listen.
The handshaking process used by SRT supports outbound connections without the potential risks and dangers of permanent exterior ports being opened in a firewall, thereby maintaining corporate LAN security policies and minimizing the need for IT intervention.
No matter how unreliable your network, SRT can recover from severe packet loss and jitter, ensuring the integrity and quality of your video streams.
With an enthusiastic and rapidly growing community, many hardware and software-based solutions now support SRT and, because these systems rely on the same underlying code base, interoperability is simplified for thousands of end-user organizations around the globe.
SRT can be implemented using a free, open source code base, keeping costs low for all parties. There are no royalties, long-term contracts or monthly subscription fees required. Being open source encourages SRT’s widespread adoption, ensures both interoperability and longevity for end users, and accelerates innovation through continuous collaborative development.
Haivision’s excellence and engineering creativity behind SRT was recognized with an Emmy® Award for Technology and Engineering. The NATAS Technology & Engineering Achievement Committee awarded Haivision for “Pioneering Reliable Transmission Method for Live Contribution and Distribution TV Links.”
