mimoLive vs SRT Live Server
mimoLive
mimolive.comSRT Live Server
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| Figure | mimoLive | SRT Live Server |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $70/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Live TV streaming services | 9.4 (#1) | 8.0 (#81) |
| Spec score · Live Streaming Software | 9.4 (#1) | 7.9 (#81) |
| Spec score · Live streaming software | 9.4 (#1) | 7.8 (#87) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The maker lists destinations including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, LinkedIn, Zoom, RTMP services, and others on its homepage. | The README describes publishing streams with FFmpeg and OBS, and playing them with ffplay. |
| Intended users | The maker describes use by educators, event producers, community broadcasters, creators, corporate media teams, studios, and broadcasters. | The project describes itself as a live streaming server and documents stream publishing, playback, relaying, and performance testing workflows. |
| Recording | mimoLive records the program output or separate audio and video inputs as ISO recordings while streaming. | The server can record HLS output, with recording disabled by default and a documented default segment duration of 10 seconds. |
| Security | The maker warns that the HTTP API is not well protected and advises against exposing it directly to the public internet. | The project uses SRT and requires an HTTP event endpoint to return 200 OK or the connection is refused; the pages opened do not state security certifications or compliance claims. |
Plans
In their own words
mimoLive
mimoLive is a live video production application built around a many-in, many-out engine. It combines switching, graphics, DVR playback, ISO recording, streaming, transcoding, scaling, keying, multiview, and audio and video routing. Its graphics engine uses customizable layers that can be rearranged and saved as sets and variants. The software can stream and record to separate destinations and record independent tracks from input sources. It supports real-time chroma keying for green, blue, or other backgrounds, and multistreaming to as many as six destinations. Listed destinations include YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, LinkedIn, Zoom, and RTMP services. Zoom participants can be sources, and mimoLive output can be sent to Zoom through a virtual camera. NDI input, output, and source conversion are also supported. Version 6.18 requires an Intel or Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 13.0 or higher; it is not a browser-based studio. The Free plan costs nothing and includes the full feature set, with a watermark.
SRT Live Server
SRT Live Server has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.