About this app

Broadcast your events LIVE from your smart phone/tablet camera to a range of TV Channels provided by TVapex (a web based TV Channel since 2012).

Features of TVapex Broadcaster:

TVapex Broadcaster enables you to broadcast your live content in high definition audio-video to your dedicated web channel. Live Streaming is made simple as only two steps are required after you register free for your dedicated web channel:
1. Enter your Stream ID (emailed to you after you register)
2. Press the Stream Button (to go Live to your dedicated web channel)

Making an account at TVapex takes seconds:

Please click here to Register free for your personalized Web TV Channel. Your Stream ID and web link to personalized TV Channel will be emailed to you.

Setting options of TVapex Broadcaster on your smartphone:

The default settings will be suitable for most streaming situations though you can still configure your broadcasts with variety of options available as below:

The Video configurations: Select Camera (Front/back), Select Frame width/height, FPS, Keyframe frequency, Quality

The Audio configurations: Select to Mute, Choose Audio Codec, Quality, Gain
Setting up the Stream: Enter Stream ID, Choose Publish Setting (Live, Record, Append), Select Bandwidth (Dynamic or choose)

Settings: Select Camera or Microphone to Monitor, Select Save Last Settings, Logs


Technical definition:

Live RTMP audio/video streaming to Flash Media Servers (Adobe Flash Media Server, Wowza, EvoStream, C++ RTMP Server, Red5, NGINX-RTMP-Module etc.).
Supported Video codec: Sorenson Spark (H.263)
Supported Audio codec: Speex, NellyMoser


Tips to Setting up for Streaming:

1. To prioritize Bandwidth usage, press a value for bandwidth and 0 for quality. TVapex Broadcaster transmits video at the highest quality possible within the specified bandwidth. If necessary, OS Broadcaster reduces picture quality to avoid exceeding the specified bandwidth. In general, as motion increases, quality decreases.

2. To prioritize Quality deliverance, pass 0 for bandwidth and a numeric value for quality. TVapex Broadcaster uses as much bandwidth as required to maintain the specified quality. If necessary, it will reduce the frame rate to maintain picture quality. In general, as motion increases, bandwidth use also increases.

3. To give equal priority to Bandwidth and Quality, pass numeric values for both parameters. TVapex Broadcaster transmits video that achieves the specified quality and that doesn't exceed the specified bandwidth. If necessary, it reduces the frame rate to maintain picture quality without exceeding the specified bandwidth.


Planned updates:

Support for H.264 and AAC codecs is being planned at present since these codecs are not supported by Adobe AIR. Solution for streaming in these codes to any screen is re-encoding the stream on the server side to the required format (with e.g. FFmpeg, Nginx-rtmp-module, Evostream).

At present, Live Audio-Video Broadcasting to all platforms is fully operational except to handheld devices and YouTube.

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows applications to disable the keyguard if it is not secure.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.