Livestream Studio can stream via a bonded connection, allowing you to stream over multiple Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or 4G/LTE network connections, increasing your bandwidth while also allowing you to create network redundancy.
Important:
Bonding is only available when streaming to Vimeo with fail-safe streaming feature. It should be available on your Vimeo plan. The same as fail-safe streaming feature in general, Bonding to Vimeo introduces additional latency (about 1 minute) in comparison to RTMP streams
If choosing multiple providers, be aware that other providers will use only the network you selected when configuring each provider's stream settings.
Note for Windows users: While Windows should recognize and automatically install any necessary drivers for USB modems, the drivers can also be manually downloaded from the modem vendor's site. Ensure that all networks can access the Internet.
To successfully stream with a bonded connection, port TCP 443 needs to be open in addition to standard Firewall ports.
As a best practice, it's recommended that USB devices are spread across your PC's various USB ports and hubs. This avoids taxing each USB hub and ensures that each modem's connection is used.
In Livestream Studio, navigate to the Stream tab and select Vimeo
Login to your account, and select exist or create a new event.
Switch to the DASH protocol.
Scroll down and click on the Advanced Settings
Check Use Bonding
At the top-right corner of the Stream module is a gearwheel. Select this to configure default settings for your stream, including your default network.
Here you will see a Bonding column with each corresponding network and a small dropdown menu with the following options:
Use: Networks with this option selected will combine together and distribute the stream.
Standby: use only when needed: This network will not be used unless all other active networks lose connection. For example, if you have a 4G USB modem plugged in with data caps, you may want to consider saving that as your backup connection to avoid data overage charges.
Off: Will not be used at any point during your broadcast regardless of the status of other network connections.
When you go live, your network dashboard will show information for each network, such as the bitrates each active one is distributing and if one disconnects.
Your standby networks will not stream unless a problem occurs with all of your selected primary networks (i.e. those with Use selected).
Your off networks will not stream unless you turn them on (i.e. those with Use selected), or switch them to the standby mode.
Note: Your network devices may not always be filled evenly. The fıllıng of your network devices can vary and will be changed depending on their bandwidth and the speed of the route to the Vimeo servers (not the speed of the network device and not the speed of your Internet provider, but the speed of the entire route, and the delays along the route between your Studio machine and Vimeo server)
Statuses:
The gray “Ok” status – this device is available but the speed has not yet been tested.
The green “Ok” status – this device is available and the speed has been tested via this device. Typically standby devices that are in standby mode are marked this way.
The green “Perfect Streaming” – this device is available and used for streaming now.
The red “Lost connection” status – Studio can’t use this device for streaming. Check the internet connection via this device.
Note: We highly recommend that you do not stop streaming unless at least one of your network devices is green status "Perfect Streaming", otherwise data may be lost at the end (several seconds) from the send buffer.