The stream ends
A long enough gap and Twitch or Kick ends the broadcast. You have to start again from your phone, mid-street.
Disconnect protection
Keep your IRL stream live when the signal drops
Tunnels, crowds, dead zones, a SIM that gives up. When your phone loses signal, your Cloud OBS server keeps the stream running on Twitch and Kick, shows a BRB scene with clips from your channel, and switches back the moment you reconnect.
How it works
The server stays live, so your stream does too
Streaming straight from your phone to Twitch or Kick means every drop is a drop for your viewers. With Cloud OBS in the middle, the platform is connected to a server in a data centre that never loses signal.
Your phone
Moblin, IRL Pro, Belabox, LiveU
Sending 6.4 Mbps
Cloud OBS
Always connected to Twitch and Kick
Scene: IRL · Main cam
Your viewers
Twitch, Kick, YouTube and more
Watching you live
[LIVE]
[BRB]
Be right back
Playing clips from your channel while you reconnect…
Try it: lose your signal
This is what your viewers see. Press the button to drop the signal, then press it again to come back.
What it saves you from
What a signal drop costs without it
Your VOD splits
Every restart is a new VOD, so highlights and clips end up scattered across several videos.
Viewers leave
An offline screen sends people elsewhere, and raids or hosts that land during a drop find nothing.
What you get
Smart scenes that switch for you
- BRB scene when your video stops, with clips from your own channel playing by default
- Low-bitrate scene when your connection gets weak, so viewers know what's going on
- Back to live automatically as soon as your phone reconnects
- BRB clip playlists from any Twitch or Kick channel, built in IRLstudio
- Chat commands so your mods can switch scenes or refresh a source for you
- IRLremote to check and switch everything from your phone
FAQ
Disconnect protection questions
What is disconnect protection?
It keeps your stream online when your phone loses signal. Your Cloud OBS server stays connected to Twitch, Kick or YouTube, switches to a BRB scene while your video is missing, and switches back as soon as it returns.
Why does my IRL stream keep dropping?
Mobile data comes and goes: tunnels, crowds at events, switching cell towers, weak coverage and full SIM data caps all cause drops. Bonding several connections with SRTLA makes drops rarer, and disconnect protection covers the ones that still happen.
What is a BRB scene?
A "be right back" scene that viewers see while you are offline or reconnecting. With IRLhosting it plays clips from your own channel by default, so viewers have something to watch instead of a frozen frame.
Does my stream end on Twitch or Kick if I lose signal?
Without a server in the middle, yes: when your phone stops sending, the platform sees the stream stop, and a long enough gap ends it and splits your VOD. With Cloud OBS the server keeps sending video the whole time, so the platform never sees a gap.
Can I choose what plays on the BRB screen?
Yes. By default it plays clips from your channel. In IRLstudio you can build BRB clip playlists from any Twitch or Kick channel, shuffle them, credit the clipper and cap clip length, or use your own videos.
Is there a low-bitrate scene as well?
Yes. When your signal gets weak but hasn't dropped, the server can switch to a low-bitrate scene so viewers know the picture may be rough, then switch back when the connection recovers. Your mods can switch scenes with chat commands too.
Do I need SRTLA bonding as well?
It helps. Bonding two SIMs or a SIM and Wi-Fi with SRTLA means fewer drops in the first place. Every Cloud OBS plan accepts SRTLA, SRT, RIST, RTMP and ERTMP. Read what is SRTLA? for how it works.
Which plans include disconnect protection?
All of them. Every Cloud OBS plan, from StreamSaver to Professional, gets the same disconnect protection. SimpleStreamer, from $14.99 a month, shows a BRB screen while you reconnect and can hand over to a backup phone, without a cloud OBS. Compare the plans.
Stop losing your stream to dead zones
Every Cloud OBS plan includes disconnect protection. Set up for you within 24 hours.