Source-Live · UHD 60fps · Low latency
Stream smooth, perfectly synced video — free of playback errors or network delay. Professionals, musicians and reviewers join instantly from a web browser.
In perfect sync.
Why Source-Live
View, participate, review and approve sessions instantly — using nothing but a web browser.
Stream consistent-frame-rate video up to UHD 60fps with high-quality stereo audio, in real time over the internet.
Sound and picture stay locked — no drift, no playback errors, no excuses.
Built-in video conferencing with push-to-talk communication and echo cancellation for clean review conversations.
Protect pre-release content with watermarked streams for every viewer.
Every session sits behind a passkey with secure encryption — content security your clients can sign off on.
Guests click a link and they're in — no software for directors, producers or clients to install.
Audiences
Show the cut without shipping the cut. Stream the picture straight out of the room you are working in, locked to the timecode your audio is running against, so a supervisor watching from anywhere is looking at the frame you are on rather than an export from this morning. Notes land against the picture in front of both of you, and the version being discussed is the only version there is.
A link is the whole install. Directors, producers and brand teams join from a web browser — nothing to download, nothing to configure, and no software decision to make ten minutes before the review starts. Every gateway can sit behind a passkey and every stream can be watermarked, so pre-release material reaches the people who have to approve it without leaving your control.
The same frame, for everyone, at once. Approval is a conversation, and a conversation needs everybody looking at the same thing at the same moment — not a set of downloads watched at different times and answered by email. Source-Live carries UHD 60fps picture with high-quality stereo, and built-in multi-point conferencing with push-to-talk keeps the discussion on the stream instead of on a second call.
Picture-locked review
Stream UHD program video with high-quality audio locked to timecode — every viewer sees the same frame at the same moment, watermarked and passkey-protected.
Capabilities
The specification in one place. One product, so one column of answers — what changes with your plan is the hours, not the stream.
| Capability | Source-Live |
|---|---|
| Picture | UHD at up to 60fps, at a consistent frame rate |
| Sound | High-quality stereo, carried on the same stream as the picture |
| Sync | Timecode-locked source and destination — sound and picture hold the same frame |
| Stream encryption | AES-128 |
| Access | Passkey-protected gateways; guests join from a web browser with nothing to install |
| Content protection | Watermarkable video, for every viewer |
| Conferencing | Built-in multi-point video conferencing with push-to-talk and echo cancellation |
Where it fits
Source-Live is the picture. How it reaches your room is up to you.
The Source-Nexus Suite already gives you a Gateway your guests join with a link. Source-Live takes that same room from HD to UHD 60fps, timecode-locked and watermarked.
See the Source-Nexus Suite →Subscribe to Source-Live by itself — nothing else required. Directors, producers and clients still click a link and they are in, with no software to install.
See the price →A Source-Connect session carries the audio you are recording. Run Source-Live in parallel and everyone reviewing sees the picture at the same time.
See Source-Connect →Pricing
Select the perfect plan for your needs and click Subscribe. Cancel anytime, no obligations.
How many hours a month do you need?
Pro LL
For 10 hours a month. One-time $75 initial fee applies.
Re-subscribing after 4+ months? The initial fee is waived.
Already on the Source-Nexus Suite? Source-Live is available as an add-on from the same $45/month — add it from your Dashboard.
On the record
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Producer & mixer / Audiohammer Studios
Source Elements — Audiohammer StudiosI would rather use Source-Live than ever look at anyone’s mix notes!
In most situations I rather just hop on Source-Live. They can make their own notes for themselves so they know exactly what we’re going over, and it works out perfect for music production because I’m good with on the spot.
Engineer / via Mix Online
Source Elements — Mix OnlineWith Source-Live, it’s as if they’re sitting on the couch.
Tracking & mixing engineer
Source Elements — Dylan “3-D” DresdowIt’s a fantastic plug-in that now I use very often, especially when I’m doing unattended mix sessions.
With artists that are often on the road, it’s impossible for them to always be in the room with you. Source-Live sounds very good, and to me, this type of technology is the future. It’s a Godsend for international collaboration.
Questions
No. You send a link and they open it in a web browser — there is nothing for a director, producer or client to download, and no software for them to configure before the review starts. The gateway can sit behind a passkey, so the link on its own is not enough to get in.
Streams are encrypted with AES-128, and every gateway can be passkey-protected so only the people you invite can join. For pre-release material the picture can also be watermarked for every viewer.
Yes, and the two do different jobs. A Source-Connect session carries the audio you are recording; Source-Live carries the picture everyone is reviewing. Run them in parallel and the room recording and the room watching are on the same moment.
By the month, at a rate set by the hours you expect to stream — pick the hours tier that matches your month on the pricing ladder above. A one-time $75 initial fee applies when you first subscribe, and is waived if you re-subscribe after four months or more. Cancel anytime.
Yes. Start a free trial from the software trial directory, and subscribe from the store when you are ready. If you already hold the Source-Nexus Suite, Source-Live can be added from your Dashboard instead.
Real-time review sessions in stunning fidelity — from ingest to approval.
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