Moblin - IRL Streaming

A free iOS app for IRL streaming. Mainly targeting Twitch, but can
stream to YouTube, Kick, Facebook
and OBS Studio as well (and probably more).

Discord: https://discord.gg/kh3KMng4JV

Github: https://github.com/eerimoq/moblin

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/PDpxEaGh

Features

Main app

• Stream using RTMP, RTMPS, SRT or SRTLA to any platform that supports
  them.
• H.264/AVC and H.265/HEVC video codecs.
• Up to 4K resolution and 60 FPS.
• SRTLA.
  • Can use one cellular, one WiFi and multiple Ethernet connections
    simultaneously. Often called bonding.
  • Upload statistics per active connection.
• Twitch integration.
  • Number of viewers.
  • Chat.
    • Announcements.
    • /me styling.
  • Optional login.
    • Follow, subscribe and raid alerts.
    • Start ads.
    • Hype train.
    • Cheered bits in chat.
• Kick integration.
  • Number of viewers.
  • Chat.
• YouTube integration.
  • Chat.
• AfreecaTv integration.
  • Scuffed chat.
• Basic scenes.
  • Alerts widget.
    • Trigged by Twitch events and chat messages.
  • Image widget. Show an image on stream.
  • Text widget.
    • Any text.
    • Weather conditions.
    • Temperature.
    • Timer.
    • Country.
    • City.
    • Subtitles. Speech to text.
    • Local time.
    • Speed.
    • Altitude.
    • Distance. Reset manually.
    • Debug information.
    • Muted.
    • Checkboxes.
    • Ratings.
    • Date.
    • …
  • Browser widget. Show a web page on stream.
    • Optional style sheet.
  • Map widget with location.
  • QR code widget.
  • Scene widget.
  • Video soure widget (for multi cam).
  • …
• Back, front or multi camera.
  • Front camera mirrored on screen for natural experience.
• Low energy truple and dual cameras.
• Back, front, top, bottom or external mic.
  • Automatically changes to external mic when connected.
• Video stabilization.
• Zoom.
  • Pinch-to-zoom.
  • Configurable presets.
• Back camera lens selection.
• Record to disk (MP4-file).
  • Configurable bitrate, video codec and key frame interval.
• RTMP server/ingest as video source.
• SRT(LA) server/ingest as video source.
• Localization. Supports many languages, for example English, French,
  German, Spanish, Polish, Chinese (Simplified) and Swedish.
• Tap screen for manual focus.
  • Return to auto focus with long press.
• Stream connection status and uptime.
• OBS WebSocket (remote control)
  • See current scene, streaming state and recoring state.
  • Change scene.
  • Start and stop the stream.
  • Snapshot.
  • Audio levels.
  • Set audio sync.
  • Mute/unmute audio inputs.
• Make phone screen black by pressing a button.
• Supports UVC (USB-C) cameras on iPad.
• Basic support for Mac.
• Video effects.
  • Grayscale.
  • Movie. Paint top and bottom of 16:9 video black to look like
    2.35:1.
  • 4:3. Paint left and right of 16:9 video black to look like 4:3.
  • Seipa.
  • Noise reduction.
  • Random. A single effect that applies a random effect.
  • Triple. Show center of image three times. Experimental.
• Alerts.
  • Optional text to speech (TTS).
    • Many voices.
  • Text message colors, font weight, font design and more.
  • Select sound and image per alert.
  • Image placement relative to your face or scene.
• Chat.
  • Alerts filter.
  • Send messages to Twitch.
  • Highlight important events.
  • Optional text to speech (TTS).
    • Optionally subscribers only.
    • Many voices.
    • Detect language per message.
  • Colors, background, border and bold.
  • Twitch, Kick, BTTV, FFZ and 7TV emotes.
  • Optionally animated emotes.
  • Optionally remove old messages.
  • Width and height.
  • Optional message timestamp.
• Color spaces (for devices that supports them).
  • sRGB.
  • P3 D65.
  • Apple Log.
• Bundled and custom 3D LUT effects.
  • Especially useful when using Apple Log.
• Battery indicator.
  • Charging icon.
  • Optionally with percentage.
• Web browser.
  • Only visible to the streamer.
• Game controllers for remote control.
  • Zoom in and out.
  • Change scene.
  • Torch.
  • Mute.
  • …
• Moblink for more connection.
• Low light boost.
• Cosmetics.
  • Select Moblin icon to show in app and on home screen.
  • Optionally purchase additional Moblin icons to support developers.
• Configure stream resolution, FPS, video codec, bitrate and more.
• Configurable bitrate presets.
• Adaptive bitrate for SRT(LA).
• Optionally remote control the streamer’s Moblin app over the network.
  • Shows basic status information.
  • Change scene.
  • Change mic.
  • Change bitrate.
  • Change zoom.
  • Show logs.
  • …
• Torch.
• Mute audio.
• Deep link settings (moblin://).
  • Including a deep link creator for service providers.
• Landscape.
  • Both 0 and 180 degrees orientation. Video always with gravity down
    (never upside down).
• Portrait.
  • UI in portrait, but video in landscape. To be improved.
• Background streaming.
  • With audio.
  • Video will be a freezed frame as video cannot be captured in background.
• Simple poll.
  • Chat types 1, 2 or 3.
• Chat bot.
  • Commands.
    • Turn chat text to speech on an off.
    • Fix OBS.
    • Map zoom out.
    • Trigger alerts.
    • Fax.
    • Turn filters on and off.
    • Let chat take snapshot.
    • …
  • Send low battery warning to chat periodically.
• Screen capture as video source.
• Basic video player as video source and mic.
• DJI camera Bluetooth controller.
  • Automatically start DJI camera live stream.
  • Tested with OA4, OA3 and OP3.
• GoPro QR-code creator.
• Show grid for easier positioning.
• Camera settings (on some cameras).
  • Exposure bias.
  • White balance.
  • ISO.
  • Focus.
• Cat printer.
  • Print chat and faxes (images).
  • Optional meow sound when printing.
• Take snapshots.
  • And optionally automatically upload to your Discord server.
• Save and play replays.
• Tesla vehicle status and control.
• Cycling power monitor.
• Heart rate monitor.
• Show video on external dispaly. Aka clean HDMI out.

Apple Watch companion app

• Stream preview.
• Show audio level.
• Show bitrate.
• Show iPhone thermal state.
• Chat.
  • Limited to 50 messages.
• Control.
  • Zoom using digital crown and presets.
  • Switch scene.
  • Go live.
  • Record.
  • Mute.
  • Skip current TTS message.
• Watch face complication.

Import settings using moblin:// (custom URL)

Examples

New stream

An example creating a new stream is

moblin://?{"streams":[{"name":"BELABOX%20UK","url":"srtla://uk.srt.belabox.net:5000?streamid=9812098rh9hf8942hid","video":{"codec":"H.265/HEVC"},"obs":{"webSocketUrl":"ws://123.22.32.112:5465","webSocketPassword":"foobar"}}]}

where the URL decoded pretty printed JSON blob is

{
  "streams": [
    {
      "name": "BELABOX UK",
      "url": "srtla://uk.srt.belabox.net:5000?streamid=9812098rh9hf8942hid",
      "video": {
        "codec": "H.265/HEVC"
      },
      "obs": {
        "webSocketUrl": "ws://123.22.32.112:5465",
        "webSocketPassword": "foobar"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Quick button settings

An example with only two quick buttons enabled is

moblin://?{"quickButtons":{"twoColumns":false,"showName":true,"enableScroll":true,"disableAllButtons":true,"buttons":[{"type":"Mute","enabled":true},{"type":"Draw","enabled":true}]}}

where the URL decoded pretty printed JSON blob is

{
  "quickButtons": {
    "twoColumns": false,
    "showName": true,
    "enableScroll": true,
    "disableAllButtons": true,
    "buttons": [
      {
        "type": "Mute",
        "enabled": true
      },
      {
        "type": "Draw",
        "enabled": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Specification

Format: moblin://?<URL encoded JSON blob>

The MoblinSettingsUrl class in
MoblinSettingsUrl.swift defines
the JSON blob format. Class members are JSON object keys. Members with
? after the type are optional. Some types are defined in
Settings.swift.

Browser widget JavaScript API

Get access to various data in your Browser widget.

NOTE: You must enable Settings -> Scenes -> My browser widget -> Moblin access to give the website access to the Browser widget JavaScript
API.

Example

Add this code to your website to receive chat messages with prefix !.

moblin.subscribe({ chat: { prefix: "!" } });
moblin.onmessage = (message) => {
  if (message.chat !== undefined) {
    console.log(message.chat.message);
  }
};

Specification

Topics to subscribe to are defined by SubscribeTopic in
BrowserEffectServer.swift.

Messages passed to onmessage are defined by Message in
BrowserEffectServer.swift.

Similar software

• https://irlpro.app/
• Twitch app.
• https://softvelum.com/larix/ios/

Development environment setup

Roughly the steps to setup Moblin’s developement environment.

1. Install Xcode with iOS and MacOS simulators on your Mac.

2. Open a terminal.

3. Clone Moblin.

   git clone https://github.com/eerimoq/moblin.git

4. Enter Moblins repository.

   cd moblin

5. Open the Moblin project in Xcode. Wait for the dependencies to load.

   open Moblin.xcodeproj

6. Press Command + B to build Moblin.

7. Click on the code signing error and add your account. No Apple
   developer account is needed.

8. Change the Bundle Identifier to anything you want (i.e. com.whoami.Moblin).

9. Remove In-App Purchase and Access Wi-Fi Information by clicking
   their trash cans.

10. Build again. Hopefully successfully.

11. Enable developer mode in your iPhone/iPad.

12. Select you iPhone/iPad as Run Destination in Xcode (at the top
    in the middle).

13. Build and run by pressing Command + R.

14. Done!