Features

What differentiates Surge from other live video streaming client libraries is its focus on mobile devices. In designing for use on resource constrained devices we have developed a product that performs, is easy to integrate and can be ported across many platforms.

Simultaneous Streams

Eliminate stream switching by rendering many simultaneous real-time feeds to users. Designed to perform on mobile devices Surge can render 9+ concurrent feeds on modern mobile devices.

Hardware Decoding

Utilises hardware decoders via platform specific APIs on Android and iOS to decode real-time streams, enhancing throughput and performance whilst minimising battery drain.

Cross-Platform

Support millions of devices with a single library by utilising Surge's platform specific APIs for the most popular mobile platforms, including Android, iOS and Xamarin.

Simple API

Abstracts the complexity of video streaming protocols and encodings behind simple playback APIs with bindings for all popular mobile platforms including Android (Java), iOS (Objective-C and Swift) and Xamarin (C#).

Reactive Design

By adhering to the principles of Reactive Programming Surge offers unparalleled performance and throughput when processing live video streams.

Friendly Licensing

Licensed to suit your needs. Unlike other streaming libraries Surge can offer App-Store compatible licensing agreements (non-GPL/LGPL).