# Restreaming / Playout

Restreaming lets you define custom RTMP or SRT destinations, then create 'restreams' for any channel with a stream you'd like to push to one of those destinations. 

Note that restreaming requires that your incoming stream uses H264 video + AAC audio to work with RTMP / RTMPS. SRT additionally works with HEVC/H.265 video, provided your destination does as well.

### Add a Destination (Admin Only)

With Restreaming enabled under Server Features, a 'Destinations' panel will appear which lets you define one or more RTMP/RTMPS Server URLs. (including the application name if applicable, but not the RTMP stream key).

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You can also define an SRT listener device by using the full URL, if you want users to be able to easily push a stream to that device:

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Once defined, a destination can be re-used across multiple channels + restreams.

### Add a Restream

Go to a channel you would like to restream, and choose 'Add New' under the Restreaming panel to add a new restream:

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Your restream will appear in the list where it can be started / stopped on-demand or deleted when you are finished with it:

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If you have SRT enabled, there will also be an option for 'SRT Push' where you can create a one-off stream to an SRT Listener device (rather than using a saved destination). Simply enter the full SRT URL as the stream key. Additionally, Streamwell 1.4.10 introduces 'Remote Playback' which gives you a unique URL you can plug into any SRT Caller device, for easy playback from anywhere on earth with no network config required.

There are 4 possible states for a restream:

* **Stopped** is the default state. Your restream is defined, but not yet started.
* <mark style="color:green;">**Streaming**</mark> means that you are pushing LIVE to your destination. Rock on.
* <mark style="color:yellow;">**Awaiting Stream**</mark> means that you aren't yet streaming to your local channel, but when you start streaming it will automatically start pushing the stream.
* <mark style="color:red;">**Error**</mark> means that either your stream key is invalid, your destination server is unreachable, or you are using an unsupported audio/video format in your stream. Check the engine logs for more clues

You can use restreaming to the full capability of your server network. Push a hundred streams if you can! You can also use this to pass streams between multiple Streamwell instances too:

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