MCR Box Camera – Live Encoder

Yaron Torbaty

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About this app

MCR Box Camera turns an Android phone into a broadcast camera for MCR Box. Scan the box's QR code and the operator can frame, expose and stream your shot from the control room, while the phone shows a tally light when it is on program.

LINK TO MCR BOX
• Pair in seconds: scan the QR code in MCR Box › Cameras › Add phone, enter the pair code, or pick a box found on your network
• The operator sets zoom, lens, focus, exposure, ISO, shutter, white balance, torch and stabilization from the console
• MCR Box sends the SRT destination and starts and stops the stream
• Full-screen tally border: red on program, green on preview
• Every remote change is shown on screen; one switch turns remote control off (tally keeps working)
• Works with a box on your LAN or a hosted MCR Box over a secure connection

PROFESSIONAL ENCODING
• H.264 and HEVC (H.265) hardware encoding with software fallback
• Up to 4K, 25/30/50/60 fps where the camera supports it, 1–20 Mb/s
• AAC audio at 48 kHz stereo
• Live bitrate changes and adaptive bitrate

TRANSPORTS
• SRT with stream ID and passphrase
• RTMP and Enhanced RTMP (HEVC over RTMP)

ON THE LIVE SCREEN
• Live stats: bitrate, round-trip time, encoder, battery
• Zoom presets, exposure and torch controls
• Virtual PTZ: pan and tilt inside a higher-resolution capture
• Low-power dark mode and picture-in-picture while live
• External USB (UVC) cameras

MCR BOX CAMERA PRO
Remote control from MCR Box needs a Pro subscription (monthly or yearly, with a free trial) or a Pro license key. Streaming to SRT and RTMP is free.

No ads. No analytics or tracking SDKs. Video goes only to the destinations you or your MCR Box set.

What’s new

The start button now opens setup when no stream destination is set. Pairing with MCR Box on the free plan opens the Pro upgrade.