StreamWatch HLS Monitor

StreamWatch is a professional-grade HLS monitoring tool designed for FAST channel operators, radio stations broadcasters, OTT platform teams, and live streaming infrastructure engineers.

Monitor up to 9 simultaneous HLS streams (.m3u8) in a configurable multiview grid. Detect stalls, bitrate drops, and outages in real time with color-coded health indicators: green for live, yellow for degraded, red for down.

BUILT FOR BROADCAST PROFESSIONALS

Unlike consumer streaming apps, StreamWatch is purpose-built for teams running 24/7 linear channels. Whether you operate a FAST channel lineup, manage playout infrastructure, or oversee a live streaming origin, StreamWatch gives you the monitoring visibility you need without the complexity of enterprise probes.

REAL-TIME HEALTH MONITORING
- Automatic stall detection with sub-second precision
- Bitrate and resolution tracking per stream
- Status state machine: Live / Degraded / Down / Unknown
- Yellow sticky alerts for degraded streams (5-min hold or manual acknowledge)
- Red alerts for stream failures with exponential retry (2s to 32s)

MULTIVIEW GRID
- 9 layout options: fullscreen, side-by-side, PiP, 1+2, 2x2, 1+3, 2x3, 3x2, 3x3
- One-tap audio routing between streams
- Resolution capping scales automatically with grid density
- CPU and RAM usage displayed in the title bar

PRESETS & ROTATION
- Save stream combinations as presets for quick recall
- Automatic preset rotation with configurable interval
- Alert-aware rotation: pauses on the affected preset until acknowledged
- Keyboard shortcuts for layout cycling, rotation toggle, start/stop

EPG INTEGRATION
- XMLTV Electronic Program Guide support per stream
- Now-playing program titles displayed on each cell overlay
- Global search across stream metadata and EPG program titles

EVENT LOGGING & WEBHOOKS
- Every status transition recorded with timestamp and duration
- Filterable event history: per-stream or global, by time range
- Time-windowed event counters on status dots (configurable: 15min to 24h)
- Webhook notifications (POST JSON) on status changes to your alerting stack
- Exponential backoff retry on webhook delivery failures

AUTHENTICATION & TOKEN REFRESH
- Custom HTTP headers and cookies per stream
- Automatic token refresh endpoint with seamless URL swap
- Separate auth config for refresh endpoints

SECURITY & TEAM ACCESS
- Admin / Operator roles with device-local passcode
- Biometric unlock: Touch ID, Face ID, Optic ID
- Operator mode hides URLs and restricts configuration access

DATA PORTABILITY
- Stream library JSON export/import with deduplication
- Event log export in JSON or CSV with date range selection
- iCloud sync for streams, presets, and tags across devices

DESIGNED FOR macOS
- Native SwiftUI app, with no Electron or web wrapper
- Menu bar presence with preset quick-launch
- Launch at login for always-on monitoring
- Multi-window support: open multiple independent grids
- Keyboard shortcuts via the Monitor menu

NETWORK RESILIENCE
- Automatic reconnection when network connectivity restores
- 30-second forward buffer on all streams
- Offline banner with real-time connectivity status

StreamWatch is built by broadcast engineers, for broadcast engineers. If you run FAST channels, manage HLS playout, or need eyes on your live streams around the clock, StreamWatch is your control room companion.

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