# Broadcast Quality API

*/Software/Broadcast_Quality_API*

## Solution Overview

Broadcast Quality API ingests raw WebRTC or RTMP video streams and normalizes them to professional broadcast standards. The system corrects lighting imbalances, matches color profiles to rec.709 standards, and masters audio levels to a strict -23 LUFS target. It outputs a clean, transcoded HLS or DASH manifest ready for immediate distribution to content delivery networks or production switchers.

Virtual event producers and remote podcasting software providers integrate this API to eliminate the technical inconsistencies of remote broadcasting. Instead of relying on human engineers to ride audio faders and adjust color balance for every individual webcam, buyers route their incoming participant feeds directly through the endpoint. The API removes the problem of mismatched audio levels and variable video lighting, ensuring a uniform feed regardless of the remote contributor's hardware.

Operating strictly as a headless SaaS primitive, the API sits between raw ingest networks and final production environments. It consumes baseline cloud transcoding infrastructure and frame-by-frame computer vision models for real-time video analysis. Above the API, automated producer agents and virtual studio platforms consume its normalized streams to build dynamic, multi-guest layouts without risking audio clipping or jarring visual transitions between camera angles.

## Headless Saas Data Model

**Entities**:
- Name: Stream · Description: An active incoming video feed being normalized to broadcast standards
- Name: Workspace · Description: The producer or platform account that owns the streams
- Name: Preset · Description: Configuration for audio LUFS targets and video color standards
- Name: Destination · Description: The CDN or production switcher receiving the normalized output
- Name: NormalizationLog · Description: Time-series telemetry of adjustments made to audio gain and color balance
**Relations**:
- To: Stream · From: Workspace · Label: owns streams · Cardinality: one-to-many
- To: Preset · From: Workspace · Label: owns presets · Cardinality: one-to-many
- To: Stream · From: Preset · Label: configures stream mastering · Cardinality: one-to-many
- To: Destination · From: Stream · Label: routes to destinations · Cardinality: one-to-many
- To: NormalizationLog · From: Stream · Label: records telemetry · Cardinality: one-to-many
**Tenant Anchor**: Workspace
**Primary Resource**: Stream

## Api Definition

**Protocols**:
- REST
- SDK
- Webhooks
- MCP
**Consumed By**:
- [Virtual Director Agent](/Agents/Virtual_Director_Agent)
- [Live Producer Agent](/Agents/Live_Producer_Agent)
- [Podcast Mastering Agent](/Agents/Podcast_Mastering_Agent)
**Integrations**:
- [AWS Elemental MediaLive](/Products/AWS_Elemental_MediaLive)
- [Mux](/Products/Mux)
- [Cloudflare Stream](/Products/Cloudflare_Stream)
- [Wowza](/Products/Wowza)
**Consumption Model**: A producer agent calls the REST API to instantiate a stream with a target preset, routes its raw WebRTC feed to the returned ingestUrl, and subscribes to webhooks for manifest availability and telemetry alerts.
**Workflow Wrappers**:
- Name: Provision Mastering Pipeline · Wraps: generates an ingest URL, applies the compliance preset, and wires the destination manifest
- Name: Rotate Stream Configuration · Wraps: applies a new preset to an active stream without dropping the live connection
- Name: Audit Stream Compliance · Wraps: aggregates time-series normalization logs to verify the stream maintained the target LUFS

## Api Function Cascade

**Ai Role**: Code and Generative primitives run end-to-end to provision the stream, applying compliance presets and routing the manifest straight-through with no human intervention.
**Cascade**:
- Kind: Code · Note: Initial logic and parameters are validated. · Step: Validate Established Context · Verb: validate · Realizes: Verify System Parameters · Oversight: none
- Kind: Code · Note: Standard processing applied. · Step: Apply Standard Processing · Verb: process · Realizes: Process Media Feeds · Oversight: none
- Kind: Code · Note: Final transformation and manifest routing. · Step: Wire Destination Manifest · Verb: route · Realizes: Route Destination Feed · Oversight: none
**Optimizes**:
- [Stream Provisioning Latency](/Metrics/Stream_Provisioning_Latency)
- [Compliance Preset Match Rate](/Metrics/Compliance_Preset_Match_Rate)
- [Manifest Availability Uptime](/Metrics/Manifest_Availability_Uptime)

## Headless Saas Representative Offer

**Warranty**: 99.9% uptime SLA for the ingest and mastering pipeline, with prorated service credits issued for sustained processing latency or dropped connections.
**Price Band**: Roughly $0.005 to $0.03 per minute of processed continuous media, scaled by resolution and mastering preset complexity.
**Pricing Kind**: MeteredStreaming
**Deliverables**:
- Provisioned WebRTC/RTMP ingest endpoints
- Real-time normalized media output streams
- Time-series compliance audit logs
- Destination stream manifests
**Delivery Mode**: Self-serve API access where an automated agent instantiates a mastering pipeline instantly and routes raw media feeds for real-time processing.
**Business Function**: ProvideService
**Agent Checkout Support**:
- agentic-commerce-protocol
- stored-credential

## Headless Saas Crud Surface

**Auth Model**: API Key
**Endpoints**:
- GET /streams — list streams
- POST /streams — register a new incoming stream
- GET /streams/{id} — fetch stream normalization status
- PATCH /streams/{id} — update stream parameters
- POST /streams/{id}/start — commence stream ingestion
- POST /streams/{id}/stop — halt stream ingestion
- GET /streams/{id}/destinations — list destinations routed from this stream
- GET /streams/{id}/normalization-logs — retrieve telemetry for this stream
- GET /workspaces — list producer workspaces
- POST /workspaces — provision a new workspace
- GET /workspaces/{id} — fetch workspace details
- PATCH /workspaces/{id} — update workspace metadata
- GET /workspaces/{id}/streams — list streams owned by a workspace
- GET /workspaces/{id}/presets — list mastering presets owned by a workspace
- GET /presets — list configuration presets
- POST /presets — create a mastering preset for audio and color
- GET /presets/{id} — fetch a specific preset
- PATCH /presets/{id} — modify preset target levels
- GET /presets/{id}/streams — list streams configured by this preset
- GET /destinations — list all stream output destinations
- POST /destinations — register a new CDN or switcher destination
- GET /destinations/{id} — fetch destination routing configuration
- PATCH /destinations/{id} — update destination target URL
- GET /normalization-logs — list normalization telemetry logs
- POST /normalization-logs — ingest a telemetry log entry
- GET /normalization-logs/{id} — fetch a specific telemetry log entry
- PATCH /normalization-logs/{id} — amend a telemetry log entry
**Multitenancy**: Row-level isolation
**Webhook Events**:
- stream.started
- stream.degraded
- stream.normalized
- stream.stopped

## Headless Saas Erd

```mermaid
erDiagram
    Workspace {
        UUID id PK "tenant key"
        VARCHAR name
        DECIMAL activeStreamsCount
    }
    Preset {
        UUID id PK
        UUID workspaceId FK
        VARCHAR name
        DECIMAL targetLufs
        VARCHAR colorStandard
        VARCHAR outputFormat
    }
    Stream {
        UUID id PK
        UUID workspaceId FK
        UUID presetId FK
        VARCHAR ingestUrl
        VARCHAR outputManifest
        VARCHAR status
    }
    Destination {
        UUID id PK
        UUID streamId FK
        VARCHAR targetUrl
        VARCHAR protocol
    }
    NormalizationLog {
        UUID id PK
        UUID streamId FK
        TIMESTAMP timestamp
        DECIMAL audioGainDb
        BOOLEAN colorCorrectionApplied
    }
    Workspace ||--o{ Stream : "owns streams"
    Workspace ||--o{ Preset : "owns presets"
    Preset ||--o{ Stream : "configures stream mastering"
    Stream ||--o{ Destination : "routes to destinations"
    Stream ||--o{ NormalizationLog : "records telemetry"
```

## Neighborhood

### Composed into

- [Commercial sports](/Services/Commercial_sports) — composes · Services

### What it uses

- [Multiplexer or MUX](/Products/Multiplexer_or_MUX) — uses · Products
- [Cloudflare Stream](/Products/Cloudflare_Stream) — uses · Products
- [Wowza](/Products/Wowza) — uses · Products
- [AWS Elemental MediaLive](/Products/AWS_Elemental_MediaLive) — uses · Products

### Optimizes

- [Compliance Preset Match Rate](/Metrics/Compliance_Preset_Match_Rate) — optimizes · Metrics
- [Manifest Availability Uptime](/Metrics/Manifest_Availability_Uptime) — optimizes · Metrics
- [Stream Provisioning Latency](/Metrics/Stream_Provisioning_Latency) — optimizes · Metrics

### Who consumes this

- [Live Producer Agent](/Agents/Live_Producer_Agent) — consumed by · Agents
- [Podcast Mastering Agent](/Agents/Podcast_Mastering_Agent) — consumed by · Agents
- [Virtual Director Agent](/Agents/Virtual_Director_Agent) — consumed by · Agents

### Similar Software

- [Audio Noise Reduction API](/Software/Audio_Noise_Reduction_API) — similar · Software
- [Realtime Speech Translation API](/Software/Realtime_Speech_Translation_API) — similar · Software
- [Bank Transaction API](/Software/Bank_Transaction_API) — similar · Software
- [Machine Vision Software](/Activities/Inspecting/Software/Machine_Vision_Software) — similar · Software
- [Open Banking APIs](/Resources/Client_financial_data/Software/Open_Banking_APIs) — similar · Software
- [Real-Time Tracking API](/Software/Real-Time_Tracking_API) — similar · Software
- [Panel Integration API](/Software/Panel_Integration_API) — similar · Software
- [Pipeline Gateway API](/Software/Pipeline_Gateway_API) — similar · Software
- [Platform Identity API](/Software/Platform_Identity_API) — similar · Software

### Similar Startups

- [Wavetone](/Startups/Wavetone) — similar · Startups
- [Weavassette](/Startups/Weavassette) — similar · Startups
- [Zoomcast](/Startups/Zoomcast) — similar · Startups
- [Loomcast](/Startups/Loomcast) — similar · Startups
- [Assistantsound](/Startups/Assistantsound) — similar · Startups
- [Streamland](/Startups/Streamland) — similar · Startups

### Similar Services

- [Podcast Production as a Service](/Services/Podcast_Production_as_a_Service) — similar · Services

### Similar Agents

- [Gateway Ingestion API](/Agents/Gateway_Ingestion_API) — similar · Agents
- [Pipeline Integration API](/Agents/Pipeline_Integration_API) — similar · Agents