Hello, IRLEncoder.

Most IRL streamers know BELABOX. It works. It is the project that made open IRL encoding a real thing. After running BELABOX rigs in the field for a couple of years, the same paper cuts kept showing up. The web UI is functional, but it is built around the original single-page control panel. Updates run through apt on the live system, which is not the update model you want in a backpack encoder you may need tomorrow. Scene control, recording, and DJI control were not first-class parts of the appliance.

We are scratching our own itch. IRLEncoder is a Rust orchestrator and a Next.js web UI, packaged as a Linux image you flash on RK3588 boards. v1 ships with:

• Hardware H.265 encode on RK3588 through the Rockchip MPP / VEPU path.
• Bonded SRTLA across every modem, ethernet link, and tethered phone you connect.
• Per-output bitrate algorithm (auto, bela, fight), switchable while live. auto watches your modem signal and how hot the device is, then changes the bitrate before things go wrong.
• SRTLA bonding modes (classic, enhanced). enhanced is the default and uses the good links instead of dragging the stream down with the bad ones.
• Loss recovery on by default. A small amount of repair data travels with the stream so brief packet loss can be patched up on the fly instead of stuttering. Costs almost nothing when the network is clean.
• Live bitrate adjustment without dropping the stream.
• Scenes and PiP overlays you can swap in one tap.
• Recording to disk in parallel with the live stream, MKV copy-mux.
• Modem signal dashboard with RSSI / RSRP / RSRQ / SINR.
• Safer image updates with rollback if a release does not boot cleanly.
• DJI Pocket 3 support over Bluetooth pairing.
• A web UI built for the way IRL streamers actually work.

You flash it. You stream. Read the docs or download an image.

What is not in v1

• Cloud pairing (Plex-style). Coming next, see the cloud teaser.
• Pre-built hardware. We are not selling boards.
• A subscription. Run it yourself.