00CUE 00:00Before the service

A live video mixer that keeps your stream up when a camera fails.

GodwinMix takes your cameras, phones, graphics and web pages and sends one programme to YouTube, Facebook and your own website at the same time. It is free and open source. Ripeflow sets it up for you, trains your team and stays with you on the day.

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Windows, macOS (Apple silicon and Intel), Linux and Docker. Version 0.3.13. Apache 2.0.
THE REAL MIXER, RECORDED
▶ Watch the 77 second filmWith sound and captions
00:00:00On air on this page, no reconnects
3Destinations from one computer in the demo
3 sBefore a backup shot takes over, by default
$0Licence, for any use, including commercial
01CUE 00:45What it is worth

Three things that cost money or goodwill every week.

Churches and schools told us the same three things on calls: the stream drops in the middle of a big event, every extra platform means another subscription, and there is never enough crew. Here is what GodwinMix changes about each.

What you would not buy

Tick what a typical setup would otherwise need. Prices are public list prices.

First year, avoided$3,037

GodwinMix itself costs nothing to license. You still need a computer, cameras and an internet connection, and you may want our setup or support, which are quoted separately. Sources: blackmagicdesign.com, vmix.com, restream.io, wirecast.io, read 25 October 2026.

A stream that stays up

Give each camera a backup. When it drops, the backup dissolves in after three seconds and every platform stays live. Watch it below.

MIXER PASTOR
All cameras live

Fewer hands per show

The jobs that used to need a second person at the desk.

  • A volunteer switches shots from a phone at the front, with a code you can take back at any time.
  • Several people can operate at once, each on their own device.
  • An AI agent puts names on screen and checks the cameras when you ask in plain words.
  • Destinations reconnect by themselves. Nobody has to watch three platforms.
See the phone film
02CUE 01:30Films you can learn from

Each film shows one job from the first click to on air.

Every film is the real mixer on a real screen. Each one starts with a problem you have had, shows the exact clicks, and ends with one thing to try. The steps are written out under each film too.

The overview, 77 seconds

What GodwinMix is, and who stands behind it

WHAT YOU WILL LEARNWhat breaks in a typical live stream, what it usually costs to fix, and how GodwinMix and the Ripeflow team handle it.
    How to1:33

    Stream one service to YouTube, Facebook and your website at once

    WHAT YOU WILL LEARNAdd your cameras, build a scene for each shot, use Preview and Take, and send one programme to three destinations from one computer.
      Read the steps
      1. In Sources, press Add sources. Pick what you have: a camera on this computer, a phone (A phone's camera, Show code), or an encoder on the network (Streams and feeds, Incoming stream, then paste its address).
      2. Give each source a name you will recognise, such as Pastor or Choir.
      3. Press New scene for each shot and add its camera. Right click a scene and choose Rename to name it.
      4. Click the next shot. It waits in Preview, on the left. Press Take and it fades to Programme, which is what people at home see.
      5. Open Outputs, then Add destination, and choose YouTube. The server is filled in. Copy the stream key from YouTube Studio, under Go live and Stream settings, paste it and press Start sending.
      6. Do the same for Facebook (the Live producer page, Streaming software). For your website choose HLS for viewers, which gives a link and a QR code that play on a phone, a laptop or a TV.
      7. Each row says Connecting, then Live. If a platform drops, GodwinMix keeps trying it and the other destinations carry on.
      8. Today: add one destination and press Start sending in a rehearsal. Then add the rest.
      How to1:19

      When a camera dies, keep the service on air

      WHAT YOU WILL LEARNGive each camera a backup shot, see what happens on air when its cable comes out, and how it comes back by itself.
        Read the steps
        1. Without a backup, people at home see the picture freeze and then go black until someone notices.
        2. Open the camera's settings from the gear on its tile.
        3. Under Backup, in If this source goes down, show, pick a shot that is always running. The wide shot is a good choice.
        4. Leave it at 3 seconds with a Dissolve. Keep Switch back by itself when it returns ticked, with 5 steady seconds. The line underneath says what will happen.
        5. When the camera drops, its tile says it is lost and counts down. The backup dissolves in, in every scene that used that camera, and every destination stays live.
        6. When the camera returns and has been steady for 5 seconds, it dissolves back on its own. You can also press Return now, or stay on the backup.
        7. Today: give every camera a backup, and test it once by pulling a cable in rehearsal.
        How to0:56

        Run the service from a phone

        WHAT YOU WILL LEARNLet phones reach the mixer, make a code for each one, and switch shots from the front of the room.
          Read the steps
          1. On the computer, open Help, then Open on another device. Press Allow other devices once, before the service, since the mixer restarts for a few seconds.
          2. Name the phone, choose Operate (switch shots and scenes, no settings) and press Make a code.
          3. Scan the code with the phone's camera. Accept the mixer's certificate once when the phone asks.
          4. The phone shows preview, programme, Take, Cut and every scene. Tap a scene, then Take.
          5. Each helper gets a code of their own. You can take any code back from the same card.
          6. Today: make a code for your own phone and switch one scene.
          How to1:07

          Hand routine jobs to an AI agent

          WHAT YOU WILL LEARNConnect Claude Code or another agent, put a name on screen with one sentence, and ask it to find and fix a dead camera.
            Read the steps
            1. Open Help, then Connect an AI agent. Press Set up beside the agent you use: Claude Code, opencode, pi, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor or VS Code.
            2. Ask in plain words, for example: Show Pastor Ruth, Sunday Service, as a lower third over the pastor camera, and take it live.
            3. The agent picks a graphic, fills it in, takes it to air and checks a snapshot of the programme before it answers.
            4. Ask: Is anything wrong with the show right now? If a camera has died on air, cut to a working shot.
            5. Everything it does is an ordinary take in the mixer. You can take another shot at any moment.
            6. Today: in a rehearsal, try one prompt, such as putting the sermon title on screen.

            The films use a demo setup: the platform destinations point at a test server on the same computer, and the church footage is free stock video. The agent replies are from real sessions, shortened. The overview is also cut for social media: vertical and square.

            03CUE 07:10The real screens

            What you will see when you open it.

            04CUE 08:20Who it is for

            Who it is for, in their own words.

            Churches
            “The stream has to reach YouTube, Facebook and our website, every week.”
            • One computer feeds every platform
            • Backup shots for every camera
            • A volunteer runs it from a phone
            • Names and hymn words on screen
            Watch: every platform at once
            Schools and colleges
            “The assembly is live once a term and nobody remembers how it worked last time.”
            • Presets for a classroom and lesson slides
            • A link and QR code parents can open
            • Recording to a file while live
            • Written steps for the next person
            Watch: run it from a phone
            Small broadcasters
            “We plan twenty to thirty live streams at a time.”
            • Several shows on one machine, on one monitoring wall
            • Direct shows that copy a feed without decoding it
            • Headless on a server or in Docker
            • An AI agent can add and watch many channels
            See it in production
            Event crews
            “When the line drops during a big event, we have to stream consistently.”
            • Destinations reconnect by themselves
            • The programme never stops while one is down
            • Phones as extra cameras by link or QR
            • NDI and SRT plugins in the installer
            Watch: when a camera dies

            The quotes are paraphrased from calls with churches, schools, broadcasters and event crews, without names.

            05CUE 10:05In production
            On air around the clock
            52

            live channels set up for a US broadcaster on one GodwinMix headend.

            Since October 2026 a GodwinMix headend carries the broadcaster's channels on one server with one GPU, in place of the commercial streaming server it used before. The channels play on the broadcaster's own watch site.

            Illustration of the channel count. The broadcaster's channels are not shown.

            The team behind it has run live video since 2011.

            GodwinMix comes from the same people who built Livebox, a streaming platform sold as a cloud service, a server and a box, and Instanet, a router that joins several internet lines so a broadcast stays online. Ripeflow LLC in Manassas, Virginia now builds, deploys and supports GodwinMix.

            1,500+streaming servers set up, 2018 to 2023
            1,100customers on those servers, roughly
            868receivers, encoders and bonding routers licensed
            40branded Android apps built for TV channels, about

            Past deployments include a High Court, a state government, a hospital group and a paramilitary force, named by sector only.

            06CUE 11:40What others cost

            What the usual tools cost, from their own price pages.

            We only list what each vendor publishes. Feature lists change, so check them yourself before you choose.

            ProductKindPublic priceSource
            GodwinMixSoftware mixer, open source, Apache 2.0$0, any use including commercialgithub.com/psmux/GodwinMix
            vMix HD / 4K / ProSoftware mixer$350 / $700 / $1,200 lifetime, per computer. MAX is $50 a monthvmix.com/purchase
            Wirecast Studio / ProSoftware mixer, subscription$34 / $42 a month billed yearly; $59 / $79 billed monthlywirecast.io/pricing
            ATEM Mini Pro / Extreme / Extreme ISO G2Hardware switcher$445 / $1,249 / $3,479blackmagicdesign.com
            Restream Standard / ProfessionalMultistreaming service$19 / $49 a monthrestream.io/pricing

            Prices read on 25 October 2026. Coming from OBS? GodwinMix imports your OBS scene collection and reports anything it skipped.

            07CUE 12:30Work with us

            We set it up, train your team and answer the phone.

            Ripeflow LLC sets GodwinMix up for churches, schools, broadcasters and event crews, trains the people who run it, and builds what is missing.

            Setup

            Your first service, on air

            We install it on your computer or server, add your cameras and destinations, set backups and test a full rehearsal with you.

            Training

            Your volunteers, confident

            A session on your own setup: Preview and Take, phones, graphics, what to do when something drops. With written steps to keep.

            Support

            Someone to call on the day

            Help before and during your shows, updates checked against your setup, and remote help when something looks wrong.

            Custom features

            What your show needs

            Plugins, graphics, integrations and headend work for channel operators, built on the same open source code.

            See it with your own cameras.

            Book a demo and we will walk through your service, your school event or your channels.

            Book a demo
            08CUE 13:15Questions

            Questions people ask before the first service.

            Is it really free?

            Yes. GodwinMix is licensed under Apache 2.0, free for any use including commercial. You pay only if you want our setup, training, support or custom work.

            What computer do I need?

            A Windows, Mac or Linux computer. It uses the hardware video encoder where the computer has one. It also runs without a screen on a server, in Docker or on a Raspberry Pi.

            Which platforms can it stream to?

            The destination list has YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, Instagram Live, Kick, LinkedIn Live, X, TikTok LIVE, any custom RTMP server, SRT, and HLS for viewers, which gives your own website a link and a QR code. Several can run at once from one encoder.

            What happens when a camera or the internet drops?

            A camera with a backup set is replaced after 3 seconds and returns once it has been steady for 5. A destination that drops keeps reconnecting by itself while the others carry on, and the programme does not stop.

            Can we use phones as cameras or controllers?

            Both. A phone can join as a camera by scanning a code, and a phone can run the show with its own code, which you can take back at any time.

            We use OBS today. Can we move?

            Yes. GodwinMix imports an OBS scene collection and reports anything it skipped. GodwinMix is not affiliated with the OBS Project.

            Does the AI agent need an account with you?

            No. GodwinMix has an MCP server built in. Any MCP client you already use, such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI or Cursor, can connect from Help, Connect an AI agent.

            Who do we call when something goes wrong?

            Ripeflow LLC. Support is part of our engagement. Book a call through the contact page and we will agree how to reach us on show days.

            09CUE 14:00Download

            Download GodwinMix 0.3.13.

            WindowsInstaller, 64 bit. MSI also on the release page macOS, Apple siliconDisk image for M1 and later macOS, IntelDisk image for Intel Macs LinuxAppImage. A .deb is on the release page

            All files and checksums: github.com/psmux/GodwinMix/releases. For a server, the Docker image is ghcr.io/psmux/godwinmix. Source code and documentation: github.com/psmux/GodwinMix.