The streaming output can be used for ever kind of classical streaming. For example for **rtmp, srt, rtp** etc. Any streaming type supported by ffmpeg should work.
**Remember that you need a streaming server as a destination if you want to use this mode.**
When you are using the text overlay filter, it will apply to all outputs.
The same works to for HLS output.
If you want to use different resolution, you should apply them in order from biggest to smallest. Use the biggest resolution in config under `processing:` and the smaller ones in `output_params:`.
In desktop mode you will get your picture on screen. For this you need a desktop system, theoretical all platforms should work here. ffplayout will need for that **ffplay**.
## HLS
In this mode you can output directly to a hls playlist. The nice thing here is, that ffplayout need less resources then in streaming mode.
HLS output is currently the default, mostly because it works out of the box and don't need a streaming target. In default settings it saves the segments to **/usr/share/ffplayout/public/live/**.
To use one of the outputs you need to edit the **ffplayout.yml** config, here under **out** set your **mode** and use the different **output** options.