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Create a Livestream

Create a Livestream​

Livepeer supports livestreaming using the RTMP protocol, which is supported by most broadcast software/hardware as well as open source software for mobile applications.

For this guide, we recommend OBS. Once you have it downloaded and installed follow these steps to start livestreaming:

  1. Navigate to Settings -> Stream
  2. Enter the RTMP Server URL provided by your broadcaster node. If you're running a VPS please use its public IPv4 address. You'll also need to add a stream key such as stream
  1. Make sure to set the Keyframe Interval to 2 as seen in the screenshot below. Otherwise the broadcaster node will fail.

Playback​

To check if your broadcaster node is working correctly, we'll go ahead and test your livestream, using the playback url that was given to you by your broadcaster node.

http://hostname:8935/stream/stream.m3u8

If the stream plays correctly, it means you've succesfully configured your Livepeer broadcaster node and that your video is being transcoded by the Livepeer protocol.