How to stream an event from OBS to LiveStream Pro

This article explains how to stream an event from OBS to LiveStream Pro.

Create a scene in OBS

• If using OBS for the first time, create a scene with a video.

• Click on the + icon in the scene tab at the bottom left.
  

• Give the scene a name and confirm.

• Click on the + icon in the source tab at the bottom.
  

Add a source
Streaming from different media sources

• Select Media Source to stream from different media sources.

• Select the video from your PC.

• Enable the loop function and click "OK" to confirm.

Streaming from other sources

• If you are streaming from your desktop or laptop, select Display Capture.
  If you are streaming from your webcam, select Video Capture Device.

Configure OBS stream settings

• Click on "Settings" under "Controls":
  
• In the popup that appears, click on "Stream" from the left side.
• Choose "Custom..." from the Service drop-down menu.
• Enable "Use authentication"
• In your LiveStream Pro account, click on the Encoder tab and copy the following information from Broadcasting details to OBS (this will vary according to the protocol chosen).

LiveStream Pro
After setting up your livestream event, you will see the setup summary.

The summary page is shown after you have successfully set up your Livestream event.
This page contains important event information, such as

• sharing URL

• embed code

• streaming server URL and key

• streaming server authentication
  
  

This summary conveniently displays useful information in a single page, and you can also share and send this information to participants:

You can also access the Studio and Viewer apps from the setup summary page.

Studio
Once your event has been created, you can access the Livestream Studio to control your event. The Studio provides an overview of the livestream event, allows you to change the status of an event to live, monitor the status and stream quality of a livestream, and moderate question and answer sessions if it is enabled in the manager app.

Encoder

The encoder section in Studio displays streaming information, such as the streaming URL.

If you chose RTMPS as the streaming protocol, the following information will be displayed:

• RTMP URL

• backup server URL*

• username

• password

• server key

RTMPS protocol

The following table tells you where to enter the information from LiveStream Pro in OBS.

If you have multilingual event, you will have separate server key per language.


OBS:

Then, press OK to save your changes.

SRT protocol

• If you have selected the SRT protocol,
  

• Simply paste the server URL from the setup summary in the field Server:
  

• Close the Settings window by clicking "OK".

Start streaming:

Test your event before you stream

You can also test your event before you start your live event. Consult this article for more information.

Click on "Start Streaming" in OBS. A green square indicates the stream has successfully started. If not, please check the stream settings. It's possible that there's an incorrect server, streaming key, or username-password combination such as a typing error.

Verify the stream on LiveStream Pro:

• Return to your LiveStream Pro account.

• Click on "HLS signal".

• Preview the stream in the player.

• To go live on the consumer view, click "Start stream".

• Open the consumer view by clicking "Event preview".
  
  

Streaming to Primary and Backup Servers

IMPORTANT: Connect both your primary and backup streams before going live. This will ensure that your live stream continues uninterrupted if your primary stream fails.

Note that you cannot configure a backup stream after your event has gone live.

• The Viewer application will automatically switch to the backup stream if the primary stream fails.

• Producers and Viewers do not need to do anything to trigger the automatic failover.

Each event can be streamed to both a primary and backup server. The Studio will show you the status of both servers, and you can choose to preview both streams or just the primary stream.

If you go live without the backup stream, there will only be the primary stream preview available in Studio.

However, if the backup stream is enabled, viewers watching the backup stream will be automatically switched to the primary stream if the backup stream fails.

This ensures that your live stream will continue uninterrupted even if one of the servers fails.

For more information please check following documentations:
https://help.movingimage.com/v1/docs/livestream-studio
https://help.movingimage.com/docs/en/lspro-obs
https://help.movingimage.com/v1/docs/test-preview

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