RTMP Streaming

This article intends to teach you how to select RTMP Streaming as your room video mode, where to find the necessary information to live stream using external software, and how to operate its endpoints.

Choosing RTMP as the room video mode

Once you have created activities for your event's agenda, you need to set up its details and configurations, such as the room video mode.

To set RTMP Streaming as the room video mode, follow the steps below:

  1. First, go to Agenda > Activities > Select an activity on the left-hand side and press Edit in the upper right corner of the screen.
  2. Then, scroll down until you see Room video mode and choose RTMP Streaming from the dropdown bar.
  3. Click on End in the upper right corner of the screen, to save the changes made.
GIF showing how to choose RTMP as the room video mode

Live stream using external software

You can choose RTMP streaming as your room video mode to live stream a session using external software such as OBS, Wirecast, vMix, or any other live streaming platform. See below how to set this up:

  1. After you choose RTMP as your room video mode, scroll down to the checkbox that is marked with Live stream using external software.
  2. Click on the blue button titled 'View information' on the right side.
  3. A pop-up window will open with the STREAM URL and STREAM KEY codes. Simply copy these codes and insert them into the external software of your choice.
    rtmp stream url and stream keys

InEvent provides endpoints as a failsafe. All endpoints do not need to be enabled.

If you are facing buffering issues when using the first two endpoints, you can Enable the Low latency (AWS) as your endpoint.
If you switch the room video mode from RTMP to a different one and then switch it back to RTMP, the streaming will not resume automatically because a new Stream Key will be generated.

RTMP Alternate Tracks

If you have Hive Streaming enabled you will not see the option to add Alternate tracks.

If you need to create multiple RTMP endpoints within a single activity, you can do so by following the steps below:

  1. Now that you have set up your external software, you can add alternative tracks to your activity. To do this, first, click on Edit in the upper right corner.
  2. Then scroll down to RTMP Alternate tracks and in track name, type the name of the track you would like to add and press Add.
  3. Once you have added the track name, click on the blue information button under details. A pop-up window with the STREAM URL and STREAM KEY will open. Copy and paste these codes into your external software.
  4. Click on End in the upper right corner of the screen, to save the changes made.
GIF showing how to use RTMP Alternate Tracks
This feature is very useful for multi-language event sessions
Inside the activity

Below we can see how the previously set activity will function.

In order to change the track, simply click on the Settings icon below the video and choose the desired track.

GIF showing how RTMP works inside the Virtual Lobby

If room recording is enabled, the session will be available on the platform as a Live stream recording under the Recordings tab of the activity to play, set as pre-recorded or download in mp4 format. Click here to learn more about room recordings.

Session replica

If you create replicas of a session you will be able to stream the same video across multiple replicated sessions using a single stream key.

To replicate an activity you should follow the steps below:

  1. Make sure you have created two activities: the activity you wish to make into a replica and the main session (the activity the settings will be copied from)
  2. Click on the activity you want to make into a replica, press Edit, and click Enable replica.
Session replica
  1. A window will pop up asking you to select the session you wish to copy the settings from. Once you have selected the activity, press Enable replica.
Enable replica
  1. Once the settings have been replicated, you will see a note explaining that the activity is a replica and the option to Disable replica.
Replica
To change the content settings, you will need to edit the main session and the changes will be automatically reflected on the replica too.

What can each permission level do in RTMP Streaming?

Choosing the level of access your attendees will have on the platform means they will have different permission levels throughout your event.

Here is what each permission level can do in the RTMP Streaming room video mode:

Table showing what each permission level can do in RTMP Streaming
RTMP has better support in terms of the video player and cloud vendor integration. On the other hand, WebRTC offers a faster streaming experience with near real-time latency. Since each technology has its own strengths and limitations, they can be selected interchangeably based on the use case, dev efforts/timeline, and people’s skills.


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