Live streaming setup

Quick notes on the livestreaming setup we use on live.hackersanddesigners.nl

MUX

The backend we use is powered by [mux.com]. Ask Heerko or André for the password.

To setup our stream we need a stream key. You can get that key by going to Video > Livestreams in the left sidebar. There's two streams there. One is a test stream (has a notice at the top), good for testing but only for a limited time. The other one is the stream we use for broadcast. Find the right one, click [Show stream key] and copy the key.

OBS

Download [OBS]
Go to Settings > Stream

* Service: Custom
* Server: rtmps://global-live.mux.com:443/app
* Stream key: paste the key you copied from mux.com

Setting up the scenes in OBS pretty clear, and there's plenty tutorials out there, so I am skipping that :)

OBS Ninja

To get a speaker in the stream we use OBS Ninja: https://obs.ninja/

Click on 'Create reusable invite', use the speaker's name a the name and click the 'generate the invite link' button.

The next screen gives you two links: 1. The link you give to the speaker to connect to. 2. The OBS browser source link

Save both. Send the speaker link to the speaker.

On Mac

The browser source in OBS can't capture the OBS.Ninja audio. As a work around we use the OBS.Ninja app. There's a really good explanation on how to set it up on their github: https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture