We’re sure that everyone here knows, that multistreaming is available in OBS Studio thanks to the Multiple RTMP outputs plugin. It’s free and meets the needs of most of the users who need to stream to several targets simultaneously. However, using this plugin have some disadvantages, which complicate its use for some streamers:
But what if you need to stream, let’s say, 4k video to platform A and platform B, and 1080p video to platform C and platform D? It is possible with the Multiple RTMP outputs plugin, but you’ll need to have a stable about 50-70 Mbps network and quite powerful CPU / graphic card to handle these streams. But what should you do, if you don’t have such resources?
In this case, the transcoding option of restreaming services can help. The broadcaster sends the single stream to the service’s remote server, and the video is transcoded to a lower quality there. However, only a few restreaming services have this option, and usually, the price for it is quite high.
Streamster service has the transcoding option in paid plans starting only from 30/per month (unlimited usage) or $0.96/per hour (pay-per-use). The price depends on the Resolution and FPS limits for the original and transcoded streams, as well as on the number of multistreaming target and the bitrate limit: all pricing plans. The service is web-based, so installing any additional is not required.
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Please check this video tutorial about how to set up transcoding with Streamster.
- Increasing network load if one encoder is used (stream to all targets has the same preferences).
- Increasing network and CPU load if several encoders are used (stream to targets has different preferences).
But what if you need to stream, let’s say, 4k video to platform A and platform B, and 1080p video to platform C and platform D? It is possible with the Multiple RTMP outputs plugin, but you’ll need to have a stable about 50-70 Mbps network and quite powerful CPU / graphic card to handle these streams. But what should you do, if you don’t have such resources?
In this case, the transcoding option of restreaming services can help. The broadcaster sends the single stream to the service’s remote server, and the video is transcoded to a lower quality there. However, only a few restreaming services have this option, and usually, the price for it is quite high.
Streamster service has the transcoding option in paid plans starting only from 30/per month (unlimited usage) or $0.96/per hour (pay-per-use). The price depends on the Resolution and FPS limits for the original and transcoded streams, as well as on the number of multistreaming target and the bitrate limit: all pricing plans. The service is web-based, so installing any additional is not required.
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Please check this video tutorial about how to set up transcoding with Streamster.