Question / Help 24/7 Stream On A VPS or any other alternative method

[sothisisnightlife]

Hi, I want to start a 24/7 stream without using my own upload speed. I could also use a different computer to stream on but I would rather use vps so that I don't have to keep that computer running all day. My upload speed is only 3mb which why I need an alternative option.

Is running OBS on Linux VPS or Windows VPS possible? Are there any other methods I could use?

Please help me out.
Thanks.

 

[Fenrir]

Possible, but you need a video card in the VPS solution you would buy. Those are much harder to come by and usually fairly expensive.

What exactly are you trying to stream?

 

[Rodney]

Most VPS offers usually don't have a GPU that is required to run obs.

There are some that do but those are typically very expensive (i.e. AWS EC2 g2.2xlarge which comes in at around $500/month). Depending on the content you want to stream a dedicated machine that just has some Intel CPU with integrated GPU can be quite a bit cheaper (~30€ typically).

Alternatively if you might not actually need obs you can just use ffmpeg or vlc to create a 24/7 stream from files and playlists, for example.

 

[sothisisnightlife]

Most VPS offers usually don't have a GPU that is required to run obs.

There are some that do but those are typically very expensive (i.e. AWS EC2 g2.2xlarge which comes in at around $500/month). Depending on the content you want to stream a dedicated machine that just has some Intel CPU with integrated GPU can be quite a bit cheaper (~30€ typically).

Alternatively if you might not actually need obs you can just use ffmpeg or vlc to create a 24/7 stream from files and playlists, for example.

I've heard of ffmpeg would that work on a vps? And I don't mind using a vps that has integreated gpu, should do the job really, only streaming in 720p 30fps at a low bitrate.