Question / Help direct live streaming (without service) ?

[iobs]

Hi, I'm new to OBS and would like to know whether it's possible to do live video streaming with OBS, but directly to another computer. When I set up the stream prefs, I get this long list of (mandatory?) services, like Twitch etc... I'd simply like to stream directly to another device. If this is possible, how can it be done ? Thanks for any help.

 

[SpectreKid]

Hi, I'm new to OBS and would like to know whether it's possible to do live video streaming with OBS, but directly to another computer. When I set up the stream prefs, I get this long list of (mandatory?) services, like Twitch etc... I'd simply like to stream directly to another device. If this is possible, how can it be done ? Thanks for any help.

I do not have experience over this. NDI would be your best bet, I believe. Just search on YouTube or Google about two PC streaming and you should get your answer.

 

[iobs]

Thx for the hint. Been searching for direct streaming between 2 PCs all right, but only found info for PCs on same network and I need to be able to stream to the second PC over the Internet...

 

[Narcogen]

This is one of those things where if you have to ask how to do it, from a practical perspective, you probably can't.

You'd need to run your own RTMP server, your own webserver, stream from OBS to that, and then embed a player in a web page, and port forward on your router to the machine running the webserver so that the public internet can access it.

If you aren't already familiar with those things, doing them is non-trivial and potentially presents a security risk to your local network.

However it is technically possible. However I would not recommend it for a new OBS user, this is not really a basic function.

How to set up your own private RTMP server using nginx

Most people who stream enjoy using services such as Twitch.tv or Ustream to deliver video to viewers, and that works well enough. But sometimes you want some more control over your stream, or you want other people to be able to stream to you, or...

obsproject.com

 

[iobs]

ok, didn't know it was that hard... So I guess streaming services are a necessary evil then. Which ones could be recommended for narrow-bandwidth endpoints, if possible free and secure ?

 

[Narcogen]

Twitch, Mixer and YouTube are all free. All will send to your endpoint the bandwidth you supply, so that can be as low as you like.

Most use RTMPS now, so there is SSL encryption on the connection. Whether that is secure or not depends on what you mean by secure.

 

[iobs]

Yeah I meant encryption. Ok will check out those. Thanks. Wouldn't it be possible to host a private streaming server on a VPS ? Would there be any dedicated ones for streaming ? Also isn't there any app out there allowing to set up private streaming (directly on the endpoint), but with a GUI ?