Question / Help Linux VPS E-learn plattform

[johanneseklund]

Hey!

Im developing a E-learn site with face-to-face lessons through our plattform.
So basicly its gonna be a virtual school with the ability to match a student with a teacher and they get along in a virtual classroom.

This classroom will contain.
-Live webcam stream
-Live screencast stream
-Ability to livestream goPro and such things.
-Unlimited streams at the same time.
-Without Flash player. Since Flash won't work on Ipads.

I´ve got a Linux VPS server.
Is there anything OBS will do?
Can you recommend anything else?

Best,
Johannes!

I promise that they one who solves my problem will have a free lesson.

 

[dodgepong]

OBS can stream webcams, screens, and input from video capture cards (which can capture GoPros), so OBS can handle that part.

For distribution, you'll want to use a service that supports HLS streaming so that it will work on the iPads. YouTube Livestreaming should work, assuming you don't need to stream to Germany...

If you want to roll your own distribution, you can set up nginx with the RTMP module on your VPS by following this guide, and make sure you enable HLS transcoding.

 

[johanneseklund]

Oh nice!
Does OBS use Flash player?
And are users that use Mac, Ipad, Linux, Windows gonna be able to stream/watch?

Thanks for some nice info. I´ll handle that to my coders.

 

[dodgepong]

OBS does not "use" Flash Player, it creates the videos, but you need to play them back with something.

As long as you have some sort of player that can watch an HLS stream, then yes, all those platforms can watch.