Question / Help Need Help Connecting to Custom RTMP Server

[Garylisk]

(Note: There is no log file since it never connects, so there's nothing to log)

So, a friend and I run a stream, we've got a pretty sweet setup, but we've had problems with getting things streaming straight from my machine into his server when using OBS.

I can connect and stream through his server just fine using Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder, but nothing we try in OBS allows the connection. I am not sure if it's in the way we're entering info into OBS, or whether its a server-side configuration issue.

Here's some information that may help you help us:
(Just, with information changed to be unspecific)

In FMLE:
FMS URL: rtmp://website.url/live
Stream: streamname?secret=password

When I connect, the stream is then embedable with URL rtmp://website.url/live/streamname


SO, since I like OBS a lot and use it with Twitch and Hitbox frequently, I wanted to use it with this as well. However, we always get an error, no matter what we try.

I've tried many different combinations, here's some examples:

FMS URL: rtmp://website.url/live
Play Path/Stream Key: streamname?secret=password

(I actually think it rejects this outright because of the contained question mark. Doesn't like it.)

FMS URL: rtmp://website.url/live/streamname
Play Path/Stream Key: secret=password

FMS URL: rtmp://website.url/live/streamname
Play Path/Stream Key: password

FMS URL: rtmp://website.url/live
Play Path/Stream Key: streamname_secret=password

So anyway, every sort of combination we try throws back an error that the server is offline. (Which is just not true, I can switch right back over to FMLE and it connects and streams.)

Any help is appreciated. There's clearly something we're not understanding, here.

 

[Garylisk]

UPDATE:
Putting in his server's raw IP address made it connect just fine.

We are not sure what the deal is. Does OBS not like IPv6? Does it not like .ch domains? (His server is a .ch )

We have no idea, but plugging in the IP address like "rtmp://999.999.999.999/live" into FMS URL and then the stream "streamname?secret=password" into Play Path worked out perfectly.