OBS -> YouTube audio streaming only

[OBSquad]

Hi, I am looking to stream audio-only sports commentary to a fairly old age demographic (technologically-speaking) who are probably fairly adept at YouTube but averse to other lesser-known platforms/software.

Is there any potential issue using OBS to stream the audio-only commentary (with perhaps a still image to suit YouTube Live's video needs) over say something more attuned to audio streaming such as Mixlr?

 

[FerretBomb]

You can do that, yes. Essentially just add an image source, then stream just as you would with a full video stream. It'll be handled the same way. The Bitrate setting in OBS is for the video side; audio bitrate is handled separately in the Audio config side.