Self Streaming #

This guide contains information on how to stream from your own computer.

Gather streaming key. #

• Open the courses admin page
• Create a stream with the location “self stream” if it doesn’t exist already.
• Navigate to the stream and click show keys.

OBS #

• Download and install OBS from here.
• Open OBS and click on Settings in the bottom right corner.
• Click on Stream in the left sidebar.
• Select Custom from the dropdown menu.
• Paste the stream key and the stream server from the courses admin page into the Stream key and Stream server field.
• Click on Output in the left sidebar.
• Click on Streaming in the top menu.
• Select Simple from the Output Mode dropdown menu.
• Insert the following settings:
  • Video Bitrate: 2500 - 4000
  • Audio Bitrate: 192 kbp/s (or 128kbp/s)
  • Video Encoder: x264
• Please ensure that your output is scaled to 1920x1080.

Zoom #

To use zoom for streaming, login to your account, navigate to… Click…