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Version: Production

Self Streaming

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

Gather streaming key.​

  • Open the course's 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​

warning

Self streaming can be unreliable and we cannot guarantee proper recording of your lecture just yet. In some cases, recordings might be corrupted. Please save a local copy just in case using the streaming software of your choice.

  • 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 course's 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.