Broadcast to a custom RTMP destination – Grabyo

You can broadcast your Grabyo stream to any platform that has RTMP details using the custom RTMP destination feature.

Broadcasting to a custom RTMP destination

Select BROADCAST on the stream you would like to broadcast
Select ADD CUSTOM DESTINATION
Select a CAMPAIGN and toggle on SAVE VOD TO CAMPAIGN
Enter a DISPLAY NAME
Enter a STREAM SERVER URL
Enter a STREAM NAME
Select enable RTMP AUTHENTICATION and enter your details
Select START BROADCASTING to start
Select STOP BROADCASTING to finish

Stream server URL	Stream name
The stream server describes the host name and port, as well as the RTMP application name	The stream name is a unique name or ID of the stream that is being streamed to the Stream Server
rtmp(s)://{hostname}:{port}/{app-name}	{eventname}_{angle}_{bitrate}@{streamId}
hostname: The domain name of the ingest server port: The port for the RTMP stream (default is 1935) app-name: The name of the application on the RTMP Ingest server e.g rtmp://eu-west-1-ingest.grabyo.com:1935/grabyo-ingest	The stream name follows the format of any string value and can contain query parameters e.g myStreamName?token=123456

Akamai specific stream name

When publishing a RTMP stream to Akamai, Akamai requires stream names to be of a specific format:

{eventname}_{angle}_{bitrate}@{streamId}

eventname: The name of the event

angle: The camera angle

bitrate: The bitrate of the stream

streamId: The Akamai Stream ID

e.g Akamai ingests have stream names such as myStreamName_01_3200@123456

Broadcasting to Twitter Media Studio

You can set up a custom RTMP destination in Grabyo and create a broadcast specifically for Twitter only.

Creating a source

Navigate to https://studio.twitter.com/producer and select CREATE BROADCAST
In modal enter a BROADCAST NAME, add a CATEGORY and select the source field.
Select an existing source or select CREATE A NEW SOURCE. Enter a SOURCE NAME and select a REGION
Take note of the SOURCE URL and STREAM KEY
In Grabyo, select BROADCAST on the stream you would like to broadcast
Select ADD CUSTOM DESTINATION
Select a CAMPAIGN
Select SAVE VOD TO CAMPAIGN
Enter the STREAM SERVER URL and STREAM NAME that you generated in step 4
Select START BROADCASTING to start

Starting your Twitter broadcast

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Starting your broadcast from Grabyo will begin sending your stream to your Twitter source
Select CONTENT RESTRICTIONS to configure geo-restrictions
Select CREATE BROADCAST to start your Twitter broadcast
Select TWEET and enter a social message
Select TWEET once more to share your broadcast publicly

Note: If you are logged into your Periscope account you will be able to see your broadcast, however, this is will not be visible to anyone else until you tweet it.

Broadcasting to Twitch

Select BROADCAST on the stream you would like to broadcast
Select ADD CUSTOM DESTINATION
Select a CAMPAIGN and toggle on SAVE VOD TO CAMPAIGN
Enter a DISPLAY NAME
Navigate to https://stream.twitch.tv/ingests/ and take note of the INGEST ENDPOINTS
In the modal paste the SOURCE URL
Navigate to https://www.twitch.tv/
Select SETTINGS > CHANNEL AND VIDEOS
Take note of the PRIMARY STREAM KEY
In the modal paste the STREAM KEY and select START BROADCASTING
The stream is now published on Twitch
When the broadcast ends select STOP BROADCASTING from the modal in Grabyo

Note: For more information on the recommended encoder settings for Twitch check out this link or reach out to support@grabyo.com.

Tip: Here are some of the additional platforms that you can broadcast to using our RTMP feature: Brightcove, Ooyala.