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}
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{eventname}_{angle}_{bitrate}@{streamId}
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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
- 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.
Tip: here are just some of the additional platforms that you can broadcast to using our RTMP feature: Twitch, Brightcove, Ooyala, Akamai.