OBS Studio

Set up your desktop OBS

Copy RTMP Stream Key

Go to your irl.run Ingests settings page Select RTMP and copy the Stream Key

Info:

Generally speaking, as long as your internet connection is good enough, RTMP is lower latency and recommended for desktop OBS streams.
However, poor network conditions, bad regional routing or other conditions may cause even desktop streams to be glitchy, in which case using the SRT ingest may alleviate the problems.

Open OBS Settings

Open OBS Settings

Select IRLToolkit Service and Paste Stream Key

Select IRLToolkit service and paste stream key

Attention:

To add as an SRT ingest instead:

  • Set Service to Custom ...
  • Paste in the SRT Full URL from the irl.run Ingests settings page in the Server line
  • Leave stream key blank

Info:

By default, the SRT ingest operates with 400ms of latency.
If high RTT artifacting occurs append &latency=1000000 to the end of the SRT Full URL.
If it continues to artifact or your RTT is higher than 300ms, try bumping it to 1500000 or 2000000 (microseconds)

Other Suggested Settings

From OBS Settings
Go to Output

Set Output Mode at the top to Advanced

For Nvidia GPUs select NVIDIA NVENC h.264
Bitrate 7500 or higher
Keyframe internal 2s


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