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What is RTMP streaming?

The protocol every live platform still accepts, and why it means you are not locked to one of them.

RTMP is the protocol that carries your video from wherever you are to a platform that broadcasts it. YouTube, Twitch, Facebook and Instagram all accept it, and each gives you a server URL and a stream key to point at.

Because it is a standard, an app that speaks RTMP can stream to any of them — or to your own server — without a separate integration for each. Paste the URL and the key and you are live.

Talk2Camera streams and records independently: you can start and stop the recording without touching the stream, and camera switching works mid-stream too.

The Go Live sheet: a connected accounts section, and a manual ingest section with fields for an RTMP URL and stream key.
Paste an RTMP URL and stream key from any platform. Recording and streaming start and stop independently, and camera switching works mid-stream.

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Stream to any RTMP server

Paste the URL and key from your platform’s live dashboard — YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram or your own server. Reconnects automatically with backoff.

Record and stream at once

Start and stop the recording without touching the stream. Camera switching works mid-stream too.

One-tap platform connect

Sign in to YouTube, Twitch or Facebook and the app creates the broadcast for you.
What is RTMP streaming?