Setup custom RTMP for Livestreaming

Heya,

I’ll recommend using Nginx to see how it goes. Nginx with the RTMP module. This setup will allow you to stream your content to various platforms.

Step 1: Install Nginx and the RTMP Module

1. Update and install dependencies:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential libpcre3 libpcre3-dev libssl-dev

2. Download and compile Nginx with the RTMP module:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libnginx-mod-rtmp

Step 2: Configure Nginx for RTMP

1. Edit the Nginx configuration file (usually located at /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf):

sudo nano /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf

2. Add the following configuration for RTMP:

worker_processes  1;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;
    sendfile        on;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    server {
        listen       8080;
        server_name  localhost;

        location / {
            root   html;
            index  index.html index.htm;
        }

        location /live {
            types {
                application/vnd.apple.mpegurl m3u8;
                video/mp2t ts;
            }
            alias /tmp;
            expires -1;
            add_header Cache-Control no-cache;
        }
    }
}

rtmp {
    server {
        listen 1935;
        chunk_size 4096;

        application live {
            live on;
            record off;
            allow publish all;
            allow play all;
        }
    }
}

3. Save and exit the editor.

Step 3: Start Nginx

Start the Nginx server:

systemctl start nginx

Step 4: Stream to Your RTMP Server

You can use a software encoder like OBS Studio to stream to your RTMP server. In OBS, set your streaming URL to rtmp://your_server_ip/live and set the stream key as you like (e.g., myStream).

Step 5: Access Your Stream

1. For Roku and other platforms, you can provide the RTMP URL rtmp://your_server_ip/live/myStream.
2. For your website, you can use a video player that supports HLS (HTTP Live Streaming). You can use the m3u8 playlist served by Nginx. For example, the URL would be http://your_server_ip:8080/live/myStream.m3u8.