Pushing Streams and Streaming Content on a PC (for Cloud Stream Live)

Prerequisites

• You have configured an ingest domain name and a streaming domain name on the Live console by referring to Adding Domain Names.
• You have installed a streaming tool (recommended: Open Broadcaster Software). If you have not installed it yet, download and install it.
• You have installed a media player (recommended: VLC media player). If you have not installed it yet, download and install it.

Pushing Streams

1. Obtain an ingest URL.
   1. Log in to the Live console. In the navigation pane, choose Domains.
   2. Click Manage in the row containing the target ingest domain name. Obtain the ingest URL on the Basic Info page.

      See Figure 1. StreamName is user-defined. Example of ingest URL: rtmp://livepush-test.huaweicloud.com/live/huawei09.

      Figure 1 Ingest URL
      
      

      The domain name in the preceding figure is only an example. Use your own ingest domain name.

2. Run OBS and click Settings in the lower right corner.

   

3. On the left navigation pane, choose Output. Set Output Mode to Advanced and Keyframe Interval to 2.

   

4. In the navigation pane, choose Stream and enter the ingest URL obtained in 1.

   

   An ingest URL consists of the following two parts:

   • URL: Enter the part from the beginning of the ingest URL to the AppName, for example, rtmp://livepush-test.huaweicloud.com/live/.
   • Stream key: Enter the part from the StreamName to the end of the ingest URL, for example, huawei09.
   

   The parameter names on the GUI may vary depending on the OBS version, but the rules for configuring the parameters are the same.

5. Click OK.
6. Right-click the Sources area and choose Add to add a stream source.

   

   • Media Source indicates a local media file.
   • Video Capture Device indicates a camera. If a camera is available on the PC, the camera is directly enabled.

7. Click Start Streaming in the lower right corner.

Streaming Content

1. Obtain a streaming URL.
   1. Log in to the Live console. In the navigation pane, choose Domains.
   2. Click Manage in the Operation column of the desired streaming domain name. Obtain the streaming URL on the Basic Info page.

      See Figure 2. StreamName is user-defined and must be the same as the value of StreamName in the ingest URL. Otherwise, the playback fails.

      For example, a streaming URL can be assembled in the following formats:

      • FLV: http://exampletest.huaweicloud.com/live/huawei09.flv
      • M3U8: http://exampletest.huaweicloud.com/live/huawei09.m3u8
      • RTMP: rtmp://exampletest.huaweicloud.com/live/huawei09
      Figure 2 Streaming URL
      
      

      The domain name in the preceding figure is only an example. Use your own streaming domain name.

2. Run VLC.
3. On the menu bar, choose Media > Open Multiple Files.
4. In the displayed dialog box, enter the streaming URL obtained in step 1. Click Play.

   

Helpful Links

If you use your own domain names for livestreaming, you can configure the following functions before using Live:

• Recording Live video to OBS
• Snapshot capturing
• Transcoding: used to transcode a live stream in different specifications and play the content using a transcoded streaming URL
• Stream authentication: used to protect live resources