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How to add an RTMP Stream to Your Events

Access, prepare and stream multiple RTMP Streams all at once within your BigMarker event. You can prepare the streams beforehand, add live translations and stream in the highest resolution possible.

Access and prepare your RTMP Stream before your event begins. You can access the Stream Key and Server URL from BigMarker to plug into your desired broadcasting software before your events, giving you more control over preparing your RTMP Streams for your event. Additionally, you can add more Stream Keys for simultaneous event streaming from different locations. For example, you can now stream in various streams at the same time in the webinar room, or even more destinations if desired.

Even more, users are able to stream the original RTMP stream in up to 8K resolution, offering the highest quality of stream available. Overall, RTMP Streaming gives users a huge opportunity to view streams in multiple destinations simultaneously while in the highest resolution. Learn more about streaming in multiple streams simultaneously below.

*Additionally, when the RTMP Multi-View Mode setting is on, you will add multiple RTMP streams to the webinar. Each input will then be treated as an individual webcam, not the presentation content. This not only allows for multiple streams but you can then manipulate these streams like cameras, changing size, layout and design.1. Enable ON Generate Secondary Keys for Multiple Simultaneous Streams (Native RTMP Stream required).

2. Below, additional Stream Keys will populate. Click Copy to copy the Stream Key to put into the broadcasting service of choice.

(Note: The Stream Key under the Stream URL will disappear when this is enabled on. Make sure to change out the Stream URL accordingly.)

3. In the Label text box, rename the Stream Key if desired.

4. Click the + symbol to add more Stream Keys

5. Click Delete keys to delete a Stream Key

6. Click Save when finished.

When you are expecting more mobile users, or users with slower connection speeds, click the Support multiple adaptive layers box. What this does is stream in multiple resolutions, so that those users on mobile devices and with slower connection speeds will have their stream at lower resolutions as to not overwhelm their device.

Note: You can enable Adaptive layers on a per stream basis, for Native RTMP, or both.

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Inside the webinar room, attendees have the ability to switch between the two feeds. The labeled stream will appear in the top right hand corner where attendees can click to switch back and forth between the various streams.

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Watch the video below to see this in live action:

Another use for these multiple stream keys is the ability to stream a camera feed into your streams. For example, you can stream the same event from two separate streams, with one including a camera feed to be shown on one of the streams.

How to Stream a Camera Feed utilizing RTMP

It’s important to note that in order to do this, you will need to have an additional Stream Key not utilized. For example, your first stream would need an additional un-utilized Stream Key available to stream your camera feed into the webinar room. If two streams are streaming, you would need a third additional Stream Key to stream the camera feed through and so on.

1. Turn the camera ON and then click Go Live in the top right corner

2. Enter in the event’s Server URL and the second Stream Key that is not currently streaming

3. Click Start Broadcast

What will happen is that your camera feed will show within the RTMP Stream. Watch the video below to see this in live action:

This capability is a great opportunity for streaming RTMP with a sign language component, separate camera presenter feeds within a stream and more. It’s overall a great marketing tool to really enhance your events with various RTMP streams, camera feed included.

Can I Stream Out to Various Destinations?

Yes! You can stream your stream out to various destinations like Facebook Live, Youtube Live, LinkedIn Live, etc., at the same time (Learn here where to find your destination’s Stream URL and Stream Key). Reach greater audiences by streaming to two or three destinations at once, creating a unique opportunity for attendees to listen in on whatever platform they choose. This capability is great for spreading your event and brand’s messaging consistently across all platforms, making it easier for attendees to view and engage.

Link to YouTube Live outbound stream:

Link to Facebook Live outbound stream:

How to Stream Out to Various Destinations

1. In the webinar room, click Go Live on the top control bar.

2. Click the wheel icon to add the RTMP destination you would like to stream out to

If desired, click Add Destination to add a new RTMP destination

3. Enter in the Server URL and Stream Key for the destination

If adding a new destination, add the Page Name as well

4. Click Connect Stream Key

5. When finished, toggle ON the Stream Destination.

Once the streams are toggled on, they will begin to stream to their designated destination. Watch the video below to see this in live action:

Stream out to a separate BigMarker Event

There are two ways to do this: Adding the Live Event right within the room or adding the webinar as an outbound RTMP destination before the event starts. With a new tab to stream to a live webinar room, you can automatically gain access to the live webinar’s Stream URL and Stream Key. If you would like to set up the RTMP destination before your event starts, you can set the upcoming event’s stream key and stream URL in the webinar preview room.

How To Setup RTMP for an Upcoming BigMarker Event before your Event Starts

First and foremost, you will need to have upcoming events to do this. Create as many webinars as desired, then go to the Manage Webinar dashboard of the event you’d like to have the RTMP stream into.

From there, click to Preview the Webinar Room, then click Launch Webinar Room Preview.

From there, click on RTMP Out in the top right corner, and select Stream to BigMarker. Use the dropdown menus to choose the webinar and the stream key. Click Connect Webinar when finished.

Now, your upcoming event will be ready to be streamed as RTMP when your event goes live. Watch the video below to see this setup in live action:

How To Stream Out to a Separate BigMarker Event using “Stream to BigMarker”

1. At the top of the control bar, click RTMP Out.

2. Click Add Destination, then click over to the Stream to BigMarker tab.

3. Select the Live Webinar of choice using the drop down menu, then click the Stream Key associated with that. Only webinars that are live, meaning their server has finished initializing and presenters can enter the room will show in this drop down menu. You can click the Refresh button to refresh the list if needed.

4. Click Add Destination when finished.

From there, your BigMarker event will automatically be added as an external RTMP destination. Watch the video below to see this in live action:

Adding Live Interpretation while Streaming with RTMP

You can combine the above steps all in one to have your main event’s RTMP stream streaming in the webinar room while simultaneously having other streams with an Interpreter streaming into the main room interpreting different languages. There are two ways to do this: with OBS or other broadcasting software, or on the BigMarker platform. Both ways will be explained below.

How to Stream RTMP with a Live Interpreter using OBS/Third Party Software

First, follow the steps above to create two separate Stream Keys in your main event room. For this example, we will label the first stream key as English and the second stream key as Spanish.

From there, add in your main event’s Stream URL and Stream Key into your main RTMP Stream and then enter into the main event’s webinar room. In this instance, I will add my Stream URL and English Stream Key into my main RTMP Stream and then enter the English event room and start my RTMP stream in there.

Next, you will start an RTMP Outbound Stream into your secondary room, in this case my Spanish room. Click RTMP Outbound in the top control bar of your main event room, and add another stream destination. Take your secondary room’s Stream URL and Stream Key and enter them in as an outbound location. Watch the video below to see this in live action:

You will also need to add your main room as an outbound RTMP stream into your secondary room. In this instance, I will be adding my English Room as an outbound RTMP destination in my Spanish room. To add your secondary stream back into the main room, click RTMP Outbound and add the main room’s Stream URL and Stream Key as an outbound destination.

For the main room (English Room):

For the secondary room (Spanish):

Now, at the bottom of the RTMP stream, you have the ability to mute the stream for either yourself or for your audience. We recommend Interpreters entering into your secondary rooms and then muting their RTMP stream out to their audience by toggling on Mute Stream for Audience.

What this will do is allow Interpreters to hear the main RTMP stream from the main room (English room) so they can interpret but their RTMP stream will not be heard by the audience. Overall, when attendees enter into your main event webinar room they will be able to select from the various RTMP streams and hear the different audio for each. This process is a great way to easily create multiple, different audio streams for your event without needing to create different RTMP streams and streams into one location.

How to Stream RTMP with a Live Interpreter using BigMarker

Create three separate BigMarker webinars. One will be the main webinar, where your attendees will enter. The second will be your presentation webinar room, where your presenters and presentation will be in. And the third will be the translation language of choice. You can create additional webinars for however many languages you would like to have for the event.

For this example, I will be naming my attendee webinar as Audience, my Presentation webinar as Presentation and my translation language webinar as Spanish.

First, you will want to have your presentation webinar stream into your language translation webinar. Add your language translation webinar as an outbound RTMP destination by entering in the webinar’s Stream URL and Stream Key within the presentation. Watch the video below to see this in live action.

Next, in your attendee webinar, (my Audience webinar), you will want to enable ON Native RTMP Streaming and create two stream keys. One for the presentation webinar and the other for the translation language webinar. In my example, I will be naming the presentation stream key as presentation and the translation language stream key as Spanish.

Your main presentation room will house the presenters and presentation. This feed will be going into both your translator’s webinar and your attendee’s webinar. You will want to enter into your Presentation room and make two external RTMP destinations to both your attendee and translation language webinars. Watch the video below to see this in live action:

Finally, you will want to take your translation language webinar (my Spanish webinar) and add the attendee webinar into the translation language webinar as an outbound RTMP destination. Take the Stream URL and the Stream Key from your attendee webinar and add it into your translation language webinar. Watch the video below to see this in live action:

From there, each respective user will go into their own webinar. Presenters with their presentation will go into the presentation webinar, the translator will go into the translation webinar and your attendees will go into the audience webinar.

Toggle ON the translation RTMP destination within your presentation room so your interpreter will receive that RTMP feed. From there, they can mute their audience stream as where they will still hear the presentation occur and be able to interpret while muting the actual RTMP feed. Toggle ON Mute Stream for Audience at the bottom right hand corner of the screen.

Within the attendee room, toggle ON the Presentation and Language Translation RTMP destinations. Now, your attendees will be able to view the main presentation webinar and toggle between the different languages.

When you use multiple incoming RTMP streams in a session, users can also switch between them when using the companion app

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8. Pause or Switch Your RTMP Feed without Disturbing Your Presentation

As of July 2023, It is now possible to easily and seamlessly switch from your RTMP stream to a direct video, slide deck, or live camera feed any time during your live session. Instead of having to turn off your RTMP stream off-platform, you can leave it active in the background while you display other content.

Session admins can utilize the content tabs at the top-left of the presentation screen to show other content while the RTMP Stream is active:

Previously, Incoming RTMP streams would always take the place of the presentation content. With this new update, you can configure the RTMP stream to be either the presentation content or a webcam feed in the webinar room. With the webcam feed option enabled, you can offer side-by-side streaming of your RTMP content along with your screen share or directly uploaded video to enhance your event experience.

These settings can be found & configured by clicking the RTMP button in the live webinar room (as a presenter).

Additionally, you can always look up the Stream URL and Key in the webinar dashboard at any time.

How to Add a Back-Up RTMP Stream

When hosting a webinar on BigMarker you have the option to stream content into the webinar using RTMP. However, previously there was not a built-in way to have a backup stream, meaning that if the connection is broken or interrupted, your content wouldn’t be shown unless you had a contingency plan in place.

Now as part of any webinar, there is a second set of RTMP credentials you can stream to simultaneously. These credentials are completely separate from the main stream. If the main stream connection fails, the webinar will automatically switch to the backup stream. No other action is needed on the part of the webinar admins.

Simply navigate to your webinar landing page and select RTMP Stream Keys in the lefthand navigation menu. Input your back-up stream URL and stream key in the designated spots.