In this video I’m going to show you how to stream to Twitch, YouTube Gaming, Hitbox,
and much more at the same time - and it’s completely free.
Let’s get right into it.
One of the questions I get asked a lot is, “what service should I stream to?”
The answer I give is usually Twitch or YouTube Gaming, but there’s a lot of merit in other
services such as HitBox, BeamPro, and a few others.
Usually my answer depends on what the goal of the streamer is, but with a the service
ReStream.IO, there’s almost no reason you have to choose a specific one anymore.
With ReStream.IO you can stream to almost any popular streaming service quickly and
easily.
The best part with a service like this, is that it won’t put anymore stress on your
PC hardware or your bandwidth.
You basically will stream your feed to ReStream.IO’s servers, which then sends your feed to all
of the platforms that you choose.
Also, with their redesign and addition of their Restream chat app, that compiles all
of your chat messages into one easy to use program - this service went from something
that I thought was interesting, to a service I think is a must try for any new streamer.
We’ll talk more about ReStream chat in the next video, so make sure to subscribe to watch
that.
To start, let’s head over to restream.io and sign up for an account.
Once your account is created and you’re logged in, you’ll be prompted with the ability
to Add a Channel.
Let’s click add channel and we’ll be presented with all of the platforms that are supported.
As you can see, it’s quite a list - Twitch, YouTube Gaming, BeamPro, and over 25 more.
If we scroll down a bit, we can even see the ability to Double as well as stream to a custom
RTMP.
Anways, I’m going to add in Twitch and Hitbox for this video, but adding more channels is
the same for almost every service.
Before I continue, I want to mention that I already have created accounts at Twitch
and Hitbox, as well as the other services I plan to add, so if you don’t have an account
with these individual platforms, make sure that you create each account before continuing.
Adding a channel works the same for just about every platform.
Click the service you want to add, hit connect, and then authorize it - this may require you
to login to the platform.
Once you’ve added one channel, you can click the Add Channel button again at the top right
to choose additional services.
For any new streamer - I’d recommend starting out with Twitch, YouTube Gaming, HitBox, and
BeamPro.
Once all of the channels are added in, you can notice that you can change your Stream
Title, currently for YouTube and Twitch Only, right here.
Now, we need to configure OBS Studio to stream to ReStream.IO - to do so let’s select the
server that’s closest to our location on the right side of our Restream dashboard.
In my case, I’m going to pick Dallas, Texas.
Now, we need to copy our stream key.
Go ahead and click inside the Stream Key box and copy this entire string of characters.
If you ever need to reset your key, this refresh button will do that for you.
With OBS Studio open, let’s go into the settings and click the Stream tab.
Under the service drop down, select ReStream.IO, match the server to the one that you selected
in the ReStream dashboard, and then paste in your stream key.
Hit Apply, and Okay to close the settings… and that’s it.
Your other settings inside of OBS Studio can be left the same, as if you’re streaming
directly to Twitch - if you need more help on that, make sure to check out my other videos
on this topic.
Once I hit start streaming ReStream will attempt to connect to all of the services listed,
and then show their status - such as connection, online, or offline.
As I mentioned earlier in this video, they also have a program that compiles all of your
chat messages from each channel you added - we’ll be checking that out in our next
video in detail, but basically, once you install, run, and login to this app, you’ll see all
your messages in one place - we can even add this into OBS Studio as well.
For the last part of this video, I want to address a quick concern of mine with using
a service like this.
I’ve been so far impressed by this service - but I feel like I should point out a few
things.
In terms of reliability of Restream, I’ve only had a short time testing out this service,
and it’s been great so far.
But there is the possibility of it going down for maintenance, servers being overloaded,
problems with platforms APIs, or various other reasons it may not work.
So, in case of emergency - you may want to be prepared to connect directly to your platform
of choice.
I also noticed that sometimes it takes a bit of time to connect to all the services at
once, so some kind of intro type screen is recommended until all of your channels are
online.
The delay actually seems quite reasonable, where it’s been around 8 to 10 seconds for
my stream to be shown on Twitch or YouTube.
Lastly, if you’re a partnered streamer with Twitch, you may not be able to broadcast to
multiple platforms, as per your agreement with Twitch.
If you’re not partnered, then don’t worry about this.
Anyways, this program impressed me quite a bit.
Last time I found something this easy to use and well designed was probably with Discord.
Let me know in the comments below if you have any questions about setting this up, or even
how your experience has been with it so far.
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