Quick Setup

Stream Setup

Make a stream. Copy the link. Watch.

Go Live gives you the two OBS boxes. Friends use the viewing link.

Quick summary

  • Go Live: copy URL for OBS and Stream Key.
  • OBS: paste them in.
  • Friends: open URL for viewing.

Get your stream

  1. Sign in.
  2. Open Go Live.
  3. Copy URL for OBS and Stream Key.

Browser links look like this:

https://rtmp.ca/watch/9e3ae5de-8e22-40db-b509-a0644d2cb67b

Sign in if asked.

OBS

  1. Open OBS.
  2. Go to Settings > Stream.
  3. Set Service to Custom....
  4. Paste your server URL and stream key.
  5. Start streaming.

Stream format settings:

  • Video codec: H.264
  • Audio codec: AAC
  • Keyframe interval: 2 seconds
  • Rate control: CBR when available

OBS says “Encoding overloaded”

OBS encodes video on your computer before uploading it. OTFV converts the uploaded video for viewers; its Quest resolution limit does not reduce the work OBS does on your computer.

  1. Stop streaming before changing encoder or video settings.
  2. In Settings > Video, try Output (Scaled) Resolution: 1280 × 720 and 30 FPS as a recovery starting point. Increase quality gradually after the warning clears.
  3. In Settings > Output, select an available H.264 hardware encoder such as NVIDIA NVENC, AMD HW, Apple VT, or Intel Quick Sync. If using x264, try a faster CPU preset such as veryfast.
  4. If a game is using most of the GPU, cap its frame rate and lower its graphics settings to leave capacity for OBS. On Windows, OBS also recommends trying Run as administrator.
  5. Start a short test and open View > Stats. Check skipped frames due to encoding lag and frames missed due to rendering lag. Dropped network frames need a connection or bitrate check instead.

If the warning continues, reproduce it, then use Help > Log Files > Upload Current Log File in OBS and send the log link to support. Include your stream name and the time of the warning; keep your stream key private.

OBS encoding performance troubleshooting · OBS hardware encoder guidance

VLC

  1. Open VLC.
  2. Go to Media > Open Network Stream.
  3. Paste the RTSP URL for apps from Go Live.
  4. Click Play.
rtsp://rtmp.ca/watch/9e3ae5de-8e22-40db-b509-a0644d2cb67b

If it stutters, add caching.

VRChat

  1. Join a world with a video player.
  2. Open the URL box.
  3. Paste the RTSP URL for apps.
  4. Submit.

Paste this:

rtsp://rtmp.ca/watch/9e3ae5de-8e22-40db-b509-a0644d2cb67b

Use whichever works there.