Setting up Aircast might be a bit unfamiliar if you are used to other restreaming solutions. This is because whilst most require changing your existing setup to point your stream towards them, something that can be difficult or even impossible to do on some systems, Aircast will download/stream from your existing platform, like Twitch. This makes it much simpler to restream using Aircast, and allows you to try out other platforms without changing your whole setup.

Follow these steps to get started with your first restream using Aircast:

Note: this guide assumes you have already signed up for an Aircast account.

Step 1: Login to your source platform

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Select which platform you would like to be your source. This is the platform that you will be streaming directly to. This will take you to the platform's website to login and authorize Aircast.

Currently we support using Twitch, Glimesh or THETA.tv as your source platform.

Example view once authenticated with Twitch

Example view once authenticated with Twitch

If you chose Twitch, you can optionally configure your restream to automatically start when you go live on Twitch, you will need to also configure your outputs to do this (more on this later).

Step 2: Add a destination stream

Now you need to pick which platform(s) you would like Aircast to restream to. Start by clicking the "Add Stream Output" button.

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A menu will open with a number of platforms you can choose to stream to.

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If you want to stream to Facebook, or some other RTMP compatible destination then you will need to upgrade to Aircast Premium.

Select one of the platforms, for this example we will select YouTube.

A new output will be added to the page which you will need to configure.