In this guide, we’ll show you how to get started with Livepeer and stream for the first time.

What you’ll need to get started

• Broadcasting Software
  • Streaming from your desktop? OBS or Streamlabs OBS
  • Streaming from your browser? More info here
  • Streaming from mobile? Larix
• A Livepeer account, API key
  • Sign up at Livepeer.com
  • Create an API key under the “Developers” menu
• A player
  • Open source players:
    • Video.js
    • Shaka Player
  • Paid players (with viewer count):
    • JWPlayer
    • TheoPlayer

Stream for the first time

The quickest way to understand what Livepeer can do is to quickly spin up a stream using our Dashboard. In this 3 step tutorial, you’ll start broadcasting with OBS and view your livestream.

Step 1: Create a Stream

• Login to the Livepeer.com Dashboard, and navigate to the Streams page, livepeer.com/dashboard/streams, located in the left-hand menu. Click on the "+ Create stream" button on the top right corner. When you name your stream, pick a unique name and include URL compatible characters only.
• Then you’ll be redirected to a detailed page with information about your new stream. Keep this page open. You will need this information for configuring your broadcasting software in step 2 and playing back your live stream in step 3

Step 2: Go live using OBS

Before streaming, we need to configure OBS. Click on Settings in the lower right corner.

First, let’s set the keyframe interval.

1. In the Settings sidebar menu, select Output.
2. At the top, select Advanced from the Output Mode dropdown.
3. In the Keyframe Interval row, input 2 in the text field.