If you're setting up a new event, we recommend using Live Studio, our modernized live event experience. See Introduction to Live Studio for more information. If your organization is still using the legacy webcasting product, this article still applies.
Re-streaming a Live Broadcast
Overview
When using Kaltura's Live Broadcasting services, you can choose to re-stream your scheduled live event to any RTMP based live broadcasting service. When re-stream is set, Kaltura will take care of replicating your live stream and concurrently stream it to additional live broadcasting services such as social media live streaming.
Note that re-streaming is only available for scheduled live events such as Webcasts and Town Hall events.
Configuring the Live Re-Stream Feature
To enable Live re-streams go to your Webcast/Townhall event edit page and select the Restream Destinations tab:
- Click the 'Add Stream' button to add a new stream destination
Fill the stream details on the Add Stream pop-up
- System Name - The stream name which should be unique among Restream stream names for the the specific Live event
- Primary RTMP URL - This field is mandatory and should be filled with a valid RTMP or RTMPS endpoint URL as provided by the Live broadcasting service
- Secondary RTMP URL - Optional secondary RTMP/RTMPS endpoint URL
- RTMP Stream Key - Mandatory RTMP stream key tas provided by the Live broadcasting service
Edit or Delete Restream Destinations
To Edit or delete Restream Destinations, access the Restream Destinations tab on your Webcast/Townhall entry edit page, find the relevant Restream destination, and click the pencil icon to edit restream details or the 'x' icon to delete it.
