Education-Ecosystem.com Linux gstreamer Client

Streaming on Linux with OBS is memory intensive and a big hassle. Because of this Bill Auger set out on Education-Ecosystem.com to develop the best Linux streaming client in the world. He started this project from scratch on Education-Ecosystem.com and streamed the whole development process. The product is not completely finished but you can use it for streaming on Linux as a beta user and give feedback. Your feedback is highly appreciated Pull the client from Github and install it.

This guide will walk through the process of setting up Open Broadcaster Software [OBS] correctly to stream on Education-Ecosystem.com
Watch this video to set up your stream or follow the guide below.

Go to https://github.com/jp9000/obs-studio/wiki/Install-Instructions#linux and install the packages as shown below:

First add the apt-key as shown at line 111

Install ffmpeg as shown at line 112

Add the apt-key for obs package line 119

Install obs-studio, line 120

Once installation has finished, run OBS and you should see this screen

You can see here we have the two control buttons and two tabs, scene and sources. A scene is a mashup of sources. A source can be a video camera, desktop, or even a single window. We will show you how to add sources, but first we are going to set some basic settings. So start by clicking the 'Settings' button

Go to the 'Stream' tab and choose 'Custom Streaming Server' from the 'Stream Type' dropdown. Go to your Education-Ecosystem.com dashboard to get your streaming key and FMS url. Enter them into the 'URL' and 'Stream key' fields.

We recommend you do a speedtest using speedtest.net and set your video bit rate to a minimum (75% of your upload speed or maximum 2000).

Then navigate to 'Output'. Here we will just make these changes:
Video Bitrate: 2000kbps
Audio Bitrate: 64kbps

Then navigate to 'Video'. Here we will just make these changes:
Resolution: For best results 'scaled' and 'base' resolution should be the same.
Integer FPS Value: 30 (play with 15-30 if your screen is blurry)

Exit the settings, then right click on the 'plus button' in the sources box and add 'Display capture'. If you want to also show your face in a webcam, click on 'plus button' and add 'video capture device'. Select under device your webcam and click ok.

Press 'Start Streaming' and you should see something like this, you are streaming! Check your streaming profile on Education-Ecosystem.com to see if you are live. If you see and hear your stream YOU ARE LIVE! Pause your stream on Education-Ecosystem.com to prevent echo, but still follow the chat.

Run a 5mins stream test and check if:

1. It plays smoothly for you
2. If it's buffering
3. If audio is loud enough
4. If the livestream breaks

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Here you can use ffmpeg that you already have installed from previous configuration. You can create a script called scriptStream.sh and put the following script:

#variable definitions
INRES="1366x768" # input resolution
OUTRES="1366x768" # output resolution
FPS="15" # target FPS
GOP="30" # i-frame interval, should be double of FPS,
GOPMIN="15" # min i-frame interval, should be equal to fps,
THREADS="2" # max 6
CBR="1100k" # constant bitrate (should be between 1000k - 3000k)
QUALITY="veryfast" # one of the many FFMPEG preset
AUDIO_RATE="44100"
STREAM_KEY="" # your streaming key goes here
#to hide logs use= -loglevel quiet
ffmpeg -f x11grab -s "$INRES" -r "$FPS" -i :0.0 -f alsa -i hw:0 -f flv -ac 2 -ar $AUDIO_RATE \
-vcodec libx264 -keyint_min 3 -b:v $CBR -minrate $CBR -maxrate $CBR -pix_fmt yuv420p \
-s $OUTRES -preset $QUALITY -acodec aac -threads $THREADS \
-bufsize $CBR "rtmp://usmedia3.liveedu.tv:1935/liveedutv/$STREAM_KEY"

Then just type ./scriptStrem.sh from a terminal, and that is all!