OBS Multi-Stream Guide! - Which Method Is Best? (Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, VOD Track etc.)

[@nuttylmao]

🔥UPDATE🔥 There is a new way to combine chats, and it's WAY better than the options presented in the video. For more info, check out this KZbin Short: kzbin.infodxi6j2UAuP0 ======================================================================== What platforms are you guys streaming on or something that will get you guys to comment down here?

[@FuadLive]

twitch, fb gaming, yt using prismlive multistream

[@RosenAbendroth]

decided to use restream for the first time and surprised at how smooth it was :D i would definitely use it again in the future

[@BoosterGames]

KZbin & Twitch via Streamlabs.

[@BeersAndBeatsPDX]

Twitch, kick, and KZbin. Since I'm a dj it's always a gamble whether or not KZbin is going to nuke the stream due to copyright

[@loldarian]

Something something awesome!

[@itsUncoNick]

nothing against other stream tech wizards out there that already did a video about multicasting, but this was the main one i was waiting to be released LOL big thanks bro!

[@nuttylmao]

Wow, thanks!

[@lochnesci]

This literally saved me so much from struggle-bussing on how to figure it out lol, thank you!

[@BrotherHelmer]

As someone that JUST started streaming and has 1 fan, this is great help. Thanks!

[@CoalitionGaming]

Great guide video! Regarding Restream, it's a little unfortunate that the verbiage on Restream's page gives the idea that using their free tier will limit you to 720p and have a watermark on stream. I know a few of us are out there trying to keep people correctly informed about that so thanks and great work showing that in this vid!

[@olli7881]

Does the watermark not show up?

[@nuttylmao]

This was addressed in the video. Short answer: No.

[@omarcelopaixao]

They don't limit to 720p on the free plan using OBS?

[@JVCKAZZ]

Thanks bro, you're my go to channel for doing non typical stuff on my streams 😈

[@Askesienne]

I'm a simple woman, I see a new Nutty video, I click

[@articade]

You are a real one

[@krzykyle]

Same! Except I'm a man lol. He always shows off such cool gadgets and apps. And I love his humor.

[@LeCarnetDigital]

Same girl, same.

[@joystikNik]

we made it into the intro!!! great video, super informative and always entertaining keep kicking ass

[@zakkwyldesdmf13]

Thank you for confirmimg that the same encoder settings in method 2 isn't taxing one's hardware more.

[@elmisamx]

Nutty, man, your 21:9 format changed my life. Months ago you answered me a comment asking you how to stream using 21:9 and you showed me it was actually quite simple 😅 but today i feel some kind of enjoyment streaming using that resolution and i cannot explain it. Thank you and all the best this 2024!! GREAT VIDEOS

[@frozair]

@elmisamx do you have a link to that video 😅?. I'm currently trying to figure out how to do just that as I have an ultra wide monitor

[@elmisamx]

@@frozair it wasnt a video. I asked him on a comment and he told me that you just have to set up your obs canvas yo 2190x1080 and you are set!!

[@frozair]

@@elmisamx interesting and this works for twitch and KZbin? I'll have to give this a try!

[@elmisamx]

@@frozair it does... Facebook crops the image a little, and Kick wont receive the signal. i sent an email to tech support and they said it will wokr 21:9 in the future.

[@TruthTF]

12:52 the BEST! Also thank you, NUTTY, as always for the informative vids

[@casraeslayz]

THANK YOU!!!! I've been groaning about not being able to do the VOD soundtrack to twitch and youtube. THIS SOLVES IT, bravo. Now....hopefully my PC can handle the multi thing obs plug in lol

[@nickruhle_]

This was extremely helpful and insightful! Got a like from me, this comment, yada yada. BUT the second you said "Twitch said we can't have multi-chat but... they can eat (insert rest so KZbin doesn't get mad at me)" I subbed then followed on Twitch. LOL INCREDIBLE. Love the content, dude! And thank you for the help!

[@The_Chad_]

Dude! I've been looking for the pricing for Restream transcoding everywhere! I'm so happy it was in this video

[@kingjaries]

Thanks for the helpful video, pretty much it seems like everyone is telling Twitch to f offff but it does make me feel better when it comes to not worrying about the multi streaming or combined chats.

[@whataboutbobyt]

Been waiting for something like this!

[@SLAYNE999]

I went with restream. I only stream to twitch and youtube. I am trying to figure out how to stream vertically on youtube through restream without changing my twitch. 🤪. LOVE you bro. You know, your content, not in the weird way.

[@odiousasyl]

Loved getting to meet you man!

[@IglooCrafter1]

restream sounds good, i think the pros outweigh the cons and im glad that you debunked the restream watermark too.

[@kyle7056]

Hey Nutty new to the channel but I've been binging your content like crazy. Def some of the best help out here just wanted to say thanks!

[@MissJourdy]

I been looking for a video like this. Glad your other Short landed on my Twitter For You. Appreciate the insights!!

[@Eddy04tv]

Really enjoyed this video. Another solution to "multistream" is using a more "professional" option such as AWS Elemental. Its what ReStream uses. 😂😅

[@Top3Entertainment]

Saw younin twitter so I bookmarked your video to watch later

[@nuttylmao]

ty king/queen/other name for monarchs.

[@divinelunatics]

Another Good video Nutty, Thank you for the information. Great to know we can now stream to yt and twitch at the same time without worrying about getting ban hammered.

[@DJzero7]

This is actually crazy I did not know you could stream both platforms in gonna try it out

[@fruzeniusgames]

Great guide! This looks a lot easier to set up than I initially thought. I think I'm going to have to dive into multi streaming now.

[@Pedrocas]

I WAS WAITIN FOR THIS VIDEO!

[@BeeWeeTV]

That part at the end about Twitch and eating a certain orifice had me going 😂

[@GoldenSpiritGaming]

thank you for sharing your knowledge with the community!

[@beb2739]

Great guide, thanks alot @nutty, I’m going to try to see how it does for me 😊

[@delruf]

Another great resource vid. Thanks Nutty!

[@TSbiker10]

I use restream to Twitch, YT, and FB page (custom). I love it, works great …

[@elucified]

LMAO Thank you nutty for reassuring us that breaking our twitch contract has always been okay XD

[@toughnerdtoysgaming8870]

Very informative and love your honesty

[@thelorr]

I love this guy.

[@64-Bit_Dragon]

The fact the branding (watermark) for restream isn't actually in the streams is actually really interesting. I believe you should still have a link telling people you're using their services but that's not a big deal. Technically it tells you the branding is for the description when you hover over it but I too misunderstood, thinking the watermark would be in the stream.

[@nuttylmao]

Their website is definitely confusing, but it would actually cost them more money to put a watermark than it's worth. It would require them to transcode *every* stream, and that is *very* expensive which is why they charge for transcoding.

[@64-Bit_Dragon]

​@@nuttylmaoWell yes, I get that it would cost more but these days some companies do things that cost them a lot of money for no apparent reason. So there certainly could have been a universe where they did add a watermark to all free streams to get more users or get people to upgrade to get rid of it. Possibly banking on the fact people don't want the watermark and avoid the service because of it (something that already happens reading the comment section), keeping free accounts low and thus keeping costs reasonable. I'm just glad there isn't one so will probably end up using the service in the future!

[@nuttylmao]

No, I mean, it's *way* more expensive. Transcoding is insanely costly. Restream would torpedo their entire business overnight. Transcoding is a *necessity* to add a watermark. I mean it when I say it's more worth it for Restream to not add a watermark than to add one in. There are other ways they could go to milk money (such as hijacking your stream titles, time limits etc), but adding a watermark is extremely, extremely unlikely. There's a reason they charge so much for transcoding. Not even Twitch transcodes everyone's stream, and they are backed by Amazon.

[@Malacefire]

this is absolutely great news i used to use restream when i first started streaming, but after i hit affiliate i read the rules on no multistreaming and was like well .... ok ill drop it lol anyway thanks for informing ^^ and good to see there's a few options out there now for this.

[@makindoe]

Nutty why are you the best 😂 i can always rely on you for the goods haha cheers legend

[@ZacR4k]

I stream with Prism Live Studio it restreams at 1080p with very little cpu use and that is with 4 channels. KZbin doesn't cut your video feed after your done you go check and it will say copyright strike and gives you option to remove segment of video or sometimes They can take out just the song

[@Aar0nDavis]

I use it too. It's pretty good. I wish they would make it for LInux though.

[@alexanderfedorinchik8673]

Wait so you can stream to Restream for Twitch + KZbin and also add Aitrum Vertical to stream/record for Tiktok at the same time?

[@MasterBlek]

Remember when restream was fully free? Good old days...

[@nuttylmao]

I use to stream to like 11 different platforms KEKW

[@Lillllebror]

Loved the video! Totally unrelated, would you be up for making a video on StreamBotAi?

[@bigevilmetalhead]

"Harold dude" 🤣

[@Awkventurer]

Is it possible to use Restream with Aitum at the same time? For example, Twitch/KZbin and then IG live on the side? Thanks Nutty you rock!

[@nuttylmao]

Absolutely! It's what I've been doing.

[@bmizzle010]

Informative.. Very well done.. Also, if you were to include NDI in the mix, there are even more options that you would have access to in combination with the methods you've shared here. That's maybe a bit more advanced.

[@tandoorimoori]

What's NDI?

[@DeFrisselle]

I used Restream this Summer for my kayak streams Worked great Now that it's cold out and will be doing indoor streams, I've been thinking of using Restream with the MultiRTMP plugin to do three stream endpoints but only need bandwidth for two

[@nuttylmao]

That is smart and yes, I can confirm that will work.

[@Enaii__]

Hi Nutty!! Great vid. Does simulcasting on ReStream to Twitch, KZbin, and KZbin Shorts (vertical) count as 3 channels?

[@buzzpsy]

Love your videos and advice ❤

[@EliteSix.]

Great video!! Just wanna ask, how did you manage to get the 'move transitions' plugin working on the aitum vertical plugin??

[@ShadowRap411]

@nutty Ocarina Widget is nice. But what about copyright? Cant you get in trouble for playing zelda music, that is not part of a zelda stream? I know i am a little specific here Good video!

[@BuskingGuyTV]

YOU ARE THE MAN !

[@D0gberry]

Restream would be so nice, if they had just more Games in their selection :/ Else it seems really easy to set it up

[@MIKEx2112]

Can verify There is still no watermark

[@backwoodbob]

Feels like you explained it but being a newer streamer with a new PC I HAVE TO ASK lol…Do you know how much extra GPU usage restream uses you talked about the CPU but not GPU (Restream io)

[@Ferwyna]

None, you are using the same resources as you would use for a single stream, since you are streaming to restream, and then restream is doing the rest of the work on their hardware 👌

[@LezbiNerdy]

This might be a stupid question, so sorry, but with restream, can you stream to youtube twice? once in vertical, once in horizontal? Or would that require the OBS plugin to do? Thanks!

[@TooManyGoblins]

I'm sorry but i did not see you going over the downsides of Aitum Vertucal. Does it have the same downsides of Multi RTMP?

[@nuttylmao]

Yes, but it uses even more GPU resources because you now have to render two different layouts. Network bandwidth is the same.

[@flufflessMC]

You are already important. Nice Video.

[@ToriksLV]

Multistreaming tools and ways gonna be better and better as the time goes on. Also does the horizontal chat widget you use can do multiple chats, like youtube and twitch and kick in one?

[@harrisheller]

That Harris guy you mention is super annoying. Can we cancel him already?

[@cmerr2]

Who? 😜

[@ninjajou10]

but what about streaming on youtube and tiktok at the same time? pretty sure for aitum you need the tiktok livesteam key but i've never been able to get it so i had to use the tiktok live studio (which means i used obs for yt and tiktok studio for tiktok which probably isnt the best for my pc or internet)

[@tearex9]

love how informative this is. thanks for the news. can I have your old monitors? hehe

[@nuttylmao]

They suck and not worth it even for free lmao.

[@tearex9]

@@nuttylmao I'm from the Philippines and I've seen what people throw out when I was in Sydney hehe. I hope other people can somehow benefit from those

[@omarziccardi]

Is there any way of using restream with TikTok? It's asking me for a key but I think TikTok stopped giving those a few months back

[@nuttylmao]

Not without a stream key. You can join an agency to get one. Otherwise, you'll have to install Aitum then use virtual cam to get the video over to TikTok Live Studio.

[@flufflessMC]

So funny, that you start the Video with VidCon 🤣

[@TonyTurbo78]

What about the alerts though nutty? The problem I always find with multistreaming, is when you connect to an account in OBS, it'll only pull the alerts from what ever platform account you signed in to.

[@GRRRCEDESGAMING]

I could’ve missed it cause… adhd but is the separate audio tracks for each platform possible with restream? I’m thinking not

[@nuttylmao]

Unfortunately not, you'll have to use the other options for that.

[@coinecc]

I always avoided Restream because everyone and the site mentions the watermark being added in. There are some games I was considering not multistreaming due to CPU usage (2 OBS instances), but knowing there's no watermark, I'll definitely use Restream. Well, maybe. I don't think I've ever had transcoding options on Twitch, so I'm not sure how that'll work out with the bitrate and resolution (1440p60, 15k+ bitrate would be sent to Restream). With the OBS method I send 720p60 4500 kbps to Twitch.

[@nuttylmao]

Unfortunately Restream isn't a great option for 15K+ bitrate because Twitch only accepts 8K. Unless you are okay with Twitch crushing your resolution down to 720p or potentially not even delivering your stream.

[@coinecc]

@@nuttylmao ha, literally just found that out tonight. Restream was only taking 12k and the it didn't work on Twitch.

[@YoureNotSoSmartBro]

I stream on different apps and honestly dude I've been meaning to do this but sometimes the amount of brain power and time needed is just so extra. Like it can take a whole week just testing different stuff and all the little features. And I mean a whole week. Not like 8 hours a day. Anyways... thank you for doing this so that I may do less.

[@boyscout-p3u]

is there a way to play any music live via restream but cannot be heard on the vods so they can be monetised?

[@generalwarning]

"That Harold dude talks about it all the time" 😂😂😂😂

[@CIVICTV.83]

You're a genius 👏

[@DistanceShooter]

ty so much Bro Live long 😉

[@Wiikstrom.]

Is this currently the only way to stream to twitch and youtube shorts at the same time?

[@samanbstreamin]

Hello Nutty, thanks for great video, can you deep dive in multi stream? If you saw many people asking for it! Cause setting multiple bitrate and encoder when I stream 2k to yt and HD to twitch has been hard Thanks again

[@Koyote2033]

Question about Restream: if i use yt as my primary stream and use an AV1 encoder, will it still stream to Twitch?

[@BishopBoas]

Hey Nutty, for the Vod track section of the video I'm trying to setup KZbin for it but when I click the drop down for audio encoder I only have the one option for "Get from OBS". Any ideas?

[@ThePawn02]

What timing. This video comes out, and then Aitum drops their multistreaming upgrade.

[@nuttylmao]

Very cool... 🙄

[@herokerrey]

Daaaw thanks for including me in the intro 🥹 it was really pleasant meeting you. 10/10 nutty gives the best hugs

[@MR_GT78]

I have a stream key for TikTok and connected it to Restream but how do I setup the vertical to stream to Tiktok with restream? I am using the Aitum Vertical plugin.

[@CR0695]

Take my premium revenue or whatever they give you. Now do good with those monitors and help those in need. Oh great video man! Now go get known. 😉

[@Akaawol]

Do you know how to fix the chat for member streams on KZbin so the chat can be docked in OBS? Having another window open for the chat is just stupid and I just don't have the space for it.

[@HiroiiSekaii]

How do you manually set your KZbin track to use the 2nd Vod track for the KZbin screen?

[@tylercommons6479]

Question I haven't seeen down in the comments. If you multistream using restream to say Twitch/KZbin how do you set up the KZbin broadcast? becuase they want descriptions and thumbnails etc..

[@nuttylmao]

You go live just like you do on Twitch. You can edit the broadcast once you've gone live. I believe you can also edit it before going live, but can't remember the exact pages (KZbin Studio is cringe).

[@PrimedBayar]

The water mark on free tier to Restream io, it adds a text in your KZbin description saying “used restream io” or something, YOU CAN EASILY REMOVE IT!

[@aceboogiegames]

Just a heads up. Idk if this is the case in the free version but can put a custom RTMP in restream . So you can stream to an unsupported platform. You won't get the merged chat though.

[@nuttylmao]

IIRC the custom RTMP option isn't part of the free tier. But I could be wrong!

[@GoncherGaming]

@@nuttylmao The RTMP is on the free tier. Back when I streamed on Kick before the bad stuff happen and it didnt' have its own option you could use the custom RTMP to setup Kick

[@mintendogaming]

Can you stream JUST to youtube using the plugin so i dont have to sign into my other OBS profile for YT?

[@lolleonlolable]

what do you mean "if youtube catches you playing musik they will cut your stream right away" ?? i kinda wanna stream musik on youtube :3

[@SuperSandLegend]

Hey @Nutty, great video - I have you or anyone reading this comment found a good combining chat method that shows the mod sword and vips from your chats? Thanks!

[@ItsMorpHahnTime]

I'm using method 2, but even after connecting my Twitch, KZbin, & Kick then changing the bitrate to the required about for 1080p 60fps (my download is 600mbps & download being 12mbps) it'll still drop frames like crazy. I'm not sure if maybe it's cause my download is 12 mbps or what...

[@Fentsy]

quick question is there a chance to get a VOD Track but for KZbin?

[@DEYOCLUB]

I think I read on the OBS Forum that the RTMP download has viruses. Is there any truth to that?

[@Clashy69]

does the plugin work if say im streaming using hls? or does it only work if im using rtmps ?

[@hoss_monster]

So it im using obs plugin to stream multiple platforms, how do I use the restream chat for multiple chats in one window? Or is this where i have to use a separate source?

[@marliesplays]

How does one handle labels in overlays (like last sub, dono and so on) or event widgets for the different platforms when multistreaming?

[@ashleynv]

if I was doing twitch and youtube at 1440p will that cause issues going to twitch? would it be better to use restream or obs?

[@damianvallechannel]

I am streaming to KZbin using Restream, but the chat appears to be delayed. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

[@HangSuonKhuolZou-n2g]

I have been trying so many times for multiple stream plugin but it is not working. Can you help me?

[@c0nsecro]

As I used the RTMP Plugin (I'm using my PC for streaming and gaming), Escape from Tarkov I timed out every round after a couple of minutes because of BattleEye Anticheat. After the second disconnect I can't reconnect anymore. After deleting the dll, it works again so I don't know if BattleEye tracked the dll as "cheat"?

[@whowasdat_]

Why would you want to stream in different quality?

[@OtterMachine]

I swear by Method 2: Multi RTMP Plugin!

[@outbreak_monkey]

Here's my dilemma. Can I stream to restream in 1440p? I stream to YT using their 1440p streamkey. Twitch only lets me do 1080p.

[@nuttylmao]

Twitch let's you do 1440p. I've been doing it for literally years. It's not a good idea though, you're still capped at 8,000kbps.