The guide shows how to create a
Facebook Live stream using
RadioBOSS. The stream will consist of a static image (e.g. radio station logo) and audio from what is playing in RadioBOSS.
Install FFMpeg
1. Download FFMpeg from
https://www.ffmpeg.org (you will need Windows build) or use the file hosted on our server:
https://dl.djsoft.net/ffmpeg.zip
2. Unpack FFMpeg archive. In the example we'll use
C:\ffmpeg location.
Get Facebook Live streaming credentials
1. Visit
https://www.facebook.com/live/create and click the
Create live stream option.
2. It is recommended to enable the "Use a persistent stream key" option to prevent stream key from changing on each broadcast.
c. The
Server URL and
Persistent Stream Key will be needed for the next step
Create custom encoder in RadioBOSS
1. Open
Settings and navigate to
Broadcasting. Click the
Advanced button and then click the
Custom encoders button.
2. In the custom encoders window click the
+ button, name the encoder ("FB Live" in the example) and enter the following command:
Change the
path_to_image part to actual image location, e.g.
C:\radio\background.jpg
Change the
stream part to
Server URL and
Persistent Stream Key, following each other. For instance,
Server URL is
rtmp://live-api-s.facebook.com:80/rtmp/
Persistent Stream Key is
10204966136309946?ds=1&s_sw=0&s_vt=api-s&a=AbwYXNiE0zQsjgJY
The
stream would be
Code:
rtmp://live-api-s.facebook.com:80/rtmp/10204966136309946?ds=1&s_sw=0&s_vt=api-s&a=AbwYXNiE0zQsjgJY
The example of how the final command would look like:
Start streaming
1. Add new encoder in RadioBOSS. Enter
[IA]:8000:50 to the Server field.
2. At the bottom, select the "
FB Live" encoder. Make sure the rest of the settings are at their defaults: sample rate is 44100, channels - stereo, bitrate - 128 kbps. Click
OK.
3. Start music playback in RadioBOSS.
On successful connection, the report in the bottom-left corner will show the following message:
Connected to server! (output N). and the stream will be available on the Facebook live page.
The Facebook page should now show the image and play audio (it can be muted by default on the facebook page).