dirtmikescraptutorial

---Dirt Mike's shitty rtmp server tutorial---
   27 Feb 17


First, I did this with on Linux using Ubuntu 16.04.2(not MATE, MATE) on the VPS I rented. ALSO, I make no guarantees that any of my instructions won't fuck up your system. FOLLOW THIS TUTORIAL AT YOUR OWN FUCKING RISK

--------------------------------


https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-set-up-your-own-private-rtmp-server-using-nginx.50/
Go to the website above and follow the steps UNTIL STEP 3. When you are done STEP 3 return back to this part of the tutorial.


START BACK HERE after using the above link
Instead of their recommended changes to nginx.conf in STEP 3, you will instead paste the following the bottom of nginx.conf:


----do not copy----
rtmp {
    server {
        listen 1935;
	chunk_size 8192;

        application vod {
            play D:\Capture; <------*-*-*-
        }
    }
}
----do not copy----


**************************IMPORTANT: Replace 'D:\Capture' with the directory your movies are stored in on your computer or if
they're stored elsewhere on your network you are obviously smarter than I am and you can figure that out. If you are on Linux or MAC
change 'D:\Capture' to '/home/dirtmike' or whatever. Don't touch the server settings unless you know what you're doing.

After those changes are complete save the .conf file, you will need root access to do that if you are on linux.

Restart nginx after saving with:

$ sudo /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx -s stop
$ sudo /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx

These are also the commands you will always use to start or terminate your nginx server.



------
TO TEST A MOVIE

Upload a movie into the directory you specified in the nginx.conf file.

Paste the following into chat in a theater to play your movie:

rtmp://<<YOUR SERVER IP>>/vod/mikessecretautobiographicalgaypornmovie.2017.x264.Yify.mp4


Obviously, replace <<YOUR SERVER IP>> with your server's IP and the movie name with yours NOTE: Swamp Servers only supports .mp4 only!



------
TO TEST A LIVE STREAM (DOESNT WORK ON SWAMP SERVERS YET SORRY)

Create a new profile in OBS, and change your Broadcast Settings thusly:

Streaming Service: Custom
Server: rtmp://<your server ip>/live
Play Path/Stream Key: test

If you just want to play back the stream that's being uploaded, you can do so with VLC 2.1.0 or later. Just Open a Network Stream and enter in rtmp://<your server ip>/live/test as the URL. If it all worked right, then you should now be seeing your stream in VLC!