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Changing Streaming Protocols

In certain situations, you may choose to change the streaming protocol used to send a stream to your room. Ensure that you are not streaming from LDE or Louper Transmit, before performing the following steps.

Switch to SRT​

SRT stands for "Secure Reliable Transport" and was designed to offer reliable streaming over even unstable network connections. SRT is the streaming protocol we recommend using, and is the default protocol on all new Rooms. If your Room is currently set to RTMP, you can easily switch over to SRT following the steps below:

  1. In your dashboard at app.louper.io, go to your Livestream Rooms and click the More button (three vertical dots) on your Room tile. Select Stream Keys
  2. Click the Switch to SRT button
  3. A warning modal will appear, select Confirm switch to SRT
  4. Your Stream key will now have changed to the SRT protocol. Now, we need to paste the new stream key into your encoder by following the steps below:

Paste SRT stream key into your encoder​

  1. In the Stream Keys modal, ensure LDE is selected as the stream key format and copy the stream key

  2. In LDE, click Stream Key and paste the stream key you just copied, then click OK

  3. Click Start Streaming and the stream will be sent via the SRT protocol

note

If you are unable to stream via the SRT protocol on Louper Transmit, you may be on an older version. Please download the latest version here.

Switch to RTMP​

RTMP stands for "Real-Time Messaging Protocol". RTMP usually offers lower-latency playback than SRT and is suitable for most users, but is more susceptible to poor network conditions.

  1. In your dashboard at app.louper.io, click the More button (three vertical dots) on your Room tile and select Room settings
  2. Select the Streams tab and in the Streaming Protocol dropdown, select RTMP
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the settings dialog and click Save changes
  4. You will see a Stream Keys Changed dialog, click Show Stream Keys
  5. Your Stream key will now have changed to the RTMP protocol. Now, we need to paste the new stream key into your encoder by following the steps below:

Paste RTMP stream key into your encoder​

  1. In the Stream Keys modal, ensure LDE is selected as the stream key format and copy the stream key

  2. In LDE, click Stream Key and paste the stream key you just copied, then click OK

  3. Click Start Streaming and the stream will be sent via the RTMP protocol