Connecting and previewing the RTMPS stream

Once you have created the stream in the workspace, by adding the necessary information and options, you can continue with the stream set-up and connect your RTMPs stream. To do so, access the stream in Backstage:

Here, you will need to generate your stream credentials and connect the stream in your workspace to your video conference or RTMPS video capture platform:

1. Click on Start preview. Doing so will generate your stream credentials (the stream URL and the stream key), that you will add to your video conference tool or third party stream provider.
   
   Once you have clicked Start preview, you will have 3 hours to go live and start broadcasting your session to your audience. After that, your stream credentials will no longer be valid and you’ll need to generate new ones for the stream by starting a new preview.
   
   IMPORTANT: Streams will automatically stop/close if, for more than one hour, our system does not detect any streamed content. If this is the case, Backstage will prompt you about automatically closing the stream. The preview will stop and you will have to start the preview again to generate new credentials.
   
   
2. Once you have generated the credentials, they will appear below the stream preview:
   
   
   
3. Next, click on any of the copy buttons in order to access and copy the generated credentials into your video conference or third party streaming tool.
   
   In doing so you will see the required Video and Audio settings for RTMPS streaming, that you should use in your source stream platform:
   
   More information on the required RTMPS encoding settings
   
   You can copy the credentials from here:
   
   
   
4. After adding your SpotMe live stream credentials to your tool of choice, start the stream there.
   Next, go back to the live session in Backstage. You'll now be able to see the preview in Backstage.

Note: It may take up to 30 seconds for the preview to appear in Backstage after you start streaming.