Self Streaming using OBS
If your course takes place in a lecture hall that is not equipped with automatic live-streaming hardware, but you still want to stream and record it, you can use our selfstreaming feature using OBS:
Download and install OBS from here: https://obsproject.com/ Upon the first start You'll get asked to set a few default values. This can be canceled.
Under Settings -> Video, set some sensible values. We recommend a resolution of 1920x1080 and 30 FPS. A good video bitrate under Settings -> Output would be around 2500 Kbps.
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Next add a new source according to this guide: https://obsproject.com/wiki/Sources-Guide. For starters, a screen capture and mic should be sufficient.
In the admin panel of your course, create a lecture. Make sure that the scheduled time is when you want to stream your lecture and the lecture hall is set to 'Self streaming':
In your stream list, you can now reveal the secrets needed to start the stream:
Head back to OBS and enter these secrets under Settings -> Stream:
You can now start your stream. To be on the safe side, we also recommend recording the lecture locally:
