work in progress

Nginx comes with a RTMP Plugin, which can be configured to play stream HLS, RTMP and DASH. The Setup is a bit tricky and working values for Bitrate, etc are hard to find.

.. in Debian Buster is easy

apt install nginx nginx-rtmp-module

Links:

• https://www.hostwinds.com/guide/live-streaming-from-a-vps-with-nginx-rtmp/
• https://gist.github.com/pschichtel/31fc635174bac1bc1a7c
• https://gerpei.de/eigener-live-streaming-server-setup/

.. is not so easy.

1. Level is to allow only some IPs to publish streams via deny / allow settings in nginx 2. Level is to add a Stream Key. This does not work for me yet in OBStudio 3. ..

Links:

• https://blog.peer5.com/practical-approaches-for-securing-your-video-streams/
• https://gist.github.com/mrbar42/09c149059f72da2f09e652d4c5079919
• https://smartshitter.com/musings/2017/12/nginx-rtmp-streaming-with-simple-authentication/
• https://smartshitter.com/musings/2018/06/nginx-rtmp-streaming-with-slightly-improved-authentication/

Should be possible, but both versions from here didnt work (see supllex server):

• https://github.com/arut/nginx-rtmp-module/wiki/Control-module
• https://nginx-rtmp.blogspot.com/2014/01/redirecting-streams-in-version-111.html
• https://groups.google.com/g/nginx-rtmp/c/yUcTKB9pAl0