Live streaming has become an integral part of daily communication. As technology advances, it opens up new possibilities, such as multiple people streaming to the same broadcast from different locations, adding real-time virtual backgrounds using chroma keys, or embedding one broadcast within another via RTMP pull.
If you are interested in using RTMP streaming to enhance the quality of your live broadcast, or just want to understand what it is, this article may be useful to you.
What is RTMP streaming link?
A Real-time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) pull link is a playable link to your live stream that you can set as the source of another broadcast. The RTMP pull function allows you to play one live stream within another live stream. You can play the original stream in the background and add your own graphic overlays and audio commentary in the foreground.
Where to use RTMP to pull streaming links?
RTMP pull streaming is especially useful when you want to have multiple live streams on one screen. Esports competitions and exhibitions rely heavily on RTMP streaming. Live game replays, interview translations, and multilingual commentary can be easily added to one screen via RTMP streaming links.
Use cases for RTMP streaming:
- Embed RTMP pull stream into the main live stream: This option is especially useful when you need an audio translation overlay. You can also treat pull streams as separate streams and push them to other locations.
- Watch two or more live streams simultaneously: RTMP pull streaming allows you to embed multiple live streams from different accounts into a single live stream.
- Switch multiple broadcasts in one live stream: Create multiple perspectives from different incoming streams to make your broadcast more interesting and engaging
- Monitor your live stream in the video player in real time: Keep in mind that RTMP live streams have a small delay (two to five seconds).
By pulling RTMP streaming links, you can achieve professional-looking live streams. You can comment live or translate other live streams, merge live streams and watch them simultaneously on one screen, and monitor your live streams in the video player.