Introduction
Vimeo is one of the largest online communities for video creators. Vimeo offers high-quality tools for hosting, sharing, and streaming videos to websites or OTT devices. Vimeo customers with a Premium plan can stream live video on their account. Use Videolinq to stream live video with closed captioning to Vimeo. From the Videolinq channel page add Vimeo as a destination.
Stream to Vimeo
To stream to Vimeo you must first create a channel, and activate it with live video.
Follow the steps listed in this article to add captions created by a human operator.
Log in to your Vimeo account, use an existing one, or create a new Event. Copy the RTMP path and stream key.
Go back to Videolinq and create a new Vimeo destination.
Give the Vimeo destination a name you will remember. Past here the RTMP path and stream key and "Save".
Enable the Vimeo destination. The live video with closed captioning (when applicable) will be sent to your Vimeo channel.
Go back to Vimeo and verify that you see the video there. You will not see closed captioning on the preview player. Click on the Vimeo "View" option and open the live player page.
Find on the Vimeo player the CC icon at the bottom right side of the player controls. Closed captioning will show up. If you send from Vimeo live streams to other destinations, the video with closed captioning will be sent out too.
Steam to Vimeo OTT
Follow the steps listed above to create a Videolinq channel and add optional closed captions created by a human operator.
The Vimeo OTT service uses different settings from the original Vimeo platform. When creating a Vimeo OTT site you will be presented with a RTMP path like this -
rtmp://rtmpin.livestreamingest.com/rtmpin
and a stream key like this -
dar-enr-b3q-anb?p=4
To stream from Videolinq to a Vimeo OTT entry point select a Videolinq RTMP destination, not the Vimeo destination.
Give the Vimeo OTT destination a name you will remember, paste here the RTMP path and stream key, and "Save".
Go back to the Vimeo OTT section and verify that you see the video there. Confirm you see the video in the Vimeo OTT stream output.
Tips & Tricks
It takes about 10 seconds to see a video sent from Videolinq to Vimeo. Another 30 seconds to see the video on the Vimeo player/OTT device output.
When adding closed captioning on a live stream sent from Videolinq to Vimeo, you can stop captions and reconnect without stopping the Videolinq to Vimeo live stream.
If your Vimeo RTMPS path is not working just change the RTMP path:
rtmps://rtmp-global.cloud.vimeo.com:443/live
rtmp://rtmp-global.cloud.vimeo.com/live
Do you have a problem with your Videolinq to Vimeo live stream? Open the Videolinq chat and talk to our support team!