Twitch is the world's largest video platform for gaming, but it becomes a growing destination for other categories like online concerts, product marketing, and more. To stream to Twitch do the following:
Step 1:
Create a new channel in the quick setup process or from a channel. Select "Twitch".
Step 2:
You can login to "Connect to Twitch" for instant setup, or use the "Connect Manually" option as explained in Step 3.
Step 3:
To connect to Twitch manually you need the RTMP path and stream key provided by Twitch. These values will go in the proper boxes as shown below.
Step 4:
Open Twitch in a new browser tab and login to your account. Click on the upper right icon to expand and select "Video Producer".
Step 5:
Expand "Settings" and click on "Stream".
Step 6:
Copy the stream key to the Videolinq Twitch manual setup window.
Step 7:
Get the correct RTMP path from a list of Twitch servers, based on your location. Copy this value to the Videolinq Twitch RTMP server box shown in Step 3 and save settings.
Step 8:
In the Videolinq channel, start the source video, click on "Go Live", and confirm seeing video in the preview player. Now click on the Twitch destination and enable it.
Step 9:
Go back to Twitch and confirm you see video in your channel. You are now live streaming on Twitch.
For advanced Twitch channel setup read this article.
Tips & Tricks: When using the direct login method to configure live streams, not all social media platforms allow reconnecting a video source (Videolinq). Some platforms will issue a new stream key, meaning a new "page" (hyperlink) is created.
Twitter and Twitch support re-usable stream keys.
Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn generate a new stream key if the video source stops.
For best practice, when creating a social media link used to invite viewers, create the Videolinq destination in a manual mode, and not the direct login option. This adds the option to re-use the same stream key when the video source disconnects, for up to 90 seconds. This can be voided on Facebook that allow during manual setup to select a "persistent" stream key.