So, my friends are big proponents of using https://ossrs.io (Open Source Simple Realtime Server) – which (in the way I’m intending to use it) will ingest RTMP streams from various OBS clients (my friends) and save their footage in a folder, which I can then use to edit various highlight reels from our gaming nights together.
The benefits are:
- Storage – it’s saved on my end, so friends don’t need to worry about storage
- Speed – the footage is broadcast directly to me and saved, they don’t need to send me files after the fact
- Simplicity – they don’t need to worry about anything – most of them have OBS configured for streaming already
It works something like:
Pretty straightforward, pretty easy.
By default I’ve configured everything to save in 1800-second long .flv files (30 minutes) – this could mkv or otherwise, but the quality is fine enough for my non-cinema-quality productions.
It’s a convenient little service I’ve set up now for any future gaming nights as well. It’ll be great to get footage as needed and stored.
Now to find some sort of Media Asset Management system…