PealCast works with
OBS Studio.
Already using OBS — or want a free way to go live? Point OBS at PealCast, hit Start Streaming, and turn the online crowd into named people you can actually follow up.
OBS is all you need
OBS Studio is a free, open-source encoder that runs on any computer — no capture hardware or streaming appliance required to go live with PealCast.
Stream straight to PealCast
PealCast is your streaming home. Point OBS at your PealCast RTMP server and stream key, and your service streams directly to a clean, distraction-free watch page.
Now every viewer is a name
The moment someone watches on PealCast, they connect with a verified mobile number — and every Monday your team gets the Shepherd’s Report of who to welcome and who to check on.
Stream from OBS to PealCast in 3 steps
Copy your PealCast stream key
In PealCast, open your channel and copy its SRT (preferred) or RTMP Server URL and Stream Key. (You get these the moment you start a free trial.)
Point OBS at PealCast
In OBS, open Settings → Stream, set Service to “Custom…”, then paste your PealCast Server URL into Server and your Stream Key into Stream Key. Click OK.
Dial in the settings below, then Start Streaming
Match the exact OBS settings below (H.264, CBR, 2-second keyframes), hit Start Streaming, and your service goes live on PealCast — every viewer captured for follow-up, automatically.
Already stream through BoxCast, Resi, or Restream? You can add PealCast as a destination there too — see the BoxCast guide.
The exact OBS settings
Open Settings in OBS and match these — grouped by the panel each one lives in. These are the Cloudflare-recommended settings for a smooth, reliable stream.
Settings → Stream
- Service
- “Custom…”
- Server
- Your PealCast SRT URL (srt://…) — or RTMP URL
- Stream Key
- Your PealCast stream key (for SRT, the key is usually in the URL — leave this blank)
Settings → Output · Output Mode: “Advanced” → Streaming tab
- Video Encoder
- x264 (software), or hardware: NVIDIA NVENC H.264 / Apple VT H.264 — never HEVC/H.265
- Rate Control
- CBR
- Bitrate
- 4500–6000 Kbps at 1080p · 2500–4000 Kbps at 720p
- Keyframe Interval
- 2 (seconds)
- Preset (x264)
- veryfast
- Profile
- high
- B-frames
- 0 — set “Max B-frames” to 0 (NVENC), or add bframes=0 to “x264 Options”
Settings → Video
- Base (Canvas) Resolution
- 1920×1080
- Output (Scaled) Resolution
- 1920×1080 (or 1280×720 on a limited upload)
- Common FPS Value
- 30
Settings → Audio
- Sample Rate
- 48 kHz
- Audio Bitrate (Output → Audio → Track 1)
- 160
Want the plain settings list (for a hardware encoder or another app)? See the universal stream setup guide.
Go live from OBS — and finally know who watched.
Start your free trial, point OBS at PealCast, and see the Shepherd’s Report on your own stream.
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