User Manual
Pearl-2 User Guide Set up a stream using RTMP or RTMPS push
certificate it receives from the CDN to establish a secure RTMPS connection. The connection will fail if Pearl-2
can't find the CA certificate of your CDN in it's list of certificates.
Pearl-2 has the CA certificates for many of the major CDNs already installed. For RTMPS streaming to work for
your particular CDN, or if you're using a proprietary RTMPS server, ensure that your streaming server's CA
certificate is uploaded to Pearl-2, see Manage CA and self-signed certificates.
To stream using RTMP or RTMPS:
1. Login to the Admin panel as admin, see Connect to the Admin panel.
2. From the Channels menu, select a channel and click Streaming. The Streaming configuration page
opens.
3. Click New stream and choose RTMP push. The new stream is created using the default name Stream
1.
4. Click the stream name to see the stream settings.
5. (Optional) Uncheck Single touch control if you don't want this stream to be started and stopped
using One Touch streaming and recording control. This is enabled by default.
6. Enter the URLof the ingestion point provided by the CDN or media server.
l For RTMP push, enter rtmp followed by the rest of the URL, for example: rtmp://<server-ip-
address>:<port>/etc...
l For RTMPS, enter rtmps followed by the rest of the URL, for example: rtmps://<server-ip-
address>:<port>/etc...
7. Enter the Stream name (which also is called a stream key by some CDNs)
8. (Optional) Enter a User name and Password.
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