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IRL streaming means your encoder is a phone in your pocket, not a PC at home. That brings two problems: mobile connections drop, and you have nowhere to run OBS. StreamWizard solves both.

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How it works

Your phone streams to a StreamWizard ingest server over SRT or SRTLA. A cloud OBS instance, running in its own container just for you, picks up that feed and streams it to Twitch. You control that OBS from the dashboard or from your phone. Phone streams over SRT or SRTLA to the ingest server, which feeds your cloud OBS, which streams to Twitch. The dashboard and phone deck control the cloud OBS. Because OBS runs in the cloud, your stream survives things that would kill a home setup: your phone can drop to one bar, switch networks, or die completely, and your Twitch stream stays up. The auto switcher moves to a “be right back” scene until your signal comes back.

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The pieces

  • Ingest server: receives your phone’s feed. You get one stream key, and two URLs for it: SRT on port 8888 and SRTLA on port 5000. Which one you use depends on your setup, see SRT or SRTLA.
  • Cloud OBS: your own OBS instance in a container. Scenes, sources, overlays, uploaded files, all of it persists between sessions. You see and control it from the dashboard, including a live view of the actual OBS window.
  • Auto switcher: watches your incoming bitrate, ping and packet loss, and switches scenes when your connection degrades or drops. Tuned for moving connections, so a short dip doesn’t bounce your viewers between scenes.
  • The deck: a phone remote at streamwizard.org/deck. Go live, end stream, switch scenes with your thumb. Installable as an app.

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What you need

  • A StreamWizard account with Cloud OBS access
  • An Android phone with IRL Pro, or a dedicated bonding encoder (Belabox, Moblin, IRLToolkit)
  • A Twitch account connected to StreamWizard

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Set it up

  1. Set up your cloud OBS — about two minutes of clicking
  2. Set up IRL Pro on Android — point the app at your ingest URL
  3. Learn the deck — the controls you’ll actually use on the street