Multistreaming

Multistreaming works best when your device sends one stable stream to Streamrun, then Streamrun delivers separate outputs to Twitch, YouTube, Kick, TikTok, Instagram, or any RTMP/SRT destination. This avoids multiplying local encoder load and upload bandwidth for every platform.

Recommended workflow

Send one input to Streamrun

Use OBS, a mobile app, a camera, or an encoder to send one RTMP, SRT, or SRTLA stream into Streamrun.

Input Stream docs →

Add your destinations

Connect Twitch, YouTube, Kick, or any custom RTMP/SRT endpoint once, then reuse those destinations in your configurations.

Output Destinations docs →

Enable the destinations on an Output Stream

Each Output Stream element can publish to one or more destinations. You can toggle individual platforms live or offline without restarting the whole stream.

Output Stream docs →

Split when platforms need different settings

Use a Splitter when one platform needs a different bitrate, resolution, overlay, horizontal layout, or vertical layout.

Splitter docs →

Why this reduces lag

Lag during multistreaming usually comes from one of three places: the encoder cannot keep up, the upload connection is saturated, or one platform receives settings it does not handle well. Streamrun moves the duplicated work into the cloud, so your local setup only has to maintain one encode and one upload.

Encoding load

One local encode is easier to keep stable than separate outputs for every platform.

Upload bandwidth

A 6 Mbps input remains one upload from your device instead of becoming 12, 18, or 24 Mbps locally.

Platform settings

It is enough for Streamrun to receive the highest bitrate version of your stream. Lower bitrate and resolution outputs for other platforms are produced in the cloud.

Troubleshooting lag

Dropped frames from your encoder

Lower the input bitrate, switch from RTMP to SRT if possible, or reduce resolution/frame rate until the upload has headroom.

Encoding overloaded in OBS

Use hardware encoding, simplify the scene, reduce frame rate, and avoid producing multiple local outputs.

One platform buffers but others are fine

Check that destination separately. Use a Splitter and Output Stream branch with platform-specific bitrate, resolution, or keyframe settings.

Mobile IRL stream becomes unstable

Prefer SRT or SRTLA, keep the phone workload simple, and let Streamrun handle multistream delivery and disconnect protection.