Getting started

1. Register

When you create an account, you automatically get a permanent stream and stream key. There's nothing to register separately.

2. Find your stream key

Open your channel settings. The ingest server URL and your stream key are listed there. Treat the key like a password: anyone with it can stream as you. You can rotate the key from the same screen if it leaks.

3. Configure your streaming software

In OBS (or similar), set the streaming service to Custom and enter:

• Server: rtmp://ingest.kuldron.com/live
• Stream key: paste from your channel settings

Recommended encoding settings:

• Video codec: H.264 (any hardware/software encoder — NVENC, Apple VT, x264, QuickSync) or AV1 (NVENC AV1, AMF AV1, or SVT-AV1) — see Supported codecs below
• Bitrate: 6–12 Mbps for 1080p; up to 50 Mbps for 4K
• Keyframe interval: 2 seconds
• Profile: high

Ingest enforces a hard ceiling of 60 Mbps. Stay at or below the advised 50 Mbps: the extra headroom absorbs normal hardware-encoder bitrate spikes. A stream that sustains above 60 Mbps is disconnected, so keep your encoder's maximum bitrate under the advised limit rather than at the ceiling.

4. Press Start

In your dashboard, press Start. Kuldron provisions a streaming server for you (typically 45 to 55 seconds). Your wallet is debited from the moment you press Start, including provisioning time.

When the dashboard says Ready, click Start Streaming in your streaming software.

You need at least 1 hour of wallet balance to start. See Rates.

5. Going live

Once your software is sending video, your status flips to Live.

6. Ending a stream

Click Stop in your dashboard, or stop streaming in your software. Either way the broadcast finalizes, and if you have saving turned on it appears as a VOD on your channel.

Supported codecs

Video: H.264 (AVC) or AV1. Audio: AAC. HEVC (H.265) is not supported — if your encoder is set to HEVC, the stream will disconnect immediately after connecting.