Fast and Stable Internet Connectivity for Your Streamlabs OBS Live Streaming
To use Streamlabs OBS with Speedify, connect all the internet connections you have, open Speedify, and go live from Streamlabs as usual: Speedify sends the stream over all of those connections at once. Speedify is an app that combines Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and satellite internet connections into one faster, steadier connection for your upload, and keeps the stream running if any single connection drops. Streamlabs (Streamlabs OBS/Desktop) is a popular app for streaming and recording live video to Twitch, YouTube and more.
Speedify combines your connections into enough upload to go live
Here is how to use Streamlabs together with Speedify.
How do I use WiFi and 4G/5G cellular at the same time with Speedify?
Pick your two internet connections and your device below and we'll take you to the step-by-step setup guide.
What Speedify Does to Improve Streamlabs OBS Live Streams
When you live stream, relying on a single internet connection is a risk, however good that connection is. One slow patch or outage from your provider shows up on stream as dropped frames, buffering or a disconnect, and every streamer runs into it sooner or later. Using every internet connection you have at the same time removes that single point of failure.
Speedify lets you use any of these internet connections at the same time:
- one or multiple wired Ethernet connections;
- one or multiple Wi-Fi networks, such as your own and public hotspots nearby;
- one or multiple 4G/5G cellular connections, through tethered smartphones, USB 4G/5G cellular adapters or mobile hotspot (MiFi) devices.
For best results, get each connection from a different provider, so the stream keeps going if one provider has problems or an outage.
3 Steps to Use Streamlabs OBS with Speedify
Step 1: Connect All Your Internet Connections to Your Streaming Device
If you’re streaming from your smartphone or tablet:
- connect to a Wi-Fi network
- turn on your 4G/5G cellular connection
- connect to wired Ethernet with a USB-C or Lightning Ethernet adapter
>> Here are the instructions to do that for Android and iOS / iPadOS.
If you’re streaming from your computer, use one or multiple of the following:
- wired Ethernet connection
- Wi-Fi hotspot
- tethered smartphone
- external USB 5G / 4G LTE cellular adapter
>> Here are the instructions to do that for Windows, MacOS and Linux.
Step 2: Start Speedify and Connect to a Server
If you don’t have Speedify yet, download it and create a free account, which includes 5 GB per month (Linux needs a paid plan), or buy a subscription from the Speedify website store, the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.
Run Speedify and log into your account. All the active Internet sources you connected at step 1 should be recognized by Speedify.
All you have to do now is choose a server to connect to:
- if you have a dedicated server, connect to that. You will get the best performance Speedify can offer for live streaming.
- if not, choose the fastest server, which connects you to the server that should give the best performance;
- or choose a server yourself, in a location near the ingest servers of the platform you stream to, such as Twitch or YouTube.
Step 3: Configure Streamlabs OBS and Start Live Streaming
Follow the instructions on the Streamlabs OBS website to get started for live streaming.
For Speedify settings that help, read this article on improving streaming with Streamlabs.
When you are ready, start the live stream. With Speedify running, the stream uses all your connections at once, which helps you avoid low quality, choppy or laggy video, buffering and disconnects from the streaming server.
Troubleshooting Live Streaming Issues with Speedify
Check out this article to troubleshoot potential issues.
If that does not fix it, contact Speedify support and the support team will help with your live stream.
Speedify Makes Streamlabs OBS Live Streaming Better
Speedify is tailored and optimized for live streaming. Its default settings will automatically prioritize live streams and deliver the best performance for those.
Speedify’s latest tests on live streaming with Streamlabs OBS on Twitch showed Speedify raising the average bitrate of a slow, spotty Wi-Fi connection by up to 12%. Failover protection also kept the test stream running without interruptions.
Keep Speedify running whenever you go live with Streamlabs. The same setup helps with video calls and online gaming, where a dropout is just as disruptive.
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