How to tune your stream for lower latency

Login on to reactive.live.

Click the Start button:

Click the Go Live to start the stream:

Click the Download OBS configuration profile link and unzip the file. This file contains a base configuration for OBS that let's you stream with low latency. Once you get started you should adjust this configuration to work for your specific use case.

Open OBS. Click the File dropdown and select Show Settings Folder.Don't start streaming from OBS yet!

Click on the basic folder and then add the unziped reactive_streaming profile to the profiles folder:

Restart OBS so the new profile can be registered. Activate the profile by selecting the Profile dropdown menu and then select Reactive Streaming:

Follow the instructions in the start a stream guide and start streaming from OBS.

You're now streaming with 1 - 2 seconds of latency! 🎉🍻

Use the low latency player playground to inspect your stream's latency

From the stream detail page, copy the dash stream url and select the low latency player playground link:

Paste the url in the dash stream url text box and click Apply.

Adjust the configurable parameters to dial in the lowest latency for your stream! 🚀