[Galene] WHIP support: using OBS with Galene

[Galene] WHIP support: using OBS with Galene

[Juliusz Chroboczek]

Hi,

As some of you may have noticed, Galene 0.8 includes support for the WHIP
protocol [1].  This makes it possible to stream through Galene using any
streaming softwar that can speak WHIP.

Here's how to use OBS Studio with Galene.


0. Make sure you are running Galene 0.8 or later and OBS Studio 30.

1. In Galene, create a group that allows the H.264 and Opus codecs:

    "codecs": ["h264", "opus"]

Join the group as an administrator, and create a token (click on your own
name in the users list, then choose "invite user").  This will generate
a link of the form

    https://galene.example.org:8443/group/fancy/?token=XXX

where XXX is your token.

2. In OBS, choose File->Settings->Stream, and fill in the form:

    Service:      WHIP
    Server:       https://galene.example.org:8443/group/fancy/.whip
    Bearer Token: XXX
 
The "Server" is your group's URL followed with ".whip".  The token is the
token obtained in step 2 above.

3. Hit "Start Streaming".


If you wish to try this out without setting up your own server, feel free
to use the following credentials:

    Server:       https://galene.org:8443/group/public-h264/.whip
    Bearer Token: pqRFnD5yT2g

Please be aware that anyone will be able to see you at

    https://galene.org:8443/group/public-h264/

-- Juliusz