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Include key in stream URL in livestream modal #3568

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test2a opened this issue Jan 9, 2021 · 4 comments
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Include key in stream URL in livestream modal #3568

test2a opened this issue Jan 9, 2021 · 4 comments
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test2a commented Jan 9, 2021

Describe the current behavior
currently the live stream live information modal displays rtmp url and stream key in two separate boxes because services like OBS expect them in separate boxes.

the issue is services like jitsi meet and even android rtmp servers show a single input box where the user is expected to input rtmp url followed by "/" and then stream key.
this ui quirk is not explained by the live information modal in peertube and this leads to people only putting rtmp url in the box without the key.

Describe the expected behavior

my suggestion is to add the following to the live information modal,

If your live streaming software has only one input box, you must put your Live RTMP Url and Live stream key in the following manner:
Live RTMP Url/Live stream key

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jitsi/jitsi-meet#8283 (comment)
this comment is the example of this ux quirk.

@rigelk rigelk added UI non-trivial UI changes, that might need discussion Type: Discussion 💭 labels Jan 9, 2021
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rigelk commented Jan 9, 2021

I don't think the UX problem stems from us here, but rather from Jitsi’s reliance on YouTube as a default and thus hiding what should be another field: the live stream URL.

Covering that special case by adding it in our documentation examples should be enough IMHO.

@rigelk rigelk changed the title livestream- services showing only single stream key box need to be updated to include both url and stream key in one Include both url and stream key in one in livestream info Jan 9, 2021
@rigelk rigelk changed the title Include both url and stream key in one in livestream info Include key in stream URL in livestream modal Jan 9, 2021
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test2a commented Jan 9, 2021

here. i took screenshots of two android RTMP stream apps. here too there is just one input box and it does only say "RTMP url"
and neither mention using stream key.

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test2a commented Jan 10, 2021

ok. the documentation seems to be updated to jitsi meet but we need to either tell the users to put url/key when there is just one box like in the case of android streamers or provide that ourselves in the information box.

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I agree with @rigelk. It seems to be an UX issue from these software, because the URL is public whereas the stream key must be private. We could add another field that merges the base RTMP URL and stream key, but it would be just more confusing for users.

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