PS5/XBOX Console Twitch relay for OBS to Kick/TikTok/Etc

Author: Harry Scanlan
Date Created: May 31, 2025

Created for my friend; you know who you are.

This application allows you to open at 1920x1080 Browser window full screen that you can then attach to OBS in order to stream your PS5/XBOX/Console to other streaming services, without having to pay for a stream relay.

A minimal Node.js/Express application that serves a full-screen Twitch embed plus a cropped, scaled-up overlay of a specific rectangle (e.g. where an “error” message appears). The app uses EJS for templating and serves static assets from public/.

Features

• Full-screen Twitch player (16:9) served at http://localhost:3000
• Built with Express (ESM) and EJS.
• Customizable CSS offsets to target any rectangle in the 1920×1080 embed.

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Prerequisites

• Node.js ≥ 14
• npm

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Installation

1. Clone or download this repository.
2. From the project root, run:

   npm install

   This installs:
   • express
   • ejs

Configuration

1. Twitch Channel & Host

In views/index.ejs, locate the <iframe> tag:

<iframe
  id="twitch-base"
  src="https://player.twitch.tv/?channel=TWITCH_USERNAME&parent=localhost"
  allowfullscreen="true"
  scrolling="no">
</iframe>

• Replace TWITCH_USERNAME with your Twitch channel name.
• If you serve from a domain other than localhost, change parent=localhost to your domain (e.g. parent=example.com).

Running the App in Browser (NOT OBS)

1. From project root:

   node server.js

2. Open your browser to:

   http://localhost:3000
   

3. You should see:
   • The full-screen Twitch player in the background

• Parent mismatch error
  • Twitch requires the parent= parameter to exactly match your host (no http://).
  • If testing on localhost:3000, use parent=localhost.
  • If deployed to example.com, use parent=example.com.

Running in OBS

• Open OBS
• Add a new source by clicking the + button
• Select "Browser", create new
• set the URL to http://localhost:3000
• set the width to 1920
• set the height to 1080
  • This is not where you setup your vertical resolution. It must be 1920x1080 to get the best quality and retain aspect ratio

Setting up Vertical layout in OBS

• You can likely google this for now, but I will add more if required.

Setting up TIKTOK Stream in OBS

• You can likely google this for now, but I will add more if required.

License

This project is provided “as-is” without warranty. Feel free to modify and use in your own projects.