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Streaming & Going Live ​

Streaming on Slipmat works with any RTMP-capable software or device — OBS and similar tools, or a hardware encoder. Slipmat streams work a little differently than on most platforms, and that's on purpose: it makes for a better listening experience, better discovery, and better search visibility.

What you need ​

  1. Your streaming server URL and streaming key, both found in your Artist Dashboard. Each member of an artist gets their own key.
  2. Your encoder set up to Slipmat's stream requirements. These are listed on the Frankie reference page — match them exactly, or your stream may be rejected or sound wrong.

Keep your streaming key private

Your streaming key is what lets you (and only you) go live as your artist. Treat it like a password.

Test first with a soundcheck ​

Before you go live for real, test your stream with a soundcheck — a private, unlisted test run that lets you check your audio and video without any audience. See How To Test Your Stream for the full walkthrough.

Going live: scheduled events ​

For a scheduled event, the doors open automatically 30 minutes before the start time (the warmup). To go live:

  1. Connect your streamer during the warmup.
  2. Start the event from your Artist Dashboard when you're ready to perform.
  3. End the event yourself from the dashboard when you're finished.

Scheduled events don't stop by themselves

A scheduled event stays live until you end it — it won't stop just because you disconnect your streamer. Always end the event when you're done. (As a safety net, Slipmat ends a scheduled event whose stream has been down for 30 minutes, but you shouldn't rely on that.)

Going live: ad hoc events ​

For an ad hoc event there's nothing to start or stop by hand:

  1. Connect your streamer (with no scheduled event due to start soon).
  2. Your event goes live shortly after the stream connects.
  3. It ends automatically once you stop streaming. Brief drops are forgiven — a quick reconnect won't end the event.

Keeping an eye on your stream ​

While you're connected, your dashboard's stream monitor shows whether Slipmat is receiving your stream and flags any quality problems it detects — things like low audio bitrate, a missing audio channel, or an unsuitable resolution. If it warns you about something, fix it in your encoder; your listeners hear and see the same stream the monitor is checking.

When something goes wrong ​

  • Your stream drops while you're live. The event stays live. Reconnect your streamer and the stream continues. If it stays disconnected for 30 minutes, Slipmat ends the event.
  • The event ended and you weren't done. For 30 minutes after it ends, a scheduled event can be resumed from your stream monitor or from the event's page in your Artist Dashboard. It returns to warmup; reconnect and press Start again. See How Events Start And End.
  • You want to know what happened. Your activity log lists every connection, disconnection, start, end and automatic step from the last 30 days.