CAM4 is a global cam-and-earn platform with built-in geo-controls — you can hide your broadcast in chosen countries. Streaming through free SplitCam as the external encoder adds scene switching and overlays the basic broadcaster can't do.
SplitCam is free live-streaming software for Windows and macOS. Download it and run the installer — no signup, no card, no watermark, no time limit. It is the encoder that sends your video to CAM4.
Add your webcam and overlays in SplitCam, and decide on CAM4 which countries to hide your show from before you start.
On CAM4, click Broadcast → Broadcast & Earn Money → Start Broadcast, then click External Encoder at the top. Fill in date of birth, gender and country, then use Get Stream Key and copy it. A green slider in SplitCam's Stream Settings confirms the connection.
Paste the key into SplitCam's Stream Settings — a green slider confirms it. Keep the bitrate near 3,000 Kbps; CAM4's ingest caps lower than most sites.
Press Go Live in SplitCam, then start the broadcast on CAM4. Watch that the slider stays green — red means re-check the key.
CAM4 lets you hide your broadcast in specific countries and regions — set this on CAM4's side before going live if you need it.
CAM4's setup shows a green slider in SplitCam Stream Settings when the key is accepted — red means re-check the key.
CAM4's OBS Guide specifies CBR, a 1-second keyframe interval and the x264 veryfast/superfast preset with tune=zerolatency and B-frames at 0 — and recommends enabling "dynamically change bitrate". Run the connection test at speedtest.xcdnpro.com first.
CAM4's ingest is bandwidth-tiered — a wired connection holds a steady tier instead of bouncing your resolution down on every Wi-Fi dip.
Run a short private CAM4 broadcast to check your camera, audio and geo-restrictions before opening the room.
Yes — CAM4 has an official OBS Guide on its support site and recommends the External Encoder option for the best experience. SplitCam uses the same RTMP path.
Yes — CAM4 has built-in geo-restriction to hide your broadcast in certain countries. It's set on CAM4, not in SplitCam.
Broadcast → Broadcast & Earn Money → Start Broadcast → External Encoder → Get Stream Key.
Lower than most cam sites — CAM4's ingest caps the video bitrate around 3,000 Kbps at 30 fps with a 1-second keyframe interval. CAM4's official OBS Guide has a speed-test-based table; don't push past ~3,000.
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