CamSoda is a US cam platform known for novel, interactive show formats. It officially supports OBS-style broadcasting — there's a Use OBS Broadcaster button on the Go Live page and an official OBS guide on the CamSoda wiki. Free SplitCam works the same way.
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 CamSoda.
Add your webcam, overlays and filters in SplitCam. CamSoda is known for interactive show formats — overlays for goals and games fit well here.
On CamSoda's Go Live page, click Use OBS Broadcaster. CamSoda shows the RTMP server URL and stream key — copy both. Pick the regional server (North America, Europe, Asia, etc.) nearest to you. CamSoda's own wiki has a full OBS guide if you need the detail.
Paste both into SplitCam, choosing the regional CamSoda server (NA, Europe, Asia, etc.) nearest you. Cap quality at 1080p/30 fps, ~6,000 Kbps.
Press Go Live in SplitCam to broadcast to CamSoda. Note you must finish CamSoda's verification before you can receive tips.
On CamSoda anyone can broadcast, but you must complete CamSoda's verification application before you can receive tips.
CamSoda offers regional ingest servers — choosing the closest one (NA / Europe / Asia / South America / Oceania) reduces lag and dropped frames.
CamSoda's ingest tops out around 1080p, 30 fps and ~6,000 Kbps — no need to push higher.
Pair a wired connection with the nearest CamSoda regional ingest server — together they keep latency and dropped frames low.
Yes — officially. There's a Use OBS Broadcaster button on the Go Live page and an OBS guide on the CamSoda wiki, so SplitCam works.
To broadcast, no. To receive tips, yes — CamSoda requires you to complete its verification application first.
Up to 1920×1080 at 30 fps, roughly 6,000 Kbps maximum on its RTMP ingest.
Yes — free, no watermark, no time limit. It works alongside CamSoda's own free OBS-broadcaster mode, so the whole chain costs nothing.
CamSoda's ingest takes AAC audio up to 160 Kbps and H.264 video with a tune=zerolatency preset. CamSoda is also a built-in service in OBS, so it behaves as a standard RTMP target in SplitCam.
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