Step 3: Connecting to Switcher Web Interface

Our switcher EC2 instance is configured with OBS. We will use a web interface to control OBS via a webscocket connection.

  1. Connect to Switcher Web Control

    Enter the following connection string. ws://{switcher-public-ip-address}:4455 where switcher-public-ip-address is the Public IP address of your switcher EC2 Instance.

    Enter OnlySecret as the password.

    Click Connect

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  2. You will see the interface below.

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  3. Let’s configure the switcher to send program out to our distribution MediaConnect flow.

    Click the Edit Stream Server URL button.

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    Enter srt://{distribution-flow-private-ip-address}:8000 where distribution-flow-private-ip-address is the source private IP address of our distribution MediaConnect flow.

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    Click the Edit Stream Server URL button again to close the editor.

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  4. Verify the stream address is correct on the status window. Now click the Stream button to start streaming.

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    You should now see the stream connection timer incrementing.

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  5. Go back to the MediaConnect service page and select the Distribution flow.

    Validate that you see healthy Source health metrics

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Congratulations, you have finished the first part of your signal path, the connection from your switcher to the workshop destination.

 

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