Fill the gaps in your schedule with edited highlights, reruns and showcase reels — broadcast from the cloud instead of from a gaming PC you would rather be playing on. Upload the file, paste your Twitch stream key, and the channel goes live.
Twitch is the one major platform with real opinions about recorded content, and it is worth understanding before you set anything up.
Within those limits, running your own edited content on your own channel is entirely normal and plenty of channels do it.
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Server URL | rtmp://live.twitch.tv/app |
| Stream key | Creator Dashboard → Settings → Stream → Primary Stream key |
| Maximum bitrate | 6,000 kbps |
| Recommended for 1080p60 | 6,000 kbps |
| Recommended for 720p60 | 4,500 kbps |
| Video codec | H.264 |
| Audio codec | AAC, up to 160 kbps |
| Keyframe interval | 2 seconds |
The 6,000 kbps ceiling is the important one. Twitch will reject or badly degrade a stream that exceeds it, and since Streamza relays your file as-is, an export above 6,000 kbps is a problem you have to fix in your editor rather than at broadcast time.
Transcoding is not guaranteed. Non-partnered channels do not always get transcoding options, which means viewers may only be offered your source quality. A 1080p60 stream at 6,000 kbps is unwatchable for someone on a weak connection with no 480p option — many smaller channels deliberately export at 720p60 around 4,500 kbps for that reason.
Go to Creator Dashboard → Settings → Stream and copy the Primary Stream key. Never share or screenshot it — anyone holding it can broadcast to your channel.
In the Stream Manager, set an honest title (mention that it is a rerun), pick the right category, and add the rerun tag. Doing this before you go live means viewers arriving in the first minutes see the right information.
At streamza.live/studio, claim a free slot, upload your MP4 and choose Twitch — the ingest URL fills itself in. Paste the key.
Press start. Twitch picks the stream up within seconds and your channel is live. Close the browser; the broadcast continues from our servers.
Twitch creators are the group most likely to be encoding on the same machine they are playing on. Offloading pre-recorded broadcasts to the cloud has a direct payoff:
Reruns and highlight reels do not need to touch your machine, so nothing competes with your game for encoder time.
Keep the channel live overnight or between sessions with edited content, without leaving a PC running unattended.
The 6,000 kbps outbound comes from a datacentre, not from your connection — which matters most when you are also gaming online.
Re-copy the primary stream key — Twitch keys start with a region prefix and are easy to truncate. Also confirm you pasted into the key field, not the URL field.
Your export is likely above the 6,000 kbps ceiling, or you have no transcoding and viewers are stuck with a source quality they cannot sustain. Re-export lower.
Not enough bitrate for the resolution and frame rate. Either raise the bitrate toward 6,000 or drop from 1080p60 to 720p60, which looks noticeably better at the same bitrate.
Copyrighted audio was detected. Replace the music with licensed or original tracks before rebroadcasting.
Yes, provided you own the content and you do not present a recording as a live, interactive broadcast. Twitch expects reruns to be labelled. Streaming other people's video, or pretending to respond to chat in real time, is what gets channels actioned.
Generally no. Twitch treats rerun content differently from live broadcasts for progress and recommendations, so plan reruns as a way to keep existing viewers engaged rather than as a route to growth.
Stay at or under 6,000 kbps — that is Twitch's ceiling. 6,000 kbps suits 1080p60; 4,500 kbps at 720p60 is often the smarter choice for smaller channels that may not get transcoding.
Technically yes with looping, but think carefully. Twitch's culture and policies are built around live presence, and a permanently looping channel earns little and risks more than it gains. YouTube is the better home for always-on content.
Creator Dashboard → Settings → Stream → Primary Stream key. If you think it has leaked, reset it there immediately — see the stream key guide.
Yes, up to three destinations simultaneously on the Multistream plan. Check each platform's exclusivity terms first — Twitch Partners in particular have contractual restrictions on simultaneous streaming. See multistreaming.
No. That is the main reason Twitch creators use this — the broadcast runs on our servers, so your machine is free for whatever you actually want to do with it.
Upload a rerun, paste your key, and let it run without your PC.
