OBS SRT Setup 2026: Stream to Any SRT Server (Step-by-Step)
How to stream from OBS via SRT — the exact srt:// URL syntax, in under 3 minutes.
For broadcast and streaming pros connecting OBS Studio to a professional SRT ingest. Part of the HOW-TO-CONNECT series by SRT Cloud.
The two gotchas that break most first attempts: OBS counts latency in MICROSECONDS (latency=1000000 = 1 second), and the Stream Key field is ignored for SRT — leave it blank, everything travels in the URL.
URL template:
srt://HOST:PORT?streamid=YOUR_ID&passphrase=YOUR_SECRET&latency=1000000&mode=caller
Chapters:
00:00 Connect OBS to SRT Cloud
00:10 Grab your input address
00:20 Service: Custom
00:30 The srt:// URL
00:40 Gotcha 1: latency units
00:50 Gotcha 2: leave the key blank
01:00 Go live and verify
01:10 That's OBS, connected
SRT Cloud: one SRT input in, bit-exact copies out to every destination that needs it. Start free at https://srtcloud.io
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