Installation Guide For Live Stream Plugin

How to install Guide

Attach the plugin to Playtube.

Step 1

Copy all the files & folders from Plugin folder to your /public_html/ directory where is located your playtube files.


[assets]
[vy-livestream]
[themes]
*vy-livestream-cmd.php

Step 2

If you use apache, Open your .htaccess file, and find the code from below.


RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

After this add the following code.


# Live Plugin
RewriteRule ^livestream$ vy-livestream-cmd.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^watchstream$ vy-livestream-cmd.php?cmd=watchstream [QSA]
Redirect 301 /live /livestream
RewriteRule ^livestream/g/([^\/]+)(\/|)$ vy-livestream-cmd.php?group_id=$1 [NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^livestream/p/([^\/]+)(\/|)$ vy-livestream-cmd.php?page_id=$1 [NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^livestream/up$ vy-livestream-cmd.php?cmd=blueimpupload [NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^livestream/u/(.*)$ vy-livestream-cmd.php?cmd=openuser&id=$1 [NC,QSA]

If you use nginx, Open your nginx.conf file, and add the code from below.


# Live Plugin
location = /live { return 301 /livestream; } 
rewrite ^/livestream$ /vy-livestream-cmd.php;
rewrite ^/watchstream$ /vy-livestream-cmd.php?cmd=watchstream;
rewrite ^/livestream/g/([^\/]+)(\/|)$ /vy-livestream-cmd.php?group_id=$1;
rewrite ^/livestream/p/([^\/]+)(\/|)$ /vy-livestream-cmd.php?page_id=$1;
rewrite ^/livestream/up$ /vy-livestream-cmd.php?cmd=blueimpupload;
rewrite ^/livestream/u/(.*)$ /vy-livestream-cmd.php?cmd=openuser&id=$1;

Step 3

Open your playtube container.phtml file. You can find it here:


 /themes/YOUR_THEME/layout/container.html

Go to end of file.. and above of below code:


   </body>
</html>

Add this code:



	<?php 
	  if (IS_LOGGED == true) {
	    // Live stream plugin
	    include(getcwd().'/vy-livestream/assets.html');
	  } else {
	  ?>
	  <Script>
	  function vy_global_openLiveStream(ev,el,id,no_loading){

	    ev.preventDefault();
	    ev.stopImmediatePropagation();
	    return $('[data-target="#loginbox"]').trigger('click');
	  }
	  </Script>
	  <?php
	  }
	  ?>

Step 4

Open file /assets/init.php and add the following line of code at the end of the file:

// include Live stream
if( file_exists(getcwd().'/assets/vaneayoung/LiveStream/classes/class.LiveStream.php'))
require_once('vaneayoung/LiveStream/classes/class.LiveStream.php');

Step 5 (optional) [settings]

Go to /assets/vaneayoung/LiveStream/ini/config.ini file, and add your settings:


;<?php die('Direct access not allowed ;') ?>
;The above is for security, do not remove

[purchase code]
st__PURCHASE_KEY = YOUR_PURCHASE_KEY

[THEME]
st__ORIGINAL_THEME_NAME = "youplay";  


[TIMEZONE]
timezone = "Europe/Berlin"

[playtube tables]
tbl_users 		=	"`users`";
tbl_comments 		= 	"`comments`";
tbl_notif 		= 	"`notifications`";
tbl_posts 		= 	"`videos`";

[plugin tables]
tbl_vy_lv_broadcasts 	= 	"`vy_live_broadcasts`"
tbl_vy_lv_config 	=	"`vy_live_conf`"

[server url]
st__APP_SERVER_URL = ""; # your domain name where running nodejs application

[plugin location]
st__PLUGIN_ASSETS = "/vy-livestream" ;

[default blank cover]
st__DEFAULT_BLANK = "/vy-livestream/blank.png";

[ffmpeg]
st__ffmpeg_path = "/usr/bin/ffmpeg"; # define ffmpeg location [ $ whereis ffmpeg ]

[sounds]
st__success = "sounds/success.mp3";
st__countdown2 = "sounds/countdown2.mp3";
st__countdown = "sounds/countdown.mp3";
st__clickuibut = "sounds/clickuibut.mp3";
st__openpopup = "sounds/openpopup.mp3";

[storage]
st__STORAGE_DIR = "upload/vy-streams-media"; # the path where to save all the broadcast records
st__recording = 1; # record bool true|false
st__record_type = ".mp4"; # allowed format > [.mp4 or .webm], record video format webm or mp4 [this is only for local device streaming not for OBS]
st_mp4_high_quality = 0; #  this only works if record_type option is set to .mp4 value,
		             # if you enable this to true the video size will increase x4, 
			     # for example a 1 minute video size will be almost 100MB


[settings]
st__obs_enabled = 1; # OBS ENABLED TRUE / FALSE
st__away_desktop = 0; # IF USER STREAMING FROM PC (DESKTOP) enable disable Away feature ( by default away feature is enabled only for mobiles )
st__audioBitsPerSecond = 128000; # AUDIO BITS PER SECOND
st__videoBitsPerSecond = 2500000 ;# VIDEO BITS PER SECOND
st__fr_miliseconds = 1000 ;# the number of milliseconds to record into each Blob
st__stream_secret = "nodemediavylivestream2022" # stream secret, any word
st__stream_prefix = "VY" #  stream key prefix
st__app_name = "live"; # define app name, you can leave it as default
st__hls = true; # hls bool true/false
st__hlsFlags = "[hls_time=2:hls_list_size=3:hls_flags=delete_segments]"; # hls options
st__dash = true; # dash bool true/false
st__dashFlags = "[f=dash:window_size=3:extra_window_size=5]"; # dash options
st__mp4Flags = "[movflags=faststart]"; # mp4 options

Step 6

Please go to folder cr_turnserver, open file turnserver.json and populate these 3 lines:

      {
         "urls":"turn:YOUR_TURN_SERVER_URL:PORT", 
         "username":"YOUR_TURN_SERVER_USERNAME", 
         "credential":"YOUR_TURN_SERVER_CREDENTIAL" 
      }

Step 7

Now please go to your phpmyadmin and upload the SQL file

database.sql

Step 8

The last step, you have to go to https://liveplugin.kontackt.de/setup.html and complete all the fields to get your Nodejs Application Server directly via your email.

https://liveplugin.kontackt.de/setup.html

STUN/TURN SERVER CONFIGURATION.

We Recommend to configure your own STUN/TURN SERVER, to do this you must run at least VPS.

Full Documentation URL: https://www.webrtc-experiment.com/docs/TURN-server-installation-guide.html#top

“Live Stream Add-on For Playtube” Documentation by “Vanea Young” v1.1.26 [12.05.2022]

“Live Stream Plugin For Playtube”

How to install Guide