Custom RTMP destinations: streaming to the long tail
Learn how to use Custom RTMP in ApexStream to broadcast to any endpoint, configure Friendly Names, and manage destination limits by plan.
Creator Guides
The countdown timer: the easiest professionalism upgrade
A countdown timer is the easiest way to upgrade your stream's professionalism. Learn how to use presets, custom messages, and backgrounds effectively.
The chat overlay for OBS: a browser source that just works
Adding the ApexStream chat overlay URL as an OBS browser source. Learn how to size, position, and keep chat readable on vertical crops.
Bitrate budgets: matching your encoder to your plan
Master ApexStream bitrate caps from 3 Mbps to 50 Mbps and learn why exceeding your plan limits can cause stream buffer overruns and connection drops.
17 live stream formats that work (and the ApexStream features that carry them)
Seventeen formats from interview to co-watch, each paired with the ApexStream feature that carries it: guests, layouts, polls, commerce, captions, clips.