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How To Stop Live Stream From Ending When Phone Service/Signal Is Not Good
Keep your live stream going even when your phone service or signal gets flaky.
Hey there! Streamable enables the most popular streamers to IRL stream without issues. Features include Cloud OBS Servers, 100% Stream Drop Protection, Clips Players, Multiple Ingests, Collaborative Streaming, DDoS protection, and much more! If you're a streamer, let us help you out!
Why streams die during spotty signal
If your stream relies on a phone app or a remote camera service, you've probably seen it happen: the phone signal drops for a moment, and the platform ends your stream entirely, and your viewers get kicked.
That is because the streaming platform treats your phone feed as the stream itself. When that feed vanishes, it assumes the broadcast is over, even if you are just reconnecting or troubleshooting.
Use Cloud Hosted OBS as a buffer
A simple fix is to use Cloud Hosted OBS or Cloud OBS Servers so your stream does not depend on a single fragile phone connection. Instead of sending video straight to Twitch, you send it to OBS running in the cloud, and that OBS instance sends a steady stream to the platform.
Use Cloud-Hosted OBS in the middle between you and the streaming platform like Twitch. When your phone service or signal drops or reconnects, the Cloud Hosted OBS detects this and switches your scene to offline, keeping the stream alive instead of ending it.
What your viewers experience
From the viewer perspective, the stream keeps going with a clean offline, BRB, or fallback scene. You can show a message, music, or anything else that signals a temporary pause without breaking your stream and losing viewers.
When your phone service or signal comes back, you simply switch the scene again and keep streaming without a hard reset.
A quick note on Streamable
Streamable supports this setup and makes it easy to use Cloud OBS Servers as your reliable middle layer to get 100% Stream Drop Protection. Simply click 'Start Server', and your server is up and ready to stream without any IRL issues within 1 minute! It also has a clips player where they display your clips to viewers to keep them entertained while you get back online.
Beyond the clips player, Streamable also offers Cloud OBS Servers, Multiple Ingests, Remote OBS Management, Collaborative Streaming, DDoS protection, and easy setup.
Here is a look at the clips player that keeps viewers entertained during short interruptions.
Give it a try
If you want to keep your stream alive through signal drops, try Cloud Hosted OBS and see how it feels in a real session. You can also DM @streamablerun on X for a free trial.
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