Stream a LiveKit room to RTMP with one JSON Job

Turn an existing LiveKit room into a production RTMP feed without writing room egress, FFmpeg, or worker orchestration code.

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The pipeline

LiveKit source
video mixer
audio mixer
RTMP push

What this replaces

Build it yourself

Run a privileged room egress bot with subscribe permissions
Supervise an FFmpeg process and its restart behavior
Render a synchronized grid layout yourself
Handle RTMP credentials, keyframes, and reconnects

With AVFlow

Submit a JSON Job through the REST API
Let AVFlow join the room and compose the room
Re-POST the same Job name to update a running pipeline
Watch job state changes through webhooks

The validated Job

This is the same file 00-hello-mix.json serves. Replace platform credentials, output URLs, and storage secrets before running it.

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{
  "name": "room-to-rtmp",
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "room",
      "type": "livekit",
      "config": {
        "serverUrl": "wss://your-project.livekit.cloud",
        "token": "eyJ..."
      }
    }
  ],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "video",
      "type": "video_mixer",
      "inputs": [
        "room"
      ],
      "config": {
        "layout": {
          "mode": "grid"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "audio",
      "type": "audio_mixer",
      "inputs": [
        "room"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sinks": [
    {
      "name": "stream",
      "type": "rtmp_push",
      "inputs": [
        "video",
        "audio"
      ],
      "config": {
        "urls": [
          "rtmp://live.example.com/app/stream-key"
        ],
        "encoding": {
          "videoCodec": "h264",
          "audioCodec": "aac"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Submit it API

curl -X POST "https://api.avflow.dev/v1/jobs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AVFLOW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @00-hello-mix.json

Know the limits before you ship

The LiveKit access token must have the grants AVFlow needs to subscribe.
A multi-participant room normally needs video and audio mixers before a 1:1 RTMP sink.
RTMP credentials remain yours; replace the placeholder URL before running the example.

Keep reading

LiveKit source Video mixer RTMP push sink

Run this LiveKit pipeline

Generate the Job in Playground, then run it with $20 promotional credit.

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