youtube live streaming possibilities

• Made a small change in the script, adding the -re flag - otherwise, ffmpeg would push the live stream too fast. Reference - https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/StreamingGuide 
  
  
• sudo apt install youtube-dl and using youtube-dl obtained in that manner did not work, since it seems to be an old version. Had to use the more recent code at https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
  
  
• The other option (perhaps more complicated and using more resources) might have been to stream to a local url, and use that as the source to stream to youtube - Reference - 
  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43826675/how-to-live-stream-a-local-video-using-ffmpeg
  
  
• Checked network usage with itop, approx 2 Mbps out of 35 Mbps of the server was being used for this pull-push streaming to youtube. 
  
  
• Another option for streaming local content or screencasts (including Google Meet etc) would be Melon - https://melonapp.com/ - which also has a free plan. This also seems to be a good alternative for recording Google Meet calls, except for the time limit for the free plan. 
  
  
• Another straightforward way to live stream local files to youtube is using vlc and OBS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9IxP8IUvBY