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     <p>Streaming credentials are shared via IRC — ask there for the current
        publish URL/password. This is a single shared stream: whoever is
        currently publishing is what everyone sees.</p>
+    <p><strong>OBS Studio</strong> works great on any OS (Linux/X11,
+       Wayland, macOS, Windows) and is the easiest option for most people —
+       screen/window capture, audio mixing, and encoder settings are all
+       handled in the UI. If you'd rather use a terminal-only workflow,
+       ffmpeg one-liners are also available below depending on your setup.</p>
+    <h3>Option A: OBS Studio</h3>
     <ol>
-      <li>Open <strong>OBS Studio</strong> (or use ffmpeg directly).</li>
-      <li>In OBS, go to <em>Settings &rarr; Stream</em>, set Service to
+      <li>Open OBS, go to <em>Settings &rarr; Stream</em>, set Service to
         <strong>Custom...</strong>, and paste the full URL you were given
         into the <strong>Server</strong> field, leaving Stream Key empty.</li>
-      <li>Or with ffmpeg: <code>ffmpeg -re -i input -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -f flv "&lt;url you were given&gt;"</code>
-        (audio must be AAC and video H.264 — RTMP/FLV doesn't support other codecs)</li>
-      <li>Click <strong>Start Streaming</strong>.</li>
+      <li>Add your capture sources (screen/window/game capture + audio) as
+        normal, then click <strong>Start Streaming</strong>.</li>
     </ol>
+    <h3>Option B: ffmpeg one-liner (Linux, X11)</h3>
+    <p>If you're on X11 (or a Wayland session with Xwayland exposing
+       <code>:0.0</code>), this captures your screen + default audio
+       directly, no extra tools needed:</p>
+    <pre>ffmpeg -f x11grab -framerate 30 -i :0.0 -f pulse -i default -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -tune zerolatency -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a aac -b:a 128k -f flv "&lt;url you were given&gt;"</pre>
+    <p>Swap <code>-preset veryfast</code> for <code>ultrafast</code> on
+       weaker machines, or <code>fast</code>/<code>medium</code> if you
+       have CPU to spare. RTMP/FLV requires H.264 video and AAC audio —
+       other codecs won't work here.</p>
+    <h3>Option C: ffmpeg with a file/other source</h3>
+    <p>For rebroadcasting a pre-recorded file or another running stream
+       instead of capturing your screen:</p>
+    <pre>ffmpeg -re -i input -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -f flv "&lt;url you were given&gt;"</pre>
+    <p>On Wayland (non-X11) screen capture generally needs a portal/PipeWire
+       flow rather than a single ffmpeg command — OBS handles this
+       transparently across compositors, which is why it's the recommended
+       option there.</p>
+  </section>
     <h2>How to watch</h2>
     <p>Open this URL in your browser:</p>
     <pre>https://{{ domain }}/&lt;path&gt;</pre>