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Live streaming audio or video directly from shared hosting is generally not suitable, and here’s why — along with the right way to do it.

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Why shared hosting isn’t built for livestreaming

Live streaming has a fundamentally different resource profile from serving web pages:
  • Persistent connections: every viewer holds a connection open for the duration of the stream. Web servers on shared platforms are tuned for many short requests, not thousands of long-lived ones.
  • Constant bandwidth per viewer: a 720p stream consumes roughly 1.5-3 Mbps per viewer, continuously. Even a modest audience multiplies this quickly.
  • Specialized software: real streaming uses media servers and protocols (RTMP ingest, HLS/DASH delivery) that aren’t part of a standard cPanel stack.
Running a stream from a shared account would degrade performance for the account and the server, so streaming servers aren’t something we support on shared or reseller hosting.

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What works instead

Use a streaming platform and embed the player on your site (recommended):
  • YouTube Live and Twitch — free, unlimited viewers, and both provide embed codes you can place on any page hosted with us.
  • Vimeo Livestream, Cloudflare Stream, Mux — paid options with white-label players and more control.
Your website stays on our hosting and simply embeds the stream — this is how virtually every site with live video does it. Audio/radio streaming: dedicated services like Shoutcast/Icecast hosting providers, Radio.co, or Live365 handle the stream; you embed their player on your site. Pre-recorded video is different: you can host video files on your account and serve them normally, though for anything beyond light traffic a video platform or CDN will deliver a better viewer experience and save your bandwidth.

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Need more control?

If you need to run your own media server (e.g. OBS → RTMP → HLS with nginx), that requires a VPS or dedicated server with root access. Contact us and we can discuss options that fit.