I have a really simple question but the answer may be a little more complex I guess.
Okay. Let's go. I have an Application called Xsplit Broadcaster (http://www.xsplit.com/). It supports streaming video through RTMP. Now what I want to do is this:
+--(720p)--> TwitchTV FirstChannel
XSplit --(720p RTMP)-->[MyTranscodingServer]--+
+--(360p)--> TwitchTV SecondChannel
Is there a simple way to do this?
Additional info: Both channels accept standard RTMP stream on their RTMP endpoint using either username/password or streamkey. The server operating system is GNU/Linux. The solution may not be paid, otherwise we'd be using AkamaiHD Network or such service. This is a non-profit project.
Although I haven't used it myself, you may want to look into the following Wowza Transcoder AddOn
Wowza isn't free, I don't know if there are budget restrictions or not?
A very similar question has also been asked on StackOverflow, there the OP eventually developed a solution with GStreamer. Their wiki has a page on transcoding which may serve as a starting point.