

Steam will automatically select an upload server that’s close to your current location based on your IP address. You won’t need to know exactly how this protocol works to stream on Steam, but some familiarity with the below concepts will be helpful.
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Streaming on Steam uses the RTMP protocol. The steps below will help you gather the information required to stream your game from third-party broadcasting software. The account must either have the "Broadcast Live" permission in the Steamworks partner account, or be a member of the Steam Broadcast Beta group.

You can check this by logging into the Steam client with this account and confirming you see the game in your Steam Library.
