Case study · Automation

A YouTube live stream that never stops, run by one server

Study-with-me streams keep students on a channel for hours. Running one from a computer at home is fragile. We set one up on a server so it streams around the clock without anyone looking after it.

The client

ExamYard (examyard.com), a Cambridge exam-prep publisher. ExamYard is built and run by the Inertia Automate team. It is our own work, so we can show it in full.

What needed to change

A channel with no regular live content.
No one available to keep a stream running day and night.

What we built

No.PartWhat it means in practice

01Server streamThe stream is produced and sent to YouTube by a service on a Linux server, restarted automatically if it ever stops.

02Study timerA 30-minute focus timer repeats on screen with calm music, made for students revising.

03Set onceTitle, description and schedule set once; the stream runs without daily attention.

How it runs now

The ExamYard study stream has run around the clock on YouTube since 3 November 2026.

Built with: Linux, FFmpeg, systemd, YouTube Live.

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