diff --git a/obs-plugin/src/plugin-main.c b/obs-plugin/src/plugin-main.c
index d1e4f4aec..0fed640ea 100644
--- a/obs-plugin/src/plugin-main.c
+++ b/obs-plugin/src/plugin-main.c
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ MODULE_EXPORT const char *obs_module_description(void)
 /* OBS's Settings → Stream page only knows the rtmp-services service types, so a
  * third-party output is reached through a services.json entry whose "protocol"
  * this plugin registers: rtmp-services hides the entry unless the protocol is
- * registered, and the frontend starts whichever output registered it. */
+ * registered, and the frontend starts whichever output registered it. OBS
+ * applies "recommended" to the stream encoders: a segment is one GoP, so 1s
+ * keyframes keep latency low, and B-frames force viewers onto HLS. */
 static const char service_entry[] = "{"
 				    "\"name\": \"Streamplace\","
 				    "\"common\": true,"
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@ static const char service_entry[] = "{"
 				    "\"stream_key_link\": \"https://stream.place/live\","
 				    "\"servers\": [{\"name\": \"Local Streamplace node\", \"url\": \"http://127.0.0.1:38080\"}],"
 				    "\"supported video codecs\": [\"h264\"],"
-				    "\"supported audio codecs\": [\"aac\", \"opus\"]"
+				    "\"supported audio codecs\": [\"aac\", \"opus\"],"
+				    "\"recommended\": {\"keyint\": 1, \"bframes\": 0}"
 				    "}";
 
 /* Adds the entry to rtmp-services' services.json in the user's config
diff --git a/obs-plugin/src/streamplace-output.c b/obs-plugin/src/streamplace-output.c
index 2ea59c960..40d834052 100644
--- a/obs-plugin/src/streamplace-output.c
+++ b/obs-plugin/src/streamplace-output.c
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ static bool find_ingest_url(obs_data_t *config, const char *key, struct dstr *ur
 		obs_data_t *endpoint = obs_data_array_item(endpoints, i);
 		if (astrcmpi(obs_data_get_string(endpoint, "protocol"), INGEST_PROTOCOL) == 0) {
 			dstr_copy(url, obs_data_get_string(endpoint, "url_template"));
+			/* Logged before the key goes in: OBS logs get shared for support. */
+			do_log(LOG_INFO, "Ingest endpoint: %s", url->array);
 			dstr_replace(url, "{stream_key}", key);
 		}
 		obs_data_release(endpoint);
@@ -595,7 +597,7 @@ static bool start_streaming(struct sp_output *sp, const char *url, struct dstr *
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	do_log(LOG_INFO, "Streaming to %s", url);
+	do_log(LOG_INFO, "Streaming started");
 	if (!obs_output_begin_data_capture(sp->output, 0)) {
 		/* The send thread owns the connection now; it ends the stream. */
 		pthread_mutex_lock(&sp->mutex);
@@ -624,6 +626,9 @@ static bool connect_and_start(struct sp_output *sp, struct dstr *err)
 		  apply_encoder_configs(sp, config, err) && !is_stopping(sp) && start_streaming(sp, url.array, err);
 	obs_data_release(config);
 	dstr_free(&url);
+	/* Errors can quote the ingest URL; keep the key out of logs and dialogs. */
+	if (!ok && key && *key)
+		dstr_replace(err, key, "{stream_key}");
 	return ok;
 }