Facebook Live Streaming
Friday, April 13, 2018
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Facebook Live Streaming - Facebook added Live Streams to their Facebook Pages. So if you own a page you can from now on start streaming on Facebook. (It might not be opened for everybody right now. And you might have to have a specific number of likes. I might not find precise info about this.).
There are a couple of limitations though and as pointed out, you need a Facebook PAGE:
To start a stream you can click on "Live Video" up top on the Facebook page, or if you have a Page you wish to Livestream on you can click on "Live" in the right sidebar:.
The background will turn dark and a popup will appear that may attempt to use your web cam immediately if you have one connected to your computer. If not you will see this image:.
Click "Connect" as marked in red. Now we are presented with the details we require for our streaming software:.
Copy the Streamkey and paste it into the Streamkey area in the settings of OBS:.
Important: The Stream Secret can just be utilized for a single Live preview/post connection. You should use the exact same URL and key to preview and post. That is, you can not preview, stop the stream, and after that resume at a later time. The URL and Secret likewise expire 24 Hr after production.
Ensure all your settings (Audio specifically) are prepared. Scenes and sources setup must be done before you start going live. If you mistakenly stop your stream you will require to develop a brand-new live video and copy over the brand-new stream key into the OBS settings. When prepared, begin streaming in OBS. The stream will only show up to you on the Facebook Page until you click "Go Live".
After a few seconds you must see the following message:.
You can go into a Post message, provide the Video a title, add tags and even tag people before going live. And you can also start the Stream in your Software and it need to appear in the Popup Window:.
There are some more choices offered in the settings, like permit embedding, trigger constant video or automatic unpublishing after the video ended.
After you got in everything and if your stream is online, the "Go Live" button will be blue as you can see in this example, which implies you are now all set to go live. Click on "Go Live" to do so or click on Set up to setup a beginning time. If you go Live the Page will change to a preview of your Livestream. (See the red timer in the leading left). Ensure to silence the preview so there is no looping audio:.
You can also see remarks here and of course comment yourself. After you are finished with your Stream you can click "Finish" to stop being Live on Facebook. The video will be saved and should soon appear in your Video Library of your Facebook Page:.
That's about it. You can now stream your content to Facebook and release it on your Facebook Page. Keep in mind, the next time you start a Facebook stream you have to upgrade your Stream Secret.
Facebook Live Streaming
There are a couple of limitations though and as pointed out, you need a Facebook PAGE:
- Video Resolution: optimum 720p (1280 x 720) resolution, at 30 frames per second.
- Key-Frame Period of 1 every 2 seconds.
- Max bit rate 4000Kbps.
- 240 minute optimum length other than for constant streams.
To start a stream you can click on "Live Video" up top on the Facebook page, or if you have a Page you wish to Livestream on you can click on "Live" in the right sidebar:.
The background will turn dark and a popup will appear that may attempt to use your web cam immediately if you have one connected to your computer. If not you will see this image:.
Click "Connect" as marked in red. Now we are presented with the details we require for our streaming software:.
Copy the Streamkey and paste it into the Streamkey area in the settings of OBS:.
Important: The Stream Secret can just be utilized for a single Live preview/post connection. You should use the exact same URL and key to preview and post. That is, you can not preview, stop the stream, and after that resume at a later time. The URL and Secret likewise expire 24 Hr after production.
Ensure all your settings (Audio specifically) are prepared. Scenes and sources setup must be done before you start going live. If you mistakenly stop your stream you will require to develop a brand-new live video and copy over the brand-new stream key into the OBS settings. When prepared, begin streaming in OBS. The stream will only show up to you on the Facebook Page until you click "Go Live".
After a few seconds you must see the following message:.
You can go into a Post message, provide the Video a title, add tags and even tag people before going live. And you can also start the Stream in your Software and it need to appear in the Popup Window:.
There are some more choices offered in the settings, like permit embedding, trigger constant video or automatic unpublishing after the video ended.
After you got in everything and if your stream is online, the "Go Live" button will be blue as you can see in this example, which implies you are now all set to go live. Click on "Go Live" to do so or click on Set up to setup a beginning time. If you go Live the Page will change to a preview of your Livestream. (See the red timer in the leading left). Ensure to silence the preview so there is no looping audio:.
You can also see remarks here and of course comment yourself. After you are finished with your Stream you can click "Finish" to stop being Live on Facebook. The video will be saved and should soon appear in your Video Library of your Facebook Page:.
That's about it. You can now stream your content to Facebook and release it on your Facebook Page. Keep in mind, the next time you start a Facebook stream you have to upgrade your Stream Secret.