Live Stream On Facebook
Friday, April 6, 2018
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Live Stream On Facebook - Facebook added Live Streams to their Facebook Pages. So if you own a page you can from now on start streaming on Facebook. (It may not be opened for everyone immediately. And you may 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 mentioned, you need a Facebook PAGE:
To begin 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 "Live" in the right sidebar:.
The background will turn dark and a popup will appear that might aim to use your webcam right now if you have actually one connected to your computer system. If not you will see this image:.
Click "Link" as marked in red. Now we exist with the info we need for our streaming software:.
Copy the Streamkey and paste it into the Streamkey area in the settings of OBS:.
Essential: The Stream Key can just be utilized for a single Live preview/post connection. You need to use the exact same URL and secret to sneak peek and post. That is, you can not preview, stop the stream, then resume at a later time. The URL and Key likewise expire 24 hours after creation.
Make certain all your settings (Audio especially) are prepared. Scenes and sources configuration must be done prior to you begin going live. If you accidentally stop your stream you will have to produce a new live video and copy over the new stream secret into the OBS settings. When all set, begin streaming in OBS. The stream will just show up to you on the Facebook Page till you click "Go Live".
After a few seconds you ought to see the following message:.
You can enter a Post message, offer the Video a title, add tags and even tag people before going live. And you can likewise start the Stream in your Software and it need to appear in the Popup Window:.
There are some more alternatives available in the settings, like allow embedding, trigger constant video or automated 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 means you are now ready to go live. Click "Go Live" to do so or click on Schedule to setup a beginning time. If you go Live the Page will alter to a sneak peek of your Livestream. (See the red timer in the top left). Make certain to silence the preview so there is no looping audio:.
You can likewise see remarks here and of course comment yourself. After you are made with your Stream you can click on "End up" to stop being Live on Facebook. The video will be conserved and ought to soon appear in your Video Library of your Facebook Page:.
That's about it. You can now stream your material to Facebook and publish it on your Facebook Page. Remember, the next time you begin a Facebook stream you have to upgrade your Stream Secret.
Live Stream On Facebook
There are a couple of limitations though and as mentioned, you need a Facebook PAGE:
- Video Resolution: optimum 720p (1280 x 720) resolution, at 30 frames per second.
- Key-Frame Interval of 1 every 2 seconds.
- Max bit rate 4000Kbps.
- 240 minute maximum length except for continuous streams.
To begin 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 "Live" in the right sidebar:.
The background will turn dark and a popup will appear that might aim to use your webcam right now if you have actually one connected to your computer system. If not you will see this image:.
Click "Link" as marked in red. Now we exist with the info we need for our streaming software:.
Copy the Streamkey and paste it into the Streamkey area in the settings of OBS:.
Essential: The Stream Key can just be utilized for a single Live preview/post connection. You need to use the exact same URL and secret to sneak peek and post. That is, you can not preview, stop the stream, then resume at a later time. The URL and Key likewise expire 24 hours after creation.
Make certain all your settings (Audio especially) are prepared. Scenes and sources configuration must be done prior to you begin going live. If you accidentally stop your stream you will have to produce a new live video and copy over the new stream secret into the OBS settings. When all set, begin streaming in OBS. The stream will just show up to you on the Facebook Page till you click "Go Live".
After a few seconds you ought to see the following message:.
You can enter a Post message, offer the Video a title, add tags and even tag people before going live. And you can likewise start the Stream in your Software and it need to appear in the Popup Window:.
There are some more alternatives available in the settings, like allow embedding, trigger constant video or automated 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 means you are now ready to go live. Click "Go Live" to do so or click on Schedule to setup a beginning time. If you go Live the Page will alter to a sneak peek of your Livestream. (See the red timer in the top left). Make certain to silence the preview so there is no looping audio:.
You can likewise see remarks here and of course comment yourself. After you are made with your Stream you can click on "End up" to stop being Live on Facebook. The video will be conserved and ought to soon appear in your Video Library of your Facebook Page:.
That's about it. You can now stream your material to Facebook and publish it on your Facebook Page. Remember, the next time you begin a Facebook stream you have to upgrade your Stream Secret.