Live Streaming Facebook
Saturday, April 28, 2018
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Live Streaming Facebook - Facebook included 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 away. And you may require to have a certain number of likes. I might not discover specific information about this.).
There are a few limitations though and as pointed out, you need a Facebook PAGE:
To start a stream you can click on "Live Video" up leading on the Facebook page, or if you have a Page you desire to Livestream on you can click "Live" in the ideal sidebar:.
The background will turn dark and a popup will appear that might attempt to utilize your web cam right now if you have actually one connected to your computer system. If not you will see this photo:.
Click "Connect" as marked in red. Now we are provided with the info we need for our streaming software application:.
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 need to utilize the very same URL and key to sneak peek and post. That is, you can not preview, stop the stream, and then resume at a later time. The URL and Key also expire 24 Hr after production.
Make certain all your settings (Audio specifically) are prepared. Scenes and sources configuration must be done before you begin going live. If you unintentionally stop your stream you will have to create a new live video and copy over the brand-new stream key into the OBS settings. When prepared, start streaming in OBS. The stream will only show up to you on the Facebook Page till you click on "Go Live".
After a few seconds you should see the following message:.
You can go into a Post message, provide the Video a title, include tags as well as tag individuals prior to going live. And you can likewise begin the Stream in your Software and it need to appear in the Popup Window:.
There are some more alternatives readily available in the settings, like enable embedding, activate constant video or automated unpublishing after the video ended.
After you entered 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 prepared to go live. Click "Go Live" to do so or click on Arrange to setup a starting time. If you go Live the Page will alter to a sneak peek of your Livestream. (See the red timer in the leading left). Make sure to mute the preview so there is no looping audio:.
You can also see remarks here and of course comment yourself. After you are done with your Stream you can click on "End up" to stop being Live on Facebook. The video will be saved and need to soon appear in your Video Library of your Facebook Page:.
That's about it. You can now stream your content to Facebook and publish it on your Facebook Page. Remember, the next time you start a Facebook stream you need to update your Stream Key.
Live Streaming Facebook
There are a few 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 maximum length other than for continuous streams.
To start a stream you can click on "Live Video" up leading on the Facebook page, or if you have a Page you desire to Livestream on you can click "Live" in the ideal sidebar:.
The background will turn dark and a popup will appear that might attempt to utilize your web cam right now if you have actually one connected to your computer system. If not you will see this photo:.
Click "Connect" as marked in red. Now we are provided with the info we need for our streaming software application:.
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 need to utilize the very same URL and key to sneak peek and post. That is, you can not preview, stop the stream, and then resume at a later time. The URL and Key also expire 24 Hr after production.
Make certain all your settings (Audio specifically) are prepared. Scenes and sources configuration must be done before you begin going live. If you unintentionally stop your stream you will have to create a new live video and copy over the brand-new stream key into the OBS settings. When prepared, start streaming in OBS. The stream will only show up to you on the Facebook Page till you click on "Go Live".
After a few seconds you should see the following message:.
You can go into a Post message, provide the Video a title, include tags as well as tag individuals prior to going live. And you can likewise begin the Stream in your Software and it need to appear in the Popup Window:.
There are some more alternatives readily available in the settings, like enable embedding, activate constant video or automated unpublishing after the video ended.
After you entered 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 prepared to go live. Click "Go Live" to do so or click on Arrange to setup a starting time. If you go Live the Page will alter to a sneak peek of your Livestream. (See the red timer in the leading left). Make sure to mute the preview so there is no looping audio:.
You can also see remarks here and of course comment yourself. After you are done with your Stream you can click on "End up" to stop being Live on Facebook. The video will be saved and need to soon appear in your Video Library of your Facebook Page:.
That's about it. You can now stream your content to Facebook and publish it on your Facebook Page. Remember, the next time you start a Facebook stream you need to update your Stream Key.