Streaming to YouTube Live

A HARWARE REVIEW BY USB PROS

What do I need to stream to YouTube Live?

Here’s the good news – It can be very easy… and you have options

A Camera/microphone with USB

A USB Video Mixer with a USB Output

A Video Mixer with RTMP Streaming

A RTSP Streaming camera and a service that coverts RTSP to RTMP

Your Smart Phone

YouTube Live on your Phone

It is possible to stream directly from your Smart Phone

For this presentation we will be reviewing various professional solutions but it’s worth mentioning this application

Just download Google hangouts for your Smart Phone and use “Google Hangouts on Air”

The YouTube Live Creator Hub

Home to the live streaming resources from Google

Tools like YouTube Capture, YouTube Editor, Captions, Free Audio Library, Slideshows, analytics and more

Where to Start?

To start your YouTube Live Stream you first need to schedule your stream in your YouTube Creator Studio

Navigate to the Video Manager and click on the “Live Events Tab”

How to start with a USB Camera/Mic?

This is the easiest solution You can start by clicking create

new live event

Set up the YouTube Live Stream Details

This is the same process you are used to if you have ever uploaded a YouTube Video

Now you will see a new option which is for the time and date of your YouTube Live Stream

You can schedule now which will automatically start your broadcast with your webcam and microphone

Using Google Hangouts on Air

When you choose to do a webcam a microphone live meeting you will be taken to a Google Hangouts Page

From here you can start your broadcast and your video and audio will be live on YouTube Live

Checking out both screens

Pressing the Broadcast Button “Go Live”

When you click start broadcast you will be notified that you can broadcast for up to 8 hours

This is the perfect length for an entire day concert, a full class day or other all day events

Screen Sharing

Screen sharing capabilities turn the YouTube live experience into a more powerful tool by allowing you to share any screen or window on your desktop

Some things we noticed

There can be a 10-30 second delay in the video broadcast which is not an issue with one way communication normally

You can easily invite hundreds of users (We tested at a local live broadcasted event)

Embedding your Live Stream

Once your live stream is scheduled you will have your own YouTube page just like a YouTube video

It will show a countdown to your live stream and you can embed that video into your website.

How to start with a USB Video Mixer

This process is almost the same as the previous USB webcam/microphone solution because the computer will be connected in the same way

USB Video Mixers can incorporate HDMI and HD-SDI cameras and traditional XLR and ¼” Audio Inputs

How to start with a RTMP Video Stream

This process requires a simple RTMP Server set up

RTMP capable streaming servers are convient because they only require internet access to stream your entire video production to YouTube Live

This set up is slightly different so we will walk you through the steps

Select a Custom Stream

Select Advanced Settings

Select your bit rate (Resolution)

Take down your RTMP Streaming

Credentials

Sending your RTMP Stream to YouTube Live

At this point you can enter your RTMP streaming credentials into your system

For the Epiphan Pearl this is really easy

Simply log-in to your Control Interface in any web browser (preferable Google Chrome) and enter the info from YouTube Live

Confirm your stream is live in the “Live Control Room”

You should see a “GOOD” status

Let’s watch an overview video

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