Facebook Live Video Streaming
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
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Facebook Live Video 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 may not be opened for everybody immediately. And you might have to have a particular number of likes. I might not discover precise info about this.).
There are a few 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 desire to Livestream on you can click on "Live" in the best sidebar:.
The background will turn dark and a popup will appear that might attempt to utilize your webcam right away if you have one connected to your computer. If not you will see this photo:.
Click "Connect" as significant in red. Now we are presented with the details we need 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 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 also expire 24 Hr after creation.
Make certain 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 have to create a new live video and copy over the new stream secret into the OBS settings. When prepared, begin streaming in OBS. The stream will only show up to you on the Facebook Page till you click on "Go Live".
After a couple of seconds you should see the following message:.
You can get in a Post message, provide the Video a title, add tags and even tag individuals before going live. And you can likewise start the Stream in your Software application and it should appear in the Popup Window:.
There are some more alternatives available in the settings, like permit embedding, activate constant video or automatic unpublishing after the video ended.
After you went into whatever and if your stream is online, the "Go Live" button will be blue as you can see in this example, which indicates you are now all set to go live. Click on "Go Live" to do so or click Schedule to setup a starting time. If you go Live the Page will alter to a preview of your Livestream. (See the red timer in the leading left). Make certain to silence the preview so there is no looping audio:.
You can also see remarks here and naturally comment yourself. After you are finished with your Stream you can click "End up" to stop being Live on Facebook. The video will be conserved and must 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. Keep in mind, the next time you begin a Facebook stream you need to update your Stream Secret.
Facebook Live Video Streaming
There are a few limitations though and as mentioned, you need a Facebook PAGE:
- Video Resolution: maximum 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 begin a stream you can click on "Live Video" up top on the Facebook page, or if you have a Page you desire to Livestream on you can click on "Live" in the best sidebar:.
The background will turn dark and a popup will appear that might attempt to utilize your webcam right away if you have one connected to your computer. If not you will see this photo:.
Click "Connect" as significant in red. Now we are presented with the details we need 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 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 also expire 24 Hr after creation.
Make certain 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 have to create a new live video and copy over the new stream secret into the OBS settings. When prepared, begin streaming in OBS. The stream will only show up to you on the Facebook Page till you click on "Go Live".
After a couple of seconds you should see the following message:.
You can get in a Post message, provide the Video a title, add tags and even tag individuals before going live. And you can likewise start the Stream in your Software application and it should appear in the Popup Window:.
There are some more alternatives available in the settings, like permit embedding, activate constant video or automatic unpublishing after the video ended.
After you went into whatever and if your stream is online, the "Go Live" button will be blue as you can see in this example, which indicates you are now all set to go live. Click on "Go Live" to do so or click Schedule to setup a starting time. If you go Live the Page will alter to a preview of your Livestream. (See the red timer in the leading left). Make certain to silence the preview so there is no looping audio:.
You can also see remarks here and naturally comment yourself. After you are finished with your Stream you can click "End up" to stop being Live on Facebook. The video will be conserved and must 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. Keep in mind, the next time you begin a Facebook stream you need to update your Stream Secret.