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Finally! How to go live on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, and TikTok at the same time - Without exploding your CPU or Internet Bandwidth

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  • March 08, 2021
  • By @tiagobutzke

Finally! How to go live on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, and TikTok at the same time - Without exploding your CPU or Internet Bandwidth

5 simple steps to go live on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, and TikTok at the same time - Without using extra CPU or internet bandwidth. It is possible!

Intro: Do you want to reach a broader audiance for your lives streaming to different social networks simultaneously? Then you are in the right place, I wrote an step-by-step specially for you here. Text:

To follow this step-by-step you will need only 5 minutes to be all set.



WHAT WILL YOU NEED?

  • 1 camera: Computer webcam, or an external device if you prefer.
  • 1 microphone: Internal from computer, or an external device if you prefer.
  • OBS Studio: Free app to capture and stream your live content.
  • Live4.tv: The platform to restream your content to all your social networks simultaneously.


THE FINAL RESULT WILL BE

  1. The OBS capture and stream your camera and microphone to Live4.tv.
  2. Live4.tv then restream your live content to your social networks.

As in the bellow image:


Photo showing a live content being streamed to all social networks via Live4.tv

Let's move on then to the step-by-step.




Step 1: Create a new account on live4.tv

Click here, to create a new account on live4.tv.




Step 2: Create an event on live4.tv

In case you still do not have one, click here to create an event on Live4.tv.



Step 3: Download OBS Studio

OBS Studio is a free and open source broadcast studio software.

Click here to download OBS Studio for free.

After creating the event, we will need the "URL" and "key" to the 4th step, so we can configure OBS Studio to stream to Live4.tv.


Print screen showing the event transmission details (URL and key).


Step 4: Configure your OBS Studio to transmit to your live4.tv event.

Open the "Settings" window on OBS Studio:


Then, click on "Stream". And select "Service" Custom...:

Copy and Paste the data from your live4.tv event. The "Server" url and the "Stream Key".




Cick OK

And then, click in "Start Streaming".

Done, at this point you are already streaming to Live4.tv. So, we must configure your social networks on Live4.tv so it can restream to all of them.





Step 5: Bind your social networks to your live4.tv event

You can stream to almost all social networks. I will describe here how to configure the most common ones (Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram). If you want to see more options, check our Frequently Asked Questions session clicking here.



Stream to Facebook

With Live4.tv you can stream the same live content to one or multiple Facebook profiles, pages and groups. Simultaneously.

For that, on Facebook, click in "Live Video" in the post box of the profile, page, or group that you want to stream to.


Image showing the posting form on Facebook

On studio, click in "Streaming Software"


Image showing the button for selecting Streaming Software on Facebook

Copy the stream key.

On your Live4.tv event click on "+ Facebook" at "Bind Accounts".


Image showing the button add Facebook on Live4.tv

Paste the Facebook's streaming key and click in "Save".


Image showing the form for binding the Facebook key to Live4.tv

In some seconds you will then be able then to see your transmission on Facebook.



Live to YouTube

On the YouTube Page, click in the camera on the right top corner and then click in "Go Live".


Image showing the button Go Live on YouTube

On YouTube Studio, ensure that "Stream" is selcted on the left side menu.


Image showing the stream item on YouTube's menu

Copy the stream key


Image showing the stream key on YouTube Studio

On Live4.tv's event page click on "+ YouTube" at "Bind Accounts".


Image showing the button add YouTube on Live4.tv event's page

Paste your YouTube streaming key and click in "Save"


Image showing the form to add the YouTube's streaming key to your Live4.tv event

Done, in a couple of seconds you should already see the streaming starting on YouTube studio.



Live to Instagram

Instagram does not offer a native integration to their stream services. So, we will need here the YellowDuck app.

So. Click here to download the free app YellowDuck. After opening it, type your Instagram's login and password.

YellowDuck will then generate an URL and Key to stream to Instagram. You will need them to configure on Live4.tv.

On your Live4.tv event, click in "+ Instagram" on the section "Bind Accounts".

Now, paste the URL and Stream Key generated by the app Yellow Duck.


Image showing the form to add Instagram to the Live4.tv event

Click in Save.


Done, in a couple of seconds you should already see your live stream starting on Instagam. Remember that you can only see the live stream accessing from a different account then the one that is streaming it.

See how to configure different social networks to your live4.tv event:

* How to configure one or multiple facebook profiles, pages, or groups.
* How to configure one or multiple YouTube accounts
* How to configure one or multiple Instagram accounts


Done! Now you're ready to go. And everything you need to do is to start your transmission from your OBS Studio to your live4.tv event. Live4.tv will then restream your signal to all the social networks which you bound to your event.


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