In this video, I'm gonna show you how to go ahead and stream
to YouTube utilizing Streamlabs.
Let's go ahead and dive in.
So the first thing you're gonna wanna do is you're gonna wanna
open up Streamlabs Desktop.
If you don't have Stream Lab Desktop, it's completely free.
I'll put a link into the description for you to be able
to go ahead and download it.
Once you have it downloaded, you're gonna come here to the bottom left hand side,
and you're gonna go ahead and select.
Settings.
So the first thing we're gonna do is we're gonna go ahead and connect
YouTube to Stream Labs before we can go ahead and begin streaming.
So on the left hand side, you're gonna select Stream, and then it's
gonna go ahead and say Stream type.
You wanna make sure you have streaming services.
And then you're gonna come to where it says service.
You're gonna select YouTube, rtmps, and then that's gonna go ahead and
say Primary YouTube ingest server.
And then we're gonna want ahead and get our stream key.
So to be able to get our stream key, we're gonna want to come over to YouTube.
So let's go ahead and do that now.
So once you're got ahead and logged in to your YouTube channel, you're gonna
come to the top and you're gonna select this little camera icon that says Create.
You're gonna select that and it's gonna say, go live.
Once you collect that, if you've never live streamed before on YouTube, you're
gonna get an option screen just like this.
It's gonna say request access to streaming.
Once requested, it may take up to 24 hours to gain access to live streaming.
Now keep in mind that if you do go ahead and get this screen, you are
gonna have to wait 24 hours before you can even get a stream key to be
able to connect the two stream labs.
And then once you have that stream key, you can then go ahead and
continue to follow along with this.
Video.
So let's go ahead and get our stream key to connect it over to Streamlabs.
Alright, so once you've gone ahead and gained access, or if you already
have access, once you click that go live button, it's gonna bring
you to a screen just like this.
And what we're gonna want to do here is you're gonna see our stream key.
You're gonna want to go ahead and select the copy, but before we
leave that, we wanna adjust some of the settings here on YouTube.
So the first thing you're gonna wanna do is you're gonna wanna change this
from low latency to normal latency.
This is gonna give you also the best quality, but again, low latency can be the
kind of sweet spot if you want to be able to engage with your viewers in real time.
So I recommend normal latency for the best quality, and then here, For low latency.
If you want to have a little bit faster interaction, then you wanna
go ahead and grab that link that you went ahead and copy there.
And we wanna go ahead and go back to Stream Labs and then we're gonna go ahead
and paste that stream key directly in here for us to be able to go ahead and utilize.
So once we go ahead and paste it, it's gonna be there.
Make sure you don't share that stream key with anyone.
Anyone who has access to that stream key is gonna be able
to stream on your account.
You're gonna go ahead and hit done, just to be able to go ahead and save it.
We're gonna come back here to our settings because now we need to make sure that
our stream is gonna look good on YouTube.
So the first thing you're gonna wanna do is you're gonna want
to come to where it says video.
Here you're gonna wanna make sure that you select and decide
whether you're gonna want to have a 10 80 P stream or a 4K stream.
So YouTube is the only platform that allows you to stream higher
than 10 80 p, but it's all gonna be dependent on your internet speed
and the gear that you actually have.
Now, most people are gonna be watching your stream on mobile.
So having a 10 80 P 60 FPSs stream is gonna be perfect.
So that's what we're gonna go ahead and utilize here today.
So to do a 10 80 P stream, you're gonna wanna leave it at 1920 by 10 80.
Your output scale is gonna be 1920 by 10 80.
Your downscale filter, you can go ahead and leave it here on that
one, and then here your FPSs common values, you wanna put it at 60.
Okay.
Again, all these values are gonna be based on your internet speed.
So if your computer can't handle 60 frames per second, you can drop this
down to 30 and that should still be fine.
So then we're gonna come here to where it says output.
This is where we determine our settings that we're gonna utilize
to be able to stream to YouTube.
This is what determines whether the stream looks laggy, choppy, or the quality
of it, how it sounds, how it looks.
This is where we're gonna go ahead and customize here.
So the first thing you're gonna do is for output mode, you're
gonna go ahead and select advance.
Okay, this is gonna give us the most ability for customization to make
sure we have a great looking stream.
So, the encoder, you're gonna go ahead and use X 2 64, or you're gonna
go ahead and use your graphics card.
I'm gonna go ahead and utilize my software encoder since I'm on
a Mac, but this is gonna work.
Even if you are on a Windows, you'll just select your graphic card or your X 2 64.
Then for your rate control, you want to have this at ABR or cbr,
whichever one is available for you, but you wanna make sure that enforce.
Streaming service and quarter settings is checked off.
This is gonna ensure that we're able to go ahead and put the
custom settings to give us the best quality and then bit rate, right?
This is where we're gonna go ahead and customize now.
Now, your bit rate is the most important part of streaming.
This is gonna determine the quality that you have in its.
All determined based on your internet speed.
So I'm gonna show you now how you can check your internet speed
so that way you know what number you're able to put in here.
So let's go ahead and test that now.
So you're gonna go ahead and come to a website called speed
test.net, and I'll put a link in the description of this video.
You're gonna go ahead and hit the go button here, and once you hit that
go, it's gonna go ahead and give you your download and your upload.
The figure that we wanna focus on is gonna be our upload.
And what you want here is you wanna be able to utilize at least half
of what this says here, right?
So I have 435 upload, which is more than enough to be able to
stream to multiple destinations.
But we want to go ahead and go to this link here that's called
support.google, and it's gonna give you the bit rate based on the speed
and the quality that you want.
Now we talked about doing 10 80 p 60 frames per second on YouTube.
So to be able to achieve that, we want to do a bit rate of 4,500 to 9,000.
So to be able to go ahead and get that figure you need, at least in
this figure here on upload at least.
18 or 20, right?
If you have 20 upload, you can go ahead and do 10 80 p 60 frames per
second on YouTube, and then again, based on your computer there, right?
If you wanted to go ahead and do a 1440 P stream, then you would've
want nine, 9,000 to 18,000.
And again, whatever this 18 number is, you just wanna go ahead and double that.
And if you have double of that, You can go ahead and utilize that figure.
That is the rule of thumb that I go ahead and utilize.
So we can see here that I have more than enough to be able to utilize this.
So I'm gonna go ahead and utilize right at the tip top of this frame here.
So I'm gonna come back to Stream Labs.
And for my bit rate, I'm gonna go ahead and just put it at 9,000 since I know
that I can go ahead and support it.
Then here for the key frame intervals, you're gonna want to select two,
and then for your profile, you're gonna want to select high, right?
So now we're gonna go ahead and hit done.
So now we've gone ahead and connect it over to YouTube.
So what we're gonna want to do is we're gonna want to come here to the bottom and
we're gonna go ahead and select Go live.
And then once you go ahead and press go live, we're gonna
wanna come back here to YouTube.
And you're gonna see here that we're now live, but your audience and your
viewers are not gonna see your stream.
So to be able to get them to see the stream, you're gonna want to click edit.
And now what we want to do is we wanna go ahead and give our stream a title.
We want to go ahead and put a description.
This is a great way to be able to put in links and things that you want people
to find out about you, and then this is a super important option right here.
Visibility.
You wanna make sure it doesn't say unlisted.
What that means is that only people who you've given a special link
to are gonna be able to view that.
So you're gonna want to go ahead and check that, and you wanna make
sure this is selected to public.
Once you change that to public, that's gonna make sure that your live stream
is now gonna be able to be found.
Then you want to go ahead and upload a thumbnail, and then you
wanna go ahead and add a playlist.
So now that you have that in place, that's gonna now make your stream
visible for the people on the outside to be able to view your stream.
And then here inside of your Stream Labs.
Now you can go ahead and start customizing your scenes, adding your,
starting soon, your countdown, all your overlays and everything that
you're gonna go ahead and need.
Now, if you don't have any kind of overlays, you can go to
stream designs.com off the link, the description of this video.
And then once you have your overlays, you're gonna go ahead and watch this
video right here where I'll walk you step by step on setting up all your
overlays inside of Stream Labs, so that way your stream looks professional.
Go ahead and click that video right there to learn how to set them up.
See you guys soon.