- 360 videos are a great way to get viewers
really involved in your content,
and the live streaming in 360
really takes this to whole nother level.
In this video I'm gonna show you the easiest ways
to go live in 360 using your iPhone or your Android device,
and the three things you need to remember
for a great stream.
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Now, in order to live stream in 360
you're going to need a 360 camera.
Now, whether you're on iPhone or Android
there are a heap of options out there
but there are some great low cost alternatives as well
that are really easy to use.
We're gonna run through my recommendations
for best 360 cameras for smartphones
and how to use them to broadcast live,
and stick around til the end 'cause we're also gonna cover
the three critical elements you need
for a quality live stream.
So, the two 360 cameras that I recommend you check out
for 360 in general, but also for 360 live streaming
would be the Insta360 Nano,
if you've got an iPhone,
or the Insta360 Air if you've got an Android device.
Now, these two devices are very similar.
They're both made by the same company, Insta360.
This one's for Android,
this one's for iPhone.
Both of these are really easy to use
and you just plug them directly into your charging port,
so whether it's a lightning port on the iPhone
or whether it's a USBC or micro USB, if you're on Android.
Now, there's a heap of similarities
between these two cameras.
They're both 3K video cameras,
so they both record in 3K quality,
they both let you take photos,
create videos and go live in 360 as well.
So, the biggest difference between these two cameras
is that the Insta360 Nano, the iPhone version,
you can use standalone,
so it's got it's own built-in battery,
it's got a micro SD card slot in the bottom as well
so that you can record your footage
directly to the device
but in order to get the most out of this device
you'll still wanna plug it into your phone.
Whereas the Android version, the Insta360 Air,
will only work if it's connected to your phone.
But the biggest advantage with that then
is that all the photos and videos that you're creating
are saved directly on your phone,
so that it's much easier to share them out
to your social media networks.
Now, the Insta360 Nano, the iPhone version,
sells for 199 US,
and the Android version, the Insta360 Air,
sells for 129 US.
So, it's a little bit of a price difference
between the two
but functionality wise and picture quality wise
the two are pretty much identical.
There's also a few tips for using these cameras
that can really make or break your 360 live steams.
We'll cover those just as soon as we've finished
the walk through on how to live stream in 360
using your Insta360 camera.
Now, the process is exactly the same
whether you're using the Insta360 nano, the iPhone one,
or the Insta360 Air, the Android one.
So, I'm gonna show you step by step how to do it.
Okay, so to get started,
plug your 360 camera into your phone
and the Insta360 app will open.
And now you've got three options.
You can take a photo, a video or live.
So, we'll come across and pick the third one
which is live stream.
So, to choose where you want to broadcast live to
select the YouTube button
and in here you'll get to choose Facebook, YouTube,
Periscope or RTMP.
So, for this case we're gonna choose Facebook.
You can enter a description for your live stream.
Next up you need to authorize your Facebook account.
So, select where it says Facebook Account Unauthorized,
and you need to give access to Facebook
to create a live event and to read comments.
So, select Create a Live Event
and authorize your account,
and do exactly the same for the read comments as well.
Once that's done,
select Completed in the top right corner,
and then hit confirm in the top right corner.
So, now you've got your live stream destination sorted.
Hit the Settings button
and you can pick the quality settings
for your live stream.
So, what I would recommend here
is that you choose 30 frames per second.
On the next one across,
this is the quality of your live stream,
720P, 960P or 1280P.
I would suggest the highest, 1280P,
in order to get the highest quality live stream through,
and the last one is your megabits per second,
so this is the amount of data that you'll be using.
Now, two megabits per second is the default setting here
but you can see that the recommended setting
is four megabits per second, or 4 M.
So, what this means is that your internet speed
will need to be at least four megabits per second
upload and a solid four megabits per second upload
in order to send out the highest quality video.
Once you've locked down those settings
then it's just a matter of pressing that big red button
in the bottom middle of the screen
that says live and your live stream will start.
So, it's pretty straight forward
and the process is exactly the same
whether you are choosing Facebook, YouTube or Periscope.
So, that's how you can live stream
in 360 using your smartphone.
Now, the three critical things that you need to remember
when you're going live in 360
in order to get the best results from you 360 live stream.
The first one is that you run a speed test first,
so either jump on speedtest.net
or download the speedtest.net app
on your iPhone or on your Android device
and run a speed test before you go live.
In the case of all live streams
your internet speed is the most important factor
when you're going live
so that your viewers can have a good experience,
and so that your live stream works properly.
So, by running a speed test
you can make sure that you've actually got enough bandwidth
or that your internet upload speed
is going to be fast enough to actually perform
the live stream and to perform it well.
So, before you go live I think it's really important
that you run a speed test,
and what you're looking for
is four megabits per second upload
or really you need to match the bit rate
that we selected in your live streaming app settings.
So, if you chose four megabits per second
you need to make sure that your internet
is capable of uploading at least four megabits per second
and a constant four megabits per second
in order to get the best results.
If you run a speed test and it's less than that
then you'll need to lower the quality of your broadcast
back in the app under settings
to pick something that is more capable
or is going to work well with your internet speed.
So, that's the first critical thing, run a speed test
and make sure that you've got enough internet.
The second critical thing when you're going live in 360
is to be aware of your environment.
Be aware that everything in your room
or where you're going live
will be visible to your audience.
So, if you've got something in the background
that you don't want to see,
it's not like filming here,
like the rest of my office, it's a mess
but you're only seeing the tidy bit
or the semi-tidy bit.
In 360 there is no hiding,
so you really need to be aware of anything
that you don't want to show your viewers
or anything that you don't want your viewers to see
and remove it first before you go live.
But also while you're live and you're walking around
if you see something that you don't want in there
then quickly turn around and go back the other way.
So, it's just being aware
that your viewers can see everything.
And the third critical thing when you're live in 360
is to reduce the amount of movement that you're doing.
Ask your viewers, tell your viewers to look around.
Tell them to check out something that's behind them now
but you don't have to move around.
All the time I see people in 360
and they'll be spinning the phone around,
they'll be spinning the camera around,
and they're telling their audience to do the same thing
at the same time.
It's not like a video camera.
They can do it themselves,
and it's actually a better experience
if they do do it themselves.
If you literally holding your camera out in front of you
or using a selfie stick or a tripod and guiding them,
telling them that there's something that they should look at
if they turn around, they'll see something,
instead of you turning around to point to that
because if you're both doing it at the same time
it makes the whole 360 experience really hard to do,
especially on your phone or if you're wearing a VR headset.
So, the key is to hold your phone or your 360 camera
steady and not move it much
but guide your viewers as to where to look
'cause they can see everything in 360,
you've just gotta point out the things
that they should be looking at.
So, that's how you can go live in 360
using your smartphone.
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