In this video, we'll walk you through how to use YouTube's Live Control Room.
Live Control Room lets you set up and manage live streams from your desktop.
To create or schedule a stream, click the Create icon at the top of the page.
Then, Go Live.
This will lead you to the Live Control Room
which centralizes all of YouTube's live streaming tools into one destination.
As the first step, Live Control Room lets you determine when and how you want to stream.
There are a few options to choose from when it comes to desktop streaming.
You can choose to set up and go live now, or schedule a stream for a later time.
And you can choose to go live with your webcam
or with streaming software, which is also known as an encoder.
If it's your first time streaming, you'll see these options after selecting Go Live.
If you choose to stream using streaming software or an encoder,
here's what you'll need to know.
First, let's walk through what you need to do
if you wanna stream right now using streaming software.
If it's your first time streaming with Live Control Room
you'll first be led to create a new stream.
You'll be asked to add a title, choose your stream's privacy setting
add a description, choose a stream category,
add a thumbnail, and choose your audience setting.
And if your channel is monetizing
you'll also be able to choose your stream's monetization settings.
Once you add all this info, click Create Stream.
From here, you'll be led to your stream dashboard from the Stream tab.
Here, you can edit your stream's metadata at any time by clicking Edit.
Under Stream Settings, a stream key will be created for you.
To start your stream, you'll need to copy the stream key
in your streaming software.
You'll be able to adjust other stream settings like latency
or closed captions with the Stream Settings tab.
If you need help at any time while setting up your stream
click Stream Setup Help here in Live Control Room.
If you've streamed before, after clicking Go Live
you'll automatically be led to the Stream tab.
Here, your previous stream settings are automatically copied over
to your Live Control Room dashboard.
Click Edit to update any of your stream settings
like your title or description.
Or you can leave everything as-is.
Note that even after creating a new stream and filling in your stream settings
a watch page won't be created for your stream
until you decide to actually go live from your encoder.
That also means that notifications won't be sent
and your stream won't show in subscriber feeds until you go live.
Now, let's walk through the steps to take if you want to schedule a stream for later
using streaming software.
If it's your first time streaming this way, you'll first be led to create a new stream.
Click "Schedule Stream."
You'll need to add stream details like a title,
description, thumbnail and audience setting.
Once you click Next, you can customize your stream settings.
You can choose to enable live chat, select who can participate in the chat,
and enable slow mode.
Then you'll be led to choose your stream's visibility settings.
Once you've added all this info, click "Done."
If you've streamed this way before, after clicking Go Live
navigate to the Manage tab in Live Control Room.
From here, click Schedule Stream.
You can choose to reuse your settings from a previous stream
or click Create New to start from scratch.
When you reuse your settings, we copy over the previous metadata
thumbnail, stream key, and all your other stream settings
including if you choose to auto-start via streaming software in your last stream.
After your stream is scheduled, you'll be led back to the Manage tab.
From here, you can easily schedule more streams
if you have multiple ones planned out.
The Manage tab will show you all of your current and upcoming streams.
From here, you can edit metadata or change stream settings at any time
by clicking into your stream, which will lead you to the stream dashboard.
Once you're ready to go live with your scheduled stream
you can click into it from the Manage tab, which will lead you to your stream dashboard.
Once your encoder is set up, click Go Live once you're ready to begin streaming.
Now you know the different ways you can set up or edit your stream
let's walk through other features in Live Control Room
that are available for all types of desktop streaming.
You can moderate your stream's live chat from your stream's dashboard.
When you click the chat menu icon
you can see the current list of chat participants,
pop out the chat into its own window, and toggle timestamps.
The Analytics tab in your stream's dashboard gives you real-time data from your stream
including the total number of concurrent viewers,
chat rates, playbacks, and average watch time.
This graph will show your concurrent viewers over time
but you can change this any time to also see chat rate and playbacks.
The Stream Health tab gives you a real-time status report of your stream.
And if your channel has Super Chat enabled
the Viewer Activity tab will show a running list of people
that have purchased Super Chats and Super Stickers during your live stream.
Live Control Room also gives you the option to create stream highlights.
You can do this by clicking this icon
where you can choose the part to create into a highlight
and enter the highlight's name, privacy settings, and description.
These highlights help you share edited versions
of your live stream while streaming.
You can release the new highlight video right away
or you can add a marker to your stream to create a highlight
via YouTube Studio Editor after you're done streaming.
For more info on live streaming, check out these videos
and the Help Center articles linked below. Thanks for watching.