- I've had a lot of people subscribe to my channel recently
for live streaming content,
so I figured this would be a great time to share a full list
of live streaming options so that you can make sure
that you're using the best option that's right for you.
Some of the options I'm gonna be talking about
are software based, some are web based
and some are app based.
So whatever it is that you're doing,
I've got you covered.
And none of the stuff on this list is sponsored
in any way, shape or form.
Since it's the easiest to use,
let's start with web-based options.
StreamYard is a web-based option that is,
for lack of a better way to say it,
it's the easiest streaming software I've ever used.
Since it's web based it doesn't matter what type of computer
you have because it doesn't hog your resources
like other live-streaming software does.
So because of that, it's super easy on your computer.
So if you have a computer that sucks,
StreamYard is a fantastic option for you for live streaming.
And if you have a computer that's intermediate or awesome,
even in that case,
if you wanna lean on the easy side of things,
StreamYard is also a fantastic choice for you as well.
The thing that I really like about StreamYard,
I'm actually using it for daily meditation sessions
that I'm doing right now live on another YouTube channel,
I'll link to in the description and on Facebook
and on Twitter and for my channel member live streams
that we do on Facebook and the group live streams
that I'm doing right now on Saturdays on my YouTube channel,
have I made it clear how much
I'm using StreamYard right now?
But anyway, the thing that I really like about StreamYard
is you just log into their website
and then from that point on you click a few buttons
and you are ready to go live.
If you wanna pull in a guest
or somebody to contribute to your live stream,
all you have to do is just copy that link
and you just send them that link
and then they do that same exact thing.
They click on that link and then they log into StreamYard
and then they come right into your live stream.
After you click to give them permission of course.
But as far as live streaming technology goes
and making it easy for people,
StreamYard knocks it out of the park.
Next on the list is Streamlabs OBS.
Now Streamlabs OBS is like OBS, but in my opinion better.
We use Streamlabs OBS for our Saturday live streams
when we're actually in the studio
when I'm not doing them from home,
which we're not doing at the moment
because D is stuck in Mexico,
so we can't do our regular live streams,
but I am doing a group live stream on Saturdays now
that you can join every Saturday at 9:00 AM Eastern,
using StreamYard.
But with Streamlabs you can really take things
to the next level.
They have tons of built-in graphics and built-in scenes
that you can use.
They have all these widgets
where you can add chat to your screen,
you can have all these alerts popping up
when people subscribe to your channel
they donate to what it is that you're doing.
You can add multiple scenes,
multiple crops to it looks like
you are using different cameras.
You can also use a bunch of different cameras
if you want to.
The works.
It does pretty much all the stuff that you need
a live stream to do with the only exception of,
it's really difficult to bring guests into Streamlabs
at this point in time.
But anyway, I have an entire playlist
of videos on Streamlabs,
so if you wanna learn how to set it up quickly
and how to do some really cool stuff with it,
I'll put a link to that playlist down in the description.
Next on the list is OBS.
OBS is amazing.
It's the foundation that Streamlabs OBS was built on.
However, with OBS you can't do as much
as easily as you can inside of Streamlabs,
which is why I always recommend Streamlabs OBS over OBS.
But don't get me wrong if all you're doing
is connecting a camera or a webcam to your computer
and you're just streaming one scene up,
OBS is fine or if you just wanna do multiple scenes,
but if you really wanna level things up very easily,
then you wanna be using Streamlabs OBS.
And the reason that I'm even saying this right now
is because I've noticed that a lot of people
have came in recently for my OBS content
and because of that I just want to let you know
about Streamlabs OBS and how awesome it is
because if you're using OBS
and you went through those tutorials,
you can apply the same exact stuff to Streamlabs OBS,
you can actually import your OBS settings
within just a few minutes inside of Streamlabs.
If you want, I'm just letting you know it's out there
and it's available and it's awesome.
Next on the list is vMix.
Streamlabs OBS was built more for gamers
and more for content creators
and more for that type of streamer people like myself.
vMix on the other hand is more of a professional solution,
so if you're streaming for your business
or if you are wanting to do things in a little bit more
of a professional way without all the bells and whistles,
that might bog things down a little bit,
then in that case vMix might be the right choice for you,
especially if you're doing things at a pro level.
Another really awesome thing about vMix
is that like StreamYard that I mentioned before,
you can actually copy links out and you can send those links
to people and you can bring them right in your streams.
So if you're doing any type of guest interviews,
if you're going live podcasts or recorded podcasts
where you're pulling another guest into your stream,
then in that situation vMix is a fantastic solution for you.
vMix can be a little bit more complicated to setup,
however it's extremely stable,
which is very important when it comes
to live streaming software and some of the built-in graphics
that you get in vMix also have more of a professional look
to them and not as much of a content creator look to them,
if that makes any sense.
Now for the app side of things.
Streamlabs also has a mobile app and the really cool thing
about the mobile app is it actually allows you
to turn your phone into a live switcher
and what that means is
if you're streaming from your computer
and you have a bunch of different scenes in your computer,
you can actually tap on your phone
and you can switch between different scenes,
different crops off your camera,
different graphics on the screen,
whatever it is that you're doing.
All you have to do is just tap on your phone on their remote
and then it'll actually switch it on your computer,
which is pretty awesome.
If you are just coming onto YouTube and you're just getting
into live streaming and let's say you don't have
the requirements yet to stream on your mobile device
from the YouTube app,
what you can do in that situation
is you can also use the Streamlabs mobile app
or another one of these apps
in order to be able to stream directly onto YouTube
even if you don't meet those requirements.
Now if you wanna level things up when it comes
to live streaming on your mobile device,
you can use something called Switcher Studio.
Switcher Studio lets you use a tablet
or a phone as a control center,
basically it's just the hub we'll look at it that way
and then multiple phones so that you can set up
like a full production
with, I think it's up to like four or eight different phones
that you can plug into it wirelessly
so that you can run a full multi-camera set up
just for mobile devices.
So if you are traveling around or let's say
that you're going to a friend's place
you're streaming for work,
so you're going to all these different locations
or something and you wanna have
like a pro level production with you all the time
and you don't wanna carry around all these cameras
and laptops and all that stuff,
then you can just do it with a couple of phones
and a tablet and then you're good to go.
And if you don't have multiple phones or multiple tablets,
then you can also just use your friend's devices as well
for remote cameras when you need them.
Now one thing I wanna mention really quick,
if you are doing mobile live streaming
or you're into mobile live streaming and you wanna know
a lot more mobile live streaming apps,
my brother D created an entire video focused
on mobile content creator apps,
there's a whole channel's about mobile content creators.
I'll put a link to his channel right here
so he can go over there and check him out.
And I also wanna let you know if you are serious
about live streaming or if you're just getting started
in live streaming and you're trying to navigate
all the complexities of it.
My friends David and Lori over at Live Streaming Pros,
just put a course together
that takes you through the process of setting up
an entire live streaming studio so you can make sure
that you're doing all of the right stuff
with the right equipment,
with the right software and all that that's best for you.
For that you can go directly
to livestreamingpros.com/studio
or I'll put an affiliate link down in the description.
If you wanna give me some credit
for sending you in that direction.
And to learn more about live streaming from me,
you can click into this playlist right here
and to learn more about growing your YouTube channel,
click into this playlist right here.
Thank you so much for watching.
I'll see you next time.