this is the complete facebook live
stream tutorial for beginners we're
going to cover everything you need to
know to go live on facebook like a pro
with a full walkthrough using both free
and paid apps and software whether
you're on mac windows iphone or android
hey it's justin brown here from primal
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description box below let's jump into it
now there is a lot to cover but it is
really easy to get started with the most
basic setup so that's where we're going
to start just using the facebook
interface in a desktop browser or the
facebook mobile app and then we'll work
our way up to some recommended software
and apps on both desktop and mobile that
will unlock a ton more awesome features
like having the ability to bring in
guests and overlay footage titles
effects and other cool stuff to help you
take your live stream to the next level
now we've got timestamps to everything
in the description below so if you want
to skip ahead to something specific then
you can easily do that but i would
definitely recommend that you watch this
video as a whole so you can see what
options are available so that you don't
miss anything that you might not already
know about so first up we're going to
look at the options that facebook give
you the facebook desktop interface for
going live and the facebook app so we'll
call this the entry level this is where
we can easily go live on mac or pc from
the facebook web page or from our
android or iphone device using the
facebook app so both of these options
are free they're really easy and there's
no additional software or hardware
required so you want to head over to
facebook.com or open up the facebook app
on your device and then you want to go
to where you can start creating a post
as if you were just going to post
regularly on facebook but underneath
that there's a little red button that
will let you go live now from here on
the desktop side you'll want to specify
if you want to go live right now using
your webcam or doing a computer screen
share if you want to bring in guests in
your live stream you can actually do
that now just using the facebook website
if we click on this here go live with
others we can set up what's called a
facebook room so we essentially think of
this like a zoom call where you can
bring in guests and you can broadcast
this out as a facebook live stream you
can also schedule a live video or a live
event ahead of time so you don't need to
go live right now if you want to
schedule one up this is the area that
you will come to do it so it's going to
come back over here to go live now and
then you want to choose use camera this
is going to ask you permission if you
want to share your webcam and your
microphone with the website here and you
can see that i have my webcam showing
down the bottom there you can specify
your camera and your microphone here or
if you want to share your computer
screen while you're live then you can
come over here to start screen share
it's going to ask you which screen you
want to share now right now when you are
live streaming this way there is no way
to switch between a screen share and
your webcam it is currently one or the
other so once you've set that up you
come back over here on the left again
we're going to choose where we're going
to go live to where we're going to post
on our timeline a page or into a group
we'll just leave it on timeline we can
then choose who is going to see this and
go live publicly we can go to a specific
group of friends we can choose to
exclude certain people that won't see
our live stream or i am a big fan of
this one down here only me is great for
testing for practicing going live
because the only person that's going to
show up for is you we can give our live
stream a title here we can write
something to go along with the post that
gets posted with our live stream this is
a really good idea to let people know
what your live stream is going to be
about so they're more likely to click it
if it's of interest to them and then
you're all set to go live so you just
want to hit the go live button down the
bottom here it's telling me that i can
reach more people by adding a title so i
definitely suggest adding a title and
we're going to select go live here we
get a countdown three two one we are
actually live so if i press this now to
make this area bigger we can see that i
have this camera fed through into the
computer and we are live now any
comments or engagements or anything from
people watching your live stream will
show up over on the side here now down
below the screen here you can see that
we get some data or some analytics about
our live stream now if we hit the little
arrow down below the live stream here
this is going to take us to an analytics
page with some insights and information
around our current live stream now we
are still live which you can see down in
the bottom right hand corner but you
don't need to be looking at yourself
full screen the whole time comments are
still going to appear off over to the
side in here you can also create a poll
or ask questions and then down the
bottom here you're notified of any
alerts or any issues with your live
stream while you're live at any time if
you want to go back to the full screen
version just come down to the little
preview here press the two arrows to
maximize that up and you're back full
screen now to close and finish out this
live stream you want to come down to the
bottom left hand corner and live video
and select end and your live stream will
stop so really straightforward from the
desktop side without a ton of extra
features and things built in and the
process here on mobile is very similar
we want to hit that live button under
the new post area
and you can see hey i'm on screen now in
here one thing you will need to be aware
of first up is that you'll need to set
the orientation of your live stream
before you press go live so what i'm
talking about is if you want to go live
in portrait make sure your phone is in
portrait likewise if you want to rotate
your phone and go live horizontally you
need to set that and go live this way
not rotating it afterwards once you're
live you can't rotate your phone so
we'll go back here now now in terms of
functionality in here right at the very
top we've got the x to cancel out next
to that we've got the camera flip button
so if we want to flip to the back camera
you can see the back of the studio there
we can also turn on or off the camera
flash underneath that is who we are
going to go live to so you can see here
just the same as we had on the desktop
we can choose only me we can choose
public friends friends we want to
exclude or specific people if we scroll
down further there's groups and things
that we can go live to and select there
as well and down the bottom it says tap
to add a description we can type in some
text here again to let people know what
our live stream is about we can press
done at the top once we've typed that in
it's also suggesting other things like
adding a location tagging friends we can
add a feeling or an activity in here as
well now before we press the start live
button down the bottom left hand corner
you've got your filters and effects and
things if that's something that you're
into you can use them while you're live
as well and the other one in here that's
worth noting is if you want to create a
live stream where you are going to be
raising money that is in here two the
rest of them are just filters and things
yeah so then when you are ready to go
live you just want to press start live
video there's no countdown or anything
with this one just says starting live
video and then at the top it'll tell you
that you actually are live so any
comments or anything are going to appear
down the bottom you can swipe over to
the side says swipe left to reveal
comments and reactions so if you're not
seeing them you can swipe across at the
bottom to show them or hide them if you
want to respond to one and you want to
type back a comment you can press the
little chat button down the bottom right
hand corner and that's going to let you
type in more text
that we can post if you want to bring in
a guest there is that little guest
feature button down the bottom there as
well if we press on that again it's
going to bring up a list of everyone
that is currently on your live stream
and you can just press a button there to
invite them so that's all the important
stuff once you're done you just want to
hit finish
it's going to go through and end live
video and then it's going to ask you
what you want to do so you can change
the permissions as to who this live
stream is going to be visible for you
also get to specify if you want to post
this video to your timeline you can also
upload an hd version of your video so a
higher quality one this is great in case
you've had any internet issues while you
were live you can download your video by
hitting save you can delete it by
pressing delete or the blue button there
to share it out so again both options
there really simple ways to go live on
facebook is not going to give you the
more professional stuff being able to
bring up and feature comments bring in
graphic overlays and videos and bring in
a ton of guests and being able to
control it all easily while you're live
that's what the next options will let
you do now in terms of those more
professional apps and software there is
different apps on both mac and windows
as well as iphone and android so we're
going to start off with the desktop apps
because you've got software like ecam
live stream yard be live wirecast xsplit
vmix
and a lot more now we have full videos
on our youtube channel breaking down the
best live streaming software on mac and
pc i'll link them in the cards and in
the description we're not going to dive
into that now but my best all-rounder on
mac and pc right now goes to streamyard
streamyard makes it really easy for you
to go live on facebook and all the other
major platforms as well and it packs in
a lot of those more advanced features
all of that extra polish like playing
videos featuring comments bringing in a
ton of guests onto your live stream it
is all really really simple with stream
yard and you actually don't need to
download and install any software stream
yard runs in your web browser meaning
that it is cross-platform it even works
really really well on mobile devices as
well so over here now on the streamyard
website you want to create an account
and then log in once you log in you can
straight away see all your scheduled or
upcoming live streams and you can easily
create a new one so we're going to make
a new one here create a broadcast this
is a new broadcast we're going to select
facebook we can choose my personal
profile we can choose the primal video
page i'm going to choose my personal
profile we can give it a title again we
can go live right now or we can check
the little box here to schedule it for
later now one of the cool things about
streamyard is it's also got built-in
multi-streaming meaning that we can just
select youtube here as well and our
stream will go live to both facebook and
youtube at the same time and it brings
all the comments and everything in into
one manageable chat feed for you to be
able to see and interact with both so
i'm going to disable the youtube one
here which is going to go to facebook so
i just wanted me to type in again let's
go test
we will need to add in a description
test then we're going to go to create
broadcast and this is going to take us
into the broadcast studio where we can
set up our live stream before we go live
so in here just the same as with
facebook it'll ask you to grant
permission to this website for your
webcam and your microphone but then you
can see hey i'm on camera again we can
come over here to the settings here we
can customize this up so you can see we
can select the camera here under audio
we can select the microphone here as
well let me just choose cam link we can
choose how we want to hear our audio
back while we're live and there's a ton
of extra features in here as well like
echo cancellation or if you want stereo
audio you can enable all of that in here
we can enter my name justin brown let's
go enter studio you'll then want to come
down the bottom here and add your webcam
to the stream so this is our stream area
here when we hit go live whatever is in
here is what our viewers will see so
here's me on webcam we're gonna go add
to stream there i am on screen now over
here on the right hand side this is
where all the comments and everything
will show up when you're live and then
if you come over here to banners think
of banners like little preset titles
that you can create before you go live
so it could be questions that you want
to bring up like mac or pc or
android or ios so questions and things
you can have pop up or text that you
want to have up on screen while you're
live you can have all of these set up
before you go live or you can create
them on the fly while you're live as
well under the brand here is where we
can specify what we want everything to
look like so we can put in our primal
video blue color here we can choose our
default theme for the titles i'll just
bring a title up down the bottom here so
we can see what they look like so i'll
bring up my name and up here if we
change this theme we can see that it
changes the titles on screen as well you
also have the ability here to add a logo
so they've got the streamyard one that
you could bring on the top oh it's that
side the top corner or you can bring in
your own custom logos and things in here
as well likewise with overlays and
graphics you can select these and turn
them on and off easily while you're live
and obviously upload your own ones as
well exactly the same with video files
you can upload a video file to play it
while you're live you're just clicking
on it and your video is going to start
to play now this video for example is a
really simple really easy to create
video intro that we made in a matter of
minutes using an amazing service called
place it so if you want to know how you
can create animations and graphics and
things like this to use in your live
streams then you'll definitely want to
check out placeit and i'll have a video
linked at the end of this video showing
you how to make them so there's a ton of
options in here to allow you to
customize up your stream without it
being overwhelming without there being
settings upon settings like there is in
more professional software now to bring
guests into your live stream you just
come down the bottom here to invite it's
going to generate a random link that you
can copy and send out to whoever you
want to have join you on your stream
that will then appear along the bottom
here as a video source and while you're
live you can just select them to bring
them up into the stream once they're on
the stream you can use the little
presets here underneath the main display
to change up what the look of the live
stream is and when you've got comments
and things coming through you can just
select on a comment to show it on screen
as well this is a great way you can add
a next level of engagement with your
audience not just acknowledging their
comments but featuring them in your live
stream as well so once you're all set up
you just hit the go live button in the
top right hand corner here to start and
to stop your live stream now we do have
a full walkthrough tutorial on
streamyard and again i'll link that in
the cards and below in the description
but you can see how powerful it is and
how easy it is for your facebook lives
and live streams on youtube and other
platforms as well now in terms of
pricing you've got three options there
is a free plan which does have stream
yard branding on your live streams but
you can remove that and unlock a ton of
features by jumping on the basic 20 a
month plan and above that to unlock all
of the functionality of stream yard you
can jump on the 39 professional plan
that's going to give you access to
things like longer recording times full
hd video and even individual audio
recording tracks as well now onto the
mobile apps again there is lots of
options out there all that lets you
create more professional broadcasts than
what you can in just the facebook app
you've got things like switcher studio
prism live broadcast me wirecast go and
so many more you've also got the ability
to use a lot of the desktop
browser-based options like streamyard on
there as well now this is where up until
recently my best all-rounder app on ios
and android to go live more
professionally was to use prism live but
that's really changed now since stream
yard works so well on mobile devices as
well so everything that i just showed
you on the desktop walkthrough using
streamyard you've got access to the
exact same stuff right on your
smartphone as well and you don't even
need to install or download anything the
only thing that's changed a little bit
is the interface to make it more mobile
friendly so you need to open up your
mobile web browser head to
streamyard.com we can see in here once
i've logged in i've got my two streams
there as well i've got the test stream
that we just created before i'll select
on that and choose enter studio we need
to give access to our microphone and
camera so i will allow both of those and
we can see there i am right now on
screen so we go ahead and add my name in
here justin let's go into studio and we
can see that that is the live broadcast
there at the top of the screen and so
you can see once we're in here we've got
access to all the same stuff so we've
got comments displayed here instead of
it being on the right hand side it's now
underneath so i can just again tap on
them to feature them on the screen now
you can see because i'm holding my phone
in portrait that i've just got a skinny
little video feed here but it is a wide
screen video so if i just rotate my
phone you can see it's going to scale
that accordingly and just change the
interface as well to look more like it
does on the desktop so we can come over
here to banners and let's say q a banner
and i can bring up a question on screen
again that we can type these out while
we're actually live or we can have these
set up ready to go before we're live and
we still have the full ability in here
to invite guests in here as well so
there is our copy link that we can send
out to anyone that we want to join our
stream so super powerful that you can
use the exact same platform on both your
desktop and your mobile device and even
switch between them so rounding this out
if you're someone who's just after a
simple facebook live stream you can
definitely get away with the facebook
app or even the facebook desktop
interface but for those of you who do
want more more options more control a
more professional live stream then
that's where there is a lot of options
out there but our best all-rounder right
now that happens to work on desktop and
mobile as well really does hands down go
to stream yard it is so easy to use it
packs in a ton of features it looks
professional it makes it so easy for you
to manage and control everything while
you're live you don't need to have teams
of people or be spending hundreds and
hundreds of dollars to have the most
professional software to be able to
create professional streams so that's
why i'm a big fan of streamyard now if
you're someone who's looking for
something more advanced more
professional live streaming software the
next level up from stream yard where
you're really able to dial in everything
and have full control over your live
stream then check out our full breakdown
of the best live streaming software
right now from beginner right through to
advanced
linked up in the cards now a great way
to boost the quality of your live
streams is to use things like animated
graphics and titles and videos while
you're live check out the video linked
on screen where we show you how easy
they are to create an amazing service
called placeit and i'll see you in the
next video