this is the complete beginner's guide to
youtube live streaming we're going to
step through exactly how to live stream
on youtube in the easiest ways possible
and build up to some more advanced live
streaming software apps and tools that
you can easily incorporate to boost your
results fast hey it's justin brown here
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description box below so let's jump into
it so this is the complete beginner's
guide to youtube live streaming so we're
going to start with the most basic
options first and show you how you can
easily get set up and get going live
from there i'll start to introduce some
more advanced steps that you can easily
implement to boost your quality
including some simple software some
simple apps and even how you can get
branded animations like this one done up
in just a few minutes and incorporate
cool elements like this into your live
streaming so you get super polished
results so first up no matter what
you're using you will need to make sure
that your channel is set up for live
streaming so you need to make sure that
your youtube channel is verified and
that you do have live streaming enabled
you can do this really quickly or you
can check that this is enabled for you
by heading to youtube.com forward slash
verify if you're already verified it's
going to say your channel is already
verified if it's not verified yet then
just follow those simple steps on screen
to get your account verified and then
you'll just want to make sure that
you've got live streaming enabled for
your channel now that that's done we can
go and look at the easiest way to go
live and this is a basic way for you to
go live just with your web browser on
your desktop computer and literally this
is done on the youtube web page itself
just using your webcam and your
microphone so for this all you need to
do is head to youtube.com come up and
hit this create a video and more button
and come down to go live
now when this page loads on the left
here you want to pick webcam
i'm going to give your stream a title
we'll just go test
stream
in our case here we'll make this test
stream uh private but you could also
make it unlisted or public now if you do
want to schedule this stream for later
then you can check the box here and
enter the date and times for your live
stream we'll turn that off now because
we're going to go live now and you will
need to answer this question here around
is this video made for kids to comply
with the children's online privacy
protection act or copper so is this made
for kids no it is not made for kids and
we'll just go next it's going to quickly
take a thumbnail pose do something silly
okay we've got a thumbnail now if you do
want to upload your own custom thumbnail
you move your mouse over here and you
can choose upload custom thumbnail or
you want to retake your image
just click on that take another one now
to grab a copy of the link for you to
share out to people to let them know
that you are going live if you want to
post it on other platforms you can hit
share and then this is your link here to
send out to people and to let them know
that you are going live so you can
actually do this right now before you do
go live jump on facebook wherever else
you want to post it share that link out
but then when you want to go live all
you have to do is hit go live and we are
counting down
we're live okay so then on the side here
is where you have your chat to interact
with everyone so yeah super basic but
we're live and we're on youtube this is
the easiest way to go live on youtube to
end the stream all you have to do is
click down the bottom here on end stream
are you sure you want to end your stream
end
and we are done so the advantages of
going live this way is that it's fast
it's easy and that there's no additional
software required so as for the
disadvantages or the downsides then
there really is no control that you're
getting over things like screen sharing
or adding titles into your stream or
playing videos or changing cameras or
bringing in additional guests or other
people to join you while you're live but
going live to youtube this way is the
most basic and the easiest way to go
live from your desktop now the process
to go live from your mobile is very
similar all you need to do is to open up
the youtube app we hit that little
create video button at the top again
and come down to live
now while you're getting this set up you
can keep it in portrait you will want to
rotate it to landscape before you go
live but you can give your video a title
test
stream
we can choose if it's unlisted
or public let's go unlisted we can add
our location in there if we want to
once again we'll need to mark if this
video is made for kids or not no it's
not meant for kids and you need to
answer this question do you want to
restrict your video to an adult audience
no we don't restrict then we can just go
next or make us pose or smile for a
thumbnail
and then all we need to do to start the
stream is just hit go live now if you do
want to go live from your smartphone
then youtube does have some restrictions
in place that you need to meet their
requirements for first so they say to be
able to live stream on your mobile your
channel will need to have at least 1 000
subscribers now that is if you're going
to be using the youtube app now if you
do want to live stream to youtube from
your mobile device and you don't have
1000 subscribers yet you can still do it
you just can't use the youtube app you
can use another app like prism live
studio which will let you get around
that and broadcast to youtube on their
app okay so now let's ramp things up a
little bit more and get a little bit
more advanced this is the result that we
are going to build out to now now
there's a few simple tips and a few
tools that we're going to incorporate to
help you get there but don't stress you
don't need to do all of them each one of
these alone will take your results up a
notch so you can start small and you can
eventually build out and incorporate
more of these things over time so the
first thing you can do to take your live
streams up a notch and to get some of
these more advanced things happening is
to grab some live streaming software or
to use a live streaming platform now
we're not going to run through all the
different live streaming options you've
got out there we've already got
dedicated videos on our channel for that
i will link them up in the cards and
below in the description if you're
trying to work out which one is going to
be the best one for you but really what
we're talking about here is using
software like obs or ecam live or bee
live or stream yard or wirecast or vmix
all of these solutions are really going
to let you level up and create much more
professional looking live streams giving
you support for things like multiple
cameras adding titles and videos on
screen using green screen the ability to
bring people in for an interview or even
to share your powerpoint presentation or
your keynote presentation and much much
more now so i'm not leaving you high and
dry or confused at this point my
immediate recommendations for most
people right now if you're on a mac goes
to ecam live or there's also stream yard
which will work on both mac or pc
honestly you can't go wrong with either
one of those two my personal preference
and what i use is ecam live on mac and
again links to all of this stuff you can
find in the description box below but
once you've got your live stream
software picked you can schedule up your
live stream by again coming back to
youtube coming down to go live now
instead of coming over to webcam we're
going to leave it up here on stream and
this is where we can fill in the
information to schedule up our live
stream which then those platforms or the
software that you're going to use can
access this and stream directly to it or
what you'll also find is that a lot of
the live streaming platforms a lot of
the live streaming software will
actually let you schedule up your live
stream directly from within the
application so for this example i'm on
ecam live here now we can see we've got
the destination or our live stream going
to youtube our broadcast let's go
private and then from here we can either
choose to go live now unscheduled or to
schedule it up we can see ones here that
are already been scheduled or we can
come down here to new scheduled live
stream and we can fill in this
information again to schedule up your
stream so as for some of those more
advanced controls and better looking
live streams you can see we can just
drag and drop an image in here i can
pinch to zoom make it bigger or smaller
i can come up here and switch to a
screen share and get rid of that guy so
you're able to see my computer screen i
can pinch to zoom and move things around
if i want to do a tutorial or something
on here and again all of this can be
happening and be changed and tweaked
while you're actually live
so you can see you get so much more
control and so much more creativity that
you can bring into your live streams
just using software like this so once
you've got that up and running the next
thing you can do is to start to look at
some cool animations or some lower
thirds or some titles and things that
you can use and you can incorporate in
your live streams to add that next level
of professionalism now i personally used
to sit there and create this stuff from
scratch it took a ton of time and then i
found a service called videohive where
you can purchase a lot of these
templates and things which made the
process much much easier but i found an
even cooler option and it is called
place it now this is an awesome service
and this is what we use to make a simple
animation like this in just a few
minutes so obviously looking back at the
time that i used to spend making all of
this stuff manually and even then
purchasing the templates and those sorts
of things and customizing them up from
there place it being able to create
something that looks like this in just a
matter of minutes is just insane now if
you want to find out more about playset
and see all the awesome stuff that you
can easily create in there then we have
a link down in the description below
which does give you some sort of a
discount right now at the time of
filming this video now this is not a
sponsored video we are an affiliate for
them but we just love the platform and
we really just wanted to jump at the
chance to support them because this is
what we use and i just can't believe how
easy and simple they make this stuff so
we've looked at the software we've
looked at the animations now we're going
to look at some of the gear that's going
to help you with your live streaming one
of my favorite pieces of gear for live
streaming is called the elgato stream
deck this makes it so easy to control
your live streaming software and easily
switch between different camera angles
or your screen share literally with the
press of a button so what this is
essentially a heap of extra buttons that
you can program up to run and to manage
your live stream now the stream deck
does support a heap of different live
streaming programs and live streaming
software but if the one that you want to
use isn't specifically listed it's
likely that you'll still be able to use
it just manually programming these keys
to trigger keyboard shortcuts to do the
things that you're looking to do now if
you're someone who is looking for a
really professional looking live stream
then you could consider using a more
professional camera instead of a webcam
to actually run the live stream so this
is where you could hook up your dslr
your mirrorless your video camera your
point and shoot camera to hook that up
to run the live stream instead of just
using your webcam but to do that in most
cases you will need what's called an
hdmi interface unit this will
essentially let you take the hdmi feed
or the video feed out of your camera and
plug it into your computer so that it
essentially picks it up as a webcam and
from there you can use that in your live
streaming software now the one that i
use currently and the one that i
recommend is the elgato cam link 4k this
thing is absolutely amazing and if you
are looking to plug your camera into
your computer this is the piece of gear
that i would recommend now just while
we're on this there are some cameras out
there that will let you hook them up
directly to your computer to use them as
a webcam or for live streaming without
the need for things like the elgato cam
link 4k they'll just work straight out
of the box so it is worth doing a quick
google search to see if your specific
camera can be connected with usb for
video use because there seems to be more
and more cameras that are supporting
this right now but if your camera
doesn't support just using usb then
that's where you'll need something like
this kamlik 4k so now that you know how
all that stuff works i've got a couple
of really quick pro tips for you for
live streaming the first one is to
always run a speed test before you
actually go live having a solid internet
connection is probably the most
important thing when it comes to live
streaming so that you can actually push
out a good quality live streaming feed
without dropouts and issues for your
viewers watching so to run a test you
want to head over to the website
speedtest.net
and run the test on the website there
now it's going to go in two parts the
first is going to test your download
speed and then the second part of the
test is where it tests your upload speed
and that's what we're looking at here
because you're going to be uploading
your video and audio or your live stream
to your live streaming platform youtube
facebook or wherever you're sending it
out you want to make sure that it is
your upload speed that is good and is
consistent and not jumping all over the
place so i would say here at an absolute
minimum and i do mean minimum your
upload speed needs to be a solid or a
consistent 2.5 to 3 megabits per second
at an absolute minimum but ideally
you're looking five to ten megabits per
second just to be safe and obviously if
it's higher than this then perfect but
if it is lower than the absolute minimum
2.5 megabits per second or three
megabits per second at a minimum then i
would be looking for an alternative to
go live maybe looking at hotspotting
from your phone or just trying to use a
different internet connection so that
you don't have any issues while you're
live so the second pro tip i've got for
you is after your live stream has
finished you can actually jump into your
youtube analytics for that live stream
and you can see how many viewers you had
you can see if you had any technical
issues or errors with your live stream
and with your internet connection you
can see how many comments you had how
many people stuck around and how long
they stuck around and watched your live
stream for so it's really interesting to
dive into the analytics after your live
stream is finished to get some insight
into how your live stream went and how
your viewers liked it how long they
stuck around and the third pro tip that
i've got for you is that you can
actually edit down your live streams
once they're finished so you don't need
to download your video make any edits to
it remove any sections you don't want
and upload it as a new piece of content
you can actually just edit down and
remove pieces from your live stream
while that video is live on youtube so
say for example you're running some sort
of live training you could trim off the
start of your live stream where you
might be greeting everyone and welcoming
them on to the training and maybe you'll
cut off the q a at the end or if there's
a section that goes wrong in the middle
that you want to remove then you have
that ability using the youtube video
editor once your live stream is finished
so to access that all you need to do is
to bring up your live stream and come
down to edit video and then on the left
hand side here you get access to the
youtube editor now we've done a full
walkthrough video on that youtube video
editor so if you want to find out more
about it then there will be a link in
the description box below but it's a
pretty cool feature to be able to trim
down your live streams without the need
to create a whole new video and
re-upload it to the platform so that's
how easy it is to go live on youtube
whether you're looking for the simplest
and easiest way or whether you're
looking to grow into something more
professional and more advanced we've got
you covered now if you want to find out
more about live streaming platforms and
live streaming software options whether
you're on mac or pc check out the videos
that are linked on the screen now
and i'll see you soon