My name is EposVox and today I’ll be showing you how to set up live streaming for a few
different platforms in the Elgato Game Capture HD software.
I will have other tutorials on Elgato’s capture cards and a plethora of other technology
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Why bother with third-party streaming programs when the Elgato Game Capture software can
do it all for you?
Check out my video on the Stream Command functionality to see all the tools available to you.
Let’s set up a live streaming profile or two.
To set up live streaming, find the “Live Streaming” box in the right sidebar of the
Game Capture software.
By default it should say “No Accounts.”
Click the little plus symbol next to that and choose your desired streaming platform.
YouTube, Twitch, Ustream, and DailyMotion are supported with direct tools within the
software, but you can also choose the custom RTMP option and stream to just about any platform
on the internet.
Let’s walk through setting up a few popular choices.
If you want to stream to Twitch, select the “Twitch” account choice.
This will pop up a box to log in to Twitch and it will automatically access the stream.
Now you can adjust the bitrate on the left and change your stream title.
Once you type in a new title, click the arrow in that box to send the update to Twitch.
The same arrow now also appears next to the Game Name box under “Tags” at the bottom.
Change the game name and click the arrow to change your game name on Twitch.
Click the gear icon next to your stream title to access advanced settings.
Here you can manually select a server to stream to, based on ping, choose a maximum resolution
and frame rate to stream at - you’ll want to set this low if you don’t have a fast
upload speed - and choose whether or not you want to save a copy of the streamed video
file.
This is useful for re-uploading the stream video to another platform, or just keeping
an archive.
Most Elgato cards will record the “Master Copy” when you use the main record button,
which is why the Stream Copy box is necessary.
Once your settings are solid, click the green “Stream” button at the bottom and have
fun!
To stream to YouTube, click the YouTube account option instead.
This will prompt you to log in with your Google Account.
This does support 2 factor authentication, by the way.
Log in and choose your desired YouTube channel.
You can add multiple channels from one account, or multiple Google accounts to the software.
Then you can choose which channel you stream to via the drop-down menu.
Now you also have a new settings button next to the channel name.
Clicking that will let you set up a Live Event on YouTube.
Not setting up a Live Event will just use the “Stream Now BETA” on YouTube.
Using the live stream manager on YouTube gives you the most control over your stream title
and game name.
You cannot push live updates of these titles to YouTube from the software like you can
with Twitch.
Clicking the settings gear icon again lets you customize server selection, resolution,
and frame rate, but now you can also change the privacy of the live stream and the category.
If you’re not streaming a game and don’t want to be on YouTube Gaming, you can change
the category to something else.
Once again, set up your settings, change your bit rate, and click “Stream” and you’re
good to go!
Streaming to Facebook from anything but a mobile device used to be a complicated process.
But not anymore!
In the latest 3.5 update to Game Capture HD, Facebook is now a dedicated platform choice
to stream to, for your Facebook profile.
To add your Facebook profile, click the Plus again to add a new live streaming account,
and click Facebook.
Log in with your Facebook account information, and hit okay.
Now you’re good to go to start streaming!
If you want to stream to your Facebook fan page, it’s a tad more complicated.
Go to your Facebook fan page and click “Publishing Tools.”
Then click on the “Videos” section on the left side bar.
Now over on the right there should be a “+Live” button.
Here you can get a Stream URL and Stream Key to paste into the Elgato software.
This will allow you to stream to your page.
For Facebook, the key is only valid for 7 days, and you have to start your stream within
5 hours of creating this key, or you’ll have to start over.
This is an annoyance, but one you can work with.
But again - make sure NO ONE sees your Stream key!!
If you wish to stream to another streaming platform, you will need to choose the RTMP://
option and set up a custom profile.
For this, I will be using Restream.io - a service designed to let you stream to multiple
sites at once.
I’m doing this as an easy example, but Elgato has actually recently added Restream as a
dedicated platform choice in the software, so keep that in mind.
Once you’ve clicked RTMP, give the profile a name - such as Restream.
Then copy over your RTMP URL and Stream Key from your platform into the boxes and hit
“Add”.
This profile now shows up by name with “(Custom RTMP)” added to the end.
NOTE: NEVER show your stream key for ANY site to ANYONE!
They can use this to stream to your channels without a password.
If you accidentally show someone your key, use the site’s tool to refresh or reset
your key immediately!
Conclusion And that’s it!
This has been a fairly lengthy tutorial, but I wanted to make sure all the bases were covered
when it came to live streaming.
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