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How to Live stream on an Existing YouTube Event via Custom RTMP?

Connecting an Existing YouTube Event with OneStream Live via Custom RTMP




Visit YouTube Live Dashboard

Enter a Title and Description for you live stream. Change the category. Set privacy, thumbnail and other settings if you wish.



Click Done and you will be redirected to the event details page. Under Stream Settings you will see your YouTube RTMP URL and Stream name/key.



Go to OneStream Live dashboard and navigate to the Destination section from the left sidebar.



On the Destinations page, click on the + Add Destination button.



Select Custom RTMP.



Give your custom RTMP event a name. Copy the Stream URL and Stream key from YouTube to this social account.



Scroll down and change the Video Bitrate value to 3500, Key Frames to 2, Audio Bitrate to 128, and click the Connect button. The event will be connected with OneStream Live as a custom RTMP account.



Now you can schedule your streams on this account and they will go live on your YouTube existing event.


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Updated on: 08/27/2023

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