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Stream Now vs. events

Stream Now vs. events - YouTube Tutorial

From the course: YouTube Tips Weekly

Stream Now vs. events

(yawning loudly) - Wait, are we live streaming? Spence, did you leave the live streaming camera on again? (barking loudly) (mellow music) Alright, you got your handy tips from last week. You've planned out your content, and you're ready to live stream, but before you do, you need to understand the big difference between live streaming via stream now and live streaming via an event. So let's break it down. Live streaming via stream now is the standard way to do live streaming on YouTube. You can get there by going to your creator studio and clicking on live streaming and then stream now. From here, you can set up all of your live stream settings that should look familiar to you if you've ever uploaded a video before including title, description, and uploading a custom thumbnail. Note, however, you'll need to use another streaming encoder software to stream this way. You'll need to then connect this software to your YouTube channel using the server URL and stream name/key provided in…

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