Live stream your Riverside recording session on YouTube to reach a broader audience.
You only need to set up the live stream connection to YouTube once. After that, go live by following these steps.
Who: Hosts and producers
Plan: All plans
Device: Computer browser
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Set up the live stream connection to YouTube
To live stream to YouTube, you must:
- Verify your channel. It can take 24 hours or more for YouTube to verify your account.
- Remove any live streaming restrictions on your account.
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If your channel is monetized, make sure is in good standing. Some live features require an active AdSense account.
- Enable standard and intermediate features in your YouTube channel settings.
- Note the additional requirements for live streaming from a mobile device.
Step by step
- Join a studio session as the host or producer.
- At the top of the studio, click + Live stream.
Or, click theadd live stream destination icon.
- Next to Live stream to social, click the toggle
to turn it on.
- Select
YouTube.
- In the pop-up, under the details on Google's User Data Policy, tick the box next to I agree.
- Click Continue.
- In the new window, sign in to your Google or YouTube account.
- Click Connect.
- Under Select what Riverside.fm can access, tick the box next to Manage your YouTube account.
- Click Continue.
- Click the YouTube channel to stream to.
- Click Done.
Go live on YouTube
Important! If you've never live-streamed to Youtube before, run a test stream at least 24 hours before any further scheduled streams. For first time streamers, Youtube takes 24 hours to activate.
- Join a studio session as the host or producer.
- At the top of the studio, click + Live stream.
Or, click the - Next to Live stream to social, click the toggle
- This toggle must be turned on for Riverside to connect to your destination platforms.
- Next to the
- Add a title and description for the stream.
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Set the privacy settings of the live stream on YouTube.
If you want to stream privately, you must configure the settings on Youtube to private as well as within Riverside. - At the bottom of your Riverside studio, click Go live.
- Click Start recording to start the live stream.