You can live stream to Instagram by setting up a custom RTMP stream with Riverside.
Who: Hosts and producers
Plan: All plans
Device: Computer browser
To live stream to Instagram, you must:
- Have a professional account.
- Use Instagram from a computer.
- More specifications for streaming to Instagram.
Step by step
- Log in to your Riverside account.
- In the ☰ menu on the left, hover over the Studio, and click ••• [the three dots].
- Click
Record.
- On the Lobby page, enter your details and click Join Studio.
- At the top of the Studio, click Live Stream off.
- Under Stream to social, click ••• [the three dots].
- Click Custom RTMP.
- In the Add custom service pop-up, in the Name field, enter Instagram
- In another tab, open Instagram and sign in to your account.
- In the menu on the left, click Create.
- Click Live Video.
- Add a title and choose your audience.
- Public - Content is streamed to all of your followers
- Practice - Only you can see the stream, use for test recordings
- Click Next.
- Copy and paste the Stream Key and Stream URL from Instagram in the respective fields on the Add custom service window in Riverside.
- Click Add.
- Click Go live to start the live stream.
Good to know
- You'll need to connect with your Stream Key and Stream URL every time you want to stream.
- It may take around 30 seconds for the video to appear on Instagram.
- Videos on Instagram use a 9:16 ('portrait') frame, so some of your participants on Riverside may be cropped from the video.