Live stream to Instagram

« To Live streaming: Overview

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

Custom rtmp.gif Set up the live stream connection to Instagram

To live stream to Instagram, you must:

Step by step

  1. Join a studio session as the host or producer.
  2. At the top of the studio, click + Live stream.
     Or, click the justheplus.svg add live stream destination icon.
  3. Next to Live stream to social, click the toggle toggle-on.svg to turn it on.
  4. Click the + plus icon.
  5. Select Custom RTMP.
  6. In the Add custom service pop-up, in the Name field, enter Instagram
  7. In another tab, open Instagram and sign in to your account.
  8. In the menu on the left, click Create.
  9. Click Live Video.
  10. 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
  11. Click Next.
  12. Copy and paste the Stream Key and Stream URL from Instagram in the respective fields on the Add custom service window in Riverside.
  13. Click Add.

Go live on Instagram

  1. Join a studio session as the host or producer.
  2. At the top of the studio, click + Live stream.
     Or, click the justheplus.svg add live stream destination icon.
  3. Next to Live stream to social, click the toggle toggle-on.svg to turn it on.
    • This toggle must be turned on for Riverside to connect to your destination platforms.
  4. Next to your Instagram destination, click the toggle toggle-on.svg to turn it on.
  5. Add a title and description for the stream. 
  6. At the bottom of your Riverside studio, click Go live.
  7. Click Start recording to start the live stream.

Icon.svg Good to know

  • The connection appears in the list of all of your connected destination platforms inside your studio. Make sure the toggle is in the on position toggle-on.svg before streaming.
  • The connection stays in your list of destination platforms, however we recommend connecting with a new Stream Key and URL every time you want to stream to make sure your connection remains unbroken.
  • 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.

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