Live Streaming to YouTube - Tips & Tricks for Success

This video introduces the outro project as well as the files you will need to complete them in addition to a walk through of each file in their respective programs.

This video is a outline of the Outro project, what yours should include, how you can make your own, and an example of what a finished outro should look like.  You will be using adobe after effects as well as photoshop to add in call to action buttons, and subscribe buttons.  

This video allows you to make your subscribe and call to action buttons clickable by using YouTube annotation.  Here you will learn to set up and adjust your own annotations to lay over your final outro video clip.

There are all kinds of CDN's or Content Delivery Networks to choose from in the live streaming world. In general, you can use software such as Wirecast, vMix or a NewTek TriCaster to send a RTMP stream to CDN's such as YouTube Live. There are so many CDN's available today and so far we have tested: ChurchStreaming.TV, DaCast, StreamSpot, SundayStreams, TikiLive, Twitch, USTREAM, Meridix, Wowza and YouTube Live. Each CDN has it's own benefits, strengths and weaknesses.

Part 2 is the ending of this live streaming episode where we chat about the CDN's of the market. This live show is a great case study to start understanding how a live stream should look and even though it's not perfect start to conceptualize how YouTube is being used for live streaming events. 

Starting off 2017 right, YouTube has just added an all new feature for their successful live streaming offering called “Super Chat”. In a recent blog post, Google describes the new feature as “a highlighted message in the chat stream that stands out from the crowd to get even more of your favorite creator’s attention.” (YouTube Blog) These messages will replace the “Fan Funding” feature helping content creators monetize their channels and live broadcasts. If successful, live streaming will become the dominant avenue for content creators to monetize their content through user donations.

While YouTube itself still isn’t profitable according to Google, YouTube and Google Play still only account for 15% of total revenue for the company. This number is expected to grow to 22% of all Google revenue by 2020 partially due to increased demand for live streaming (Business Insider).YouTube Live is already changing the way the world thinks about live streaming. One massive feature at a time Google has been quietly creating another game changing marketplace in the backend of YouTube. Video on Demand is a $25.30 Billion dollar market which is expected to grow to $61 Billion by 2020

YouTube announces a low latency live streaming option to help improve live chat experience. YouTube Live has been in "Beta" for a while and early experience from users have reported in forums that the latency was an issue. Our tests here at PTZOptics measured the live streaming latency to fluctuate between 35 seconds to 2 minutes depending on the length of the live stream. With the optimize for "low latency" live streaming option users can choose whether they would like to optimize the live stream performance for latency or buffering. The trade off is the recording quality and live interaction experience. In this video Paul Richards from PTZOptics will discuss the pros and cons of these options depending on your live streaming requirements.

YouTube now supports live streaming multiple user selectable cameras. This service allows up to 6 RTMP streams to be included in a single live streaming event. This is the ideal way to allow viewers to select between multiple camera views in a single live event.

YouTube Live has recently added a feature for “Add a Camera” allowing live streamers the ability to host events with 6 unique camera feeds. Essentially what this feature does is allow a live stream to include up to six RTMP video and audio feeds into a single YouTube Live event. These individual feeds are then available to be selected by live YouTube viewers.
This is a groundbreaking feature for live streaming CDN’s and allows broadcasters to display various camera views of a single live streaming event. In our example broadcast hosted by PTZOptics we display one main broadcast stream from our streaming laptop running vMix. We will send another stream from a laptop using WireCast and another stream via WireCast GO on a iPhone. This demonstrates three independent live stream camera views in YouTube Live.
This is an ideal for a number of live streaming events including: Sports, concerts, graduations and more. Here is a list of benefits to providing user switchable cameras during your next live stream.
Use is in control and will most likely spend more time on your live stream
You can add more viewing angles and provide more detail during important live streams
This reduces the need for production and camera operators
Here are some of the cons of live streaming multiple cameras
You cannot direct the users attention in the same way
Each additional RTMP steam requires additional bandwidth. If you were to combine the cameras into a single RTMP feed you would only need the bandwidth required for a single stream. Each additional RTMP stream will multiply your live streams bandwidth requirements
The live event above hosted by PTZOptics review the latest YouTube Live feature supporting multiple user selectable cameras during a single live event.

Andy Chatfield from PTZOptics show us how to stream to YouTube Live using Google Hangouts on Air. This is an easy way to host a online talk show and live stream to YouTube. 

In this Video Andy Chatfield will review how to use to YouTube Live streaming from the free version of Wirecast called "Wirecast Play". Check out how easy it is to stream to YouTube Live using PTZOptics cameras and the Wirecast encoder.

Andy Chatfield showing how to use PTZOptics USB cameras with YouTube Live. YouTube Live has three main ways to stream your video. Flash Media Encoders, Wirecast and Hangouts on Air. This is an example of how to use Flash Media Encoder with a PTZOptics USB camera to stream to YouTube Live.

Andy Chatfield, lead support technician, at PTZOptics reviews how to stream to YouTube Live from Wirecast Pro.

The last video of this set is a summary of all the CDN'S on the market, Paul with the help of associate Jon Vineyard, weighs the pros and cons of each CDN and analyzes what they really have to offer.