LiveBridge (formerly CablecastRTMP): How to Start Facebook Live and YouTube Live
This article expands on the LiveBridge simulcasting workflow for sending your stream to Facebook and YouTube at the same time. For the full LiveBridge setup, see the main article: CablecastRTMP Managing Your Account.
Starting the YouTube Live and Facebook Live Streams
Depending on how your YouTube and Facebook Live streams are configured, you may need to start the live streams directly in each platform's stream control interface in addition to running your LiveBridge stream.
For both Facebook Live and YouTube Live, we recommend using persistent stream keys. A persistent key lets LiveBridge simulcast incoming RTMP signals to the same destination every time, without requiring reconfiguration between events. In each platform, you'll obtain a Server URL and a Stream Key, then paste both into the Simulcasts section of your LiveBridge stream in the Cablecast Cloud Services dashboard.
Obtaining the Facebook Live Server URL and Stream Key
Social Streaming/Network Stream Destinations
Note that this process is also used to obtain the persistent stream key/URL for Facebook to use as a generic RTMP configuration for Social Streaming within Cablecast.
Log in as an administrator of a Facebook Page and select Live.
Choose your video type — Go live or Create live video event.
For your video source, choose Streaming software.
Expand the Advanced settings dropdown and enable Use a persistent stream key.
Copy the Server URL and Persistent stream key, and paste them into the Simulcasts section of your LiveBridge stream in the Cablecast Cloud Services dashboard.
Under Add post details on the far right, give your stream a title and description.
Choose whether to go live on Facebook now or schedule your stream for later, using the dropdown on the left side of the stream configuration page. If you choose a later time, set the date and time.
At the bottom, select Schedule or Go live, depending on whether you configured the stream to go live now or later.
Once you go live with your LiveBridge server, you'll be simulcasting to your Facebook Page, provided your Facebook settings are entered correctly in the Simulcasts section of the LiveBridge dashboard. Repeat this process on Facebook any time you want to simulcast a new stream.
Obtaining the YouTube Live Stream URL and Stream Key
The steps below may differ slightly depending on the type of YouTube account you use. The goal is the same: start a YouTube Live broadcast and obtain a persistent stream key.
Select the camera menu in the upper right and choose Go live, then either duplicate a previous stream or create a new one.
From the Stream Settings menu, choose Create new stream key.
Give the new stream key a descriptive name and select Create.
After saving, select the stream key you just created. This is your persistent stream key.
Copy the Stream URL and Stream Key, and paste them into the Simulcasts section of your LiveBridge stream in the Cablecast Cloud Services dashboard.
