If you want to broadcast from your computer, you'll need to use a live video streaming tool. This can be a web app that runs in your browser (such as Facebook itself, or a 3rd party tool like Restream Studio, Streamyard or BeLive) or an app that runs on your Mac or PC (usually known as an encoder).
Then there are some apps and tools that offer video meetings or broadcasts but don't currently integrate with Facebook Live. The good news, you can integrate these with Facebook Live by sharing the window in OBS Studio and Wirecast. Examples include:
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They support multiple displays at the same time (including picture-in-picture) and you can easily set up keyboard shortcuts with slick scene transitions. OBS Studio and Wirecast allow you to stream to a plethora of services including Facebook Live and YouTube.
If you want to bring in guests, then most of the tools I recommended above allow you to invite guests into your live show very easily. The easiest tools are web apps such as Streamyard and BeLive as these are all done via the browser. Ecamm Live currently integrates really well with Skype - so you just invite your guest via Skype. vMix has a browser-based guest app called vMix Call and Wirecast has one called Rendezvous.
I'll cover this in more detail shortly, but before you go live I highly recommend you test your internet speed every time. It's important that you have a stable upload speed. The most reliable speed testing tool I've found is Speedtest. It's available as a computer app or a mobile app:
If you're live streaming from your computer, make sure you close down as many apps running in the background - especially internet hogging tools like Dropbox and Google Drive. It's important that your live video streaming tool can use as much internet bandwidth as possible.
Many live video tools allow you to highlight comments from Facebook onto your live broadcast. Streamyard, BeLive and Ecamm Live all do this. vMix and Wirecast have separate software that allows you to highlight comments on the screen.
My go-to tool for this is Agorapulse. It has a zero-inbox workflow which means getting through your comments is a breeze. It will display the comments from your Facebook Live Videos in one place (and also works with LinkedIn Live and YouTube Live comments!)
As you go through your comments you can like, reply or delegate to another team member. Once you've done that it will be reviewed and disappear from view meaning you can get down to inbox zero really quickly.
If your computer has an integrated webcam and microphone, you can get going straight away. However, if you want to enhance the quality, I recommend investing in a decent webcam and if budget allows, a webcam.
SLR Cameras & HDMI
If you want to take things to the next level, then you could consider an SLR camera such as the Canon EOS 70D, but you'll need to connect it to your computer via an HDMI capture card.
Audio quality really matters. If people can't hear what you're saying, they'll just turn off. There are so many amazing microphones out there, and you can get really geeky and get mixing desks, external sound capture cards and more.
Blue Yeti USB Microphone
I'm really happy with my Blue Yeti Microphone (Amazon) - It's lasted me a while. You do need to set it up correctly and minimize background noise as it can pick up noise from the background very easily. You can plug this microphone straight into your Mac or PC and it should just work! It also can be used with your iPhone or Android (with the appropriate cables)!
Samson Q2U
The Samson Q2U is a dynamic microphone with both an XLR and USB output. It's a really high-quality microphone with a great price (around $80) and is used and recommended by many top podcasters around the world.
Heil PR-40
It's not cheap ($327), but the Heil PR-40 dynamic microphone from Heil is probably the most highly rated microphone by professional podcasters. Cliff Ravenscraft (the Podcast Answer Man) has used it for years. Leo Laporte from TWiT TV uses it and so do many others. You'll need an XLR to USB converter or use a USB mixing desk so you can channel the sound into your computer.
You can get really creative at this point and invest in multiple webcams. That way you can change camera angles throughout your broadcast. To get an idea of what you can do, check out this live broadcast by David Antunes. He produces live band sessions "David Antunes & Amigos" every week using OBS Studio, his Macbook Pro, 4 webcams and a Bluetooth keyboard which he controls while playing the piano. He regularly gets 50,000 views, with around 1,500 watching live:
This is really important! Facebook is very good at detecting the use of copyrighted music. A number of users have been banned from broadcasting to Facebook Live for up to 3 months for inadvertently or intentionally playing copyrighted music. I'd hate that to happen to you.
That's fine for developers, but not very helpful for everyone else! So, I've made it easier for you all by creating a button that connects to Facebook Live using the official Live Video API. All you need to do is click the button above!
However, Facebook has recently changed this so that it requires a secure connection. As I write this update, OBS Studio hasn't updated it to use the new URL. If you find you can't connect, you'll need to select the custom server and paste in both the server URL and the stream key:
IMPORTANT! If you are testing, it is a good idea to select "Only Me" for the "Who should see this?" option. That way no one else will see the live video while you are testing. You could then view your live video on a secondary device such as your smartphone: If you are happy to go live click the "Go Live" button in the browser window: The pop-up window will then close. Don't worry, you have gone live!
When you click the go live button, your browser will normally display a pop-up. You'll be able to choose where you want the live video to be posted to. Once you've done this, this window should close and another pop-up should appear. Here you'll be able to craft your post, get the stream key and see your preview. However some browser's block this second pop up. If this happens to you, check your browser settings to allow pop-ups from this site (iag.me). Check this article out to find out how to allow pop ups for your browser.
Something is blocking your connection between OBS Studio and Facebook Live. It's likely that your ISP is blocking your connection. If this is happening to you, could you let me know in the comments below along with the name of your ISP? I'm interested to know. This is happening rarely, but it is happening to some people. If this is the case, I highly recommend that you try connecting on a different internet connection (such as at a friend's house or at your local coffee shop). If it works there then you know it's your internet connection. If it is your internet connection then check you don't have any firewalls that could be blocking the connection. Also restart your router to see if that solves it. If it doesn't then try and call your ISP and ask them to unblock Facebook Live. They'll probably fob you off, but keep trying. Please let me know how you get on in the comments below!
This is a more difficult issue to solve. There is always going to be a delay (perhaps up to around 5-10 seconds) but some people have complained of a much longer delay. Firstly make sure you check your upload speed using a service like Speedtest.net. It's not your download speed that makes a difference, it's the upload speed - since you are uploading the video to Facebook in effect. You should have an upload speed of at least 3Mbps, although 4Mbps and higher is preferable. You can use Facebook Live if you have a slower speed, but you may have issues. Also, the speed of your computer is important. Older and less powerful computers will take their time encoding the video. Keep an eye on the CPU usage in the bottom
Also, the speed of your computer is important. Older and less powerful computers will take their time encoding the video. Keep an eye on the CPU usage in the bottom right-hand corner of the OBS Studio window. If it's really high (above 90%) then your computer may be struggling.
Macs handle desktop sound a little differently to Windows. On the Windows version of OBS Studio, the sound from Skype will automatically be captured as desktop audio in OBS Studio. On a Mac you need to route the sound from another app to OBS Studio.
There are a number of factors that can affect a delay between audio and video. The first thing to ensure is that you close as many background apps as possible. Close down as many apps as you can, check for any bandwidth draining apps such as Google Drive, Dropbox etc. You could also see what else is running in the background and shut down any other apps.
The 2nd thing is to check your upload speed. Use something like speedtest.net. If you have at least 3Mbps or 4Mbps upload speed you should be fine. Ideally use a wired connection as opposed to a wireless one.
If none of that solves your issue, your computer may just be struggling with streaming the video. Live streaming takes a lot of processing power. Although OBS Studio as amazing - particularly for a free app, it's not quite as efficient as the likes of Wirecast. So, you may need to give it some help and manually fix the "sync offset".
To do this, click on the cog by the mixer on the main screen, and then adjust the sync offset of your audio. There is no ideal setting here, unfortunately, so you'll have to play around until you get a setting that works for you: 152ee80cbc
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