Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Live on Facebook using OBS!

Live on Facebook using OBS!

https://www.facebook.com/craig.long.5473

I downloaded the new version of Wirecast to get the Facebook Server URL and Stream Key but did not start streaming using Wirecast:  http://www.telestream.net/wirecast/overview.htm

Just authenticate your Facebook live stream like this:  https://vimeo.com/162406554

Then I took the Server URL and Stream Key information from Wirecast and used it in OBS.

11 comments:

  1. Craig Long that's an awesome job Craig .. cc Chad LaFarge ..

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  2. So you'd have to use Wirecast to get a new stream key for each session?

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  3. Dan McDermott I guess so.  That's where I found mine.  I don't know where else to find them.  The Server URL is everything up to and including the colon (not sure if you need the colon but I used it).  The Stream key starts with the long string of numbers after the colon.  You can see here: https://vimeo.com/162406554
    Once you get the location information you can stop using Wirecast and use a different encoder.

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  4. Dan McDermott Don't know if the stream key is different or the same each time.  But you have to create an event (a Facebook post) so I guess you need Wirecast to do that?  Wirecast is doing a good job at setting up the event and giving me the information I need to use in OBS.

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  5. Dan McDermott You can use the free version of Wirecast to set up the Facebook post and get the info!  That's the nice thing about this.
    Mike Downes

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  6. That's pretty cool. Looks like all OBS needs to do is get an app key from facebook and set it up like any other target destination.

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  7. Dan McDermott Yep. 
    OBS might be a bit slow in getting a Facebook app plugin.

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