How to create a persistent broadcast on YouTube

This article explains how to create a persistent broadcast on YouTube. If you want to publish a temporary Live Event, please learn how to publish a Live Event on YouTube using a much easier method.

Unfortunately, our integrated YouTube Event Publisher can publish temporary events only. However, you can use a combination of YouTube Studio with the general-purpose Ozolio Publisher to start and manage a persistent broadcast.

Before publishing a live content on YouTube for the first time:

• Check the 'Event Publishing' prerequisites and requirements.
• Make sure the 'Live Streaming' feature is enabled on your YouTube channel.

STEP 1: Schedule a persistent live broadcast using YouTube Studio:

• In your YouTube home, click the logo at the top/right corner and select "YouTube Studio".

• In the YouTube Studio, click "CREATE", then "Go Live".

• In the Live Dashboard, select "Manage" and click "SCHEDULE STREAM".

• On the next dialog, click "CREATE NEW".

• Specify broadcast name, description, etc., and click "NEXT".

• Customize advanced options, and click "NEXT".

• Select the broadcast privacy, the start time, and click "DONE".

IMPORTANT: We strongly recommend that you set the start time to at least 5-15 min from now, otherwise some important broadcast options may not appear in the dashboard.

• In the "STREAM SETTINGS", click "Select stream key" and select "Create new stream key".
  

• Enter the new key name and click "CREATE"
  

• Make sure that the "Enable auto-start" and "Enable auto-stop" options are off.

IMPORTANT: This condition is very important for persistent streaming.

• Make sure that the "Stream latency" is set to "Normal latency".

• Copy "Stream Key", "Stream URL" and "Backup URL" and paste them into any text editor. You will need these parameters later.
  

• Do not close the YouTube Studio tab.

STEP 2: Create "Target URL" and "Backup URL" for the Ozolio Publisher.

In order to convert the information you copied from YouTube Studio into a format suitable for the Ozolio Publisher, you should merge both base URLs with the stream key via the forward-slash.

If you copied the following parameters from the YouTube Studio:

Stream Key:  xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx

Stream URL: rtmp://x.rtmp.youtube.com/live2

Backup URL: rtmp://y.rtmp.youtube.com/live2?backup=1

Then the information you need for the Ozolio Publisher is:

Target RTMP URL: rtmp://x.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx

Backup RTMP URL: rtmp://y.rtmp.youtube.com/live2?backup=1/xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx

STEP 3: Create and start the Ozolio Publisher.

• Open a new tab and log in to your profile at https://clients.ozolio.com/login/
  
• Go to "PUBLISHERS" and click "CREATE PUBLISHER".
• On the next dialog box, enter the name, set the "Other" provider, and select the camera.

• In the Publisher Settings, set the Broadcast Type to "Persistent Feed", then click "SAVE CHANGES" and "CLOSE".

• Find the new publisher in the list and click "START BROADCAST".
  

• On the next dialog box, click "NEXT".

• On the next dialog box, enter "Target RTMP URL" and "Backup RTML URL", which you've created at STEP 2, and click "GO LIVE".

• If the broadcast has been started successfully, you will see the following message:
  

STEP 4: Start the broadcast on YouTube.

• Go back to the YouTube Studio tab.
• Make sure that the preview panel shows your live stream.
• Click the button "GO LIVE".

• Make sure that your persistent broadcast went online.

If you did not succeed with the method above, please contact [e-mail]