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Streaming The Meeting To Youtube Live

In this article we are going to learn about streaming to Youtube live.

Streaming to Youtube Live​

Go you your youtube account. click on the camera button then click on the Go Live button. or

go to studio.youtube.com and login then click on the create button and then click on the go live button

Then on the Go Live page copy the stream URL and the Stream Key as shown in the image below.

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Step 2. Using the Stream Key and URL in Metered​

Two dashboards

Screenshots below show the new dashboard. If you use the classic dashboard, pick the Classic dashboard tab — your choice is remembered on every page. You can switch at any time: Old dashboard in the header takes you back to the classic dashboard, and dashboard.metered.ca/v2 opens the new one. What changed in the new dashboard →

Now, go to the new Metered dashboard at dashboard.metered.ca/v2:

  1. Go to Video API & SDK → Rooms and click Create room, or

  2. To change a room you already have, open its ⋮ menu in the Rooms list and click Edit (or open the room and click Edit). Changes apply from the room's next meeting session.

In the Streaming output section, switch on Push to external RTMP destination.

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Enabling RTMP Out will also enable Composition. You can select the layout of your RTMP stream in the Composition layout menu, in the Recording & composition section of the same form.

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Add the RTMP URL plus the key in the RTMP OUT URL field. In YouTube this would be like:

rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/{your_stream_key}

Then click Create room (or Update room if you are editing).

YouTube ingest URL in RTMP OUT URL

Selecting Stream Layout​

You can select the layout of your live stream in the Composition layout menu, in the Recording & composition section of the room form. The new dashboard offers two layouts:

  1. Natural grid: equal tiles for each participant
  2. Active speaker: shows the current speaker enlarged

The Broadcaster layout (only the owner / meeting admin shown large) is not in the new dashboard's menu yet. To use it, set the layout on the classic dashboard.

Composition layout menu on the room form

Adding Watermark to Video Stream​

You can easily add a watermark to your video stream. Scroll down to the Watermark section of the room form and switch on Enable watermark overlay.

Upload the image you want to use under Watermark image.

You can also adjust the position and size of the watermark with Position preset, Width (px), Height (px), Position X (px) and Position Y (px). You can see the options below.

Watermark section on the room form

Recording the Stream​

You can also record the meeting while streaming it to your live audience.

To learn more about recording composed streams click here