Live stream to YouTube

Live stream your Riverside recording session on YouTube to reach a broader audience.

Who: Hosts
Plan: Grow, Webinar, and Business
Device: Computer browser

Before you start

To live stream to YouTube, you must:

Verify your channel. It can take 24 hours or more for YouTube to verify your account.
Make sure you are the owner of the channel you want to stream to. If you are not the owner, you can connect your account via RTMP.
Remove any live streaming restrictions on your account.
If your channel is monetized, make sure is in good standing. Some live features require an active AdSense account.
Enable standard and intermediate features in your YouTube channel settings.
Note the additional requirements for live streaming from a mobile device.

If your YouTube account is already connected, start from step 13 to go live in the studio.

Join a studio as a host or producer.
In the side bar on the right, select Stream.
Or, click the Manage live stream in the top right corner of the screen.
At the bottom of the live stream panel, click + Add destination.
Select YouTube.
In the pop-up, under the details on Google's User Data Policy, tick the box next to I agree.
Click Continue.
In the new window, sign in to your YouTube account.
Click Connect.
Under Select what Riverside.fm can access, tick the box next to Manage your YouTube account.
Click Continue.
Click the YouTube channel you want to stream to and click Done.
Go back to the studio.
In the live stream panel, make sure you can see YouTube as a destination with the Connected label underneath.
Expand the dropdown to Stream directly (no event), or choose a scheduled event to stream to.
Add a title and description for the stream.
Access the Live Streaming dashboard from YouTube.
From the Stream Key dropdown menu, select “Welcome to our live show!”
- This placeholder title will be replaced by the title of your stream.
Set the privacy settings of the live stream on YouTube.
If you want to stream privately, you must configure the settings on Youtube to private as well as within Riverside.
At the bottom of your Riverside studio, click Go live.
Click Start recording to start the live stream.
It can take around 30 seconds for the video to appear on Youtube.

If you've never live-streamed to YouTube before, run a test stream at least 24 hours before any scheduled streams. For first time streamers, Youtube takes 24 hours to activate.