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Getting started with live streaming

  • May 29, 2019 10:57
  • Updated

Grabyo's real-time streaming capability gives you the ability to easily broadcast live video.

Preparing a live stream

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  1. Ensure your source stream is live
  2. Select BROADCAST on the stream you would like to broadcast
  3. Select either a SOCIAL INTEGRATION or CUSTOM DESTINATION
  4. Select the CAMPAIGN and toggle SAVE VOD TO CAMPAIGN to save a VOD
  5. Select either EVENT or CONTINUOUS stream type
  6. Enter any ADVANCED OPTIONS 
  7. Select START BROADCASTING to start

Note: Geotargeting does not apply to live streams broadcast to YouTube and Periscope.

 

Event-based vs. continuous live streaming

When you choose to broadcast a live stream to Facebook or YouTube, you are prompted to select a stream type of either event or continuous. Below are the differences are between the two stream types.

 

       Event-based live stream

     Continuous live stream

Grabyo Studio campaign library
  • VOD will be saved to your selected campaign for the whole duration of the live broadcast
  • The final 4 hours of the live broadcast will be saved as VOD in your selected campaign

Facebook
  • Up to 4 hours of VOD will be generated after the live broadcast is stopped
    (A new post will be created if your broadcast streams for longer than 4 hours)
  • Page followers will be sent a notification that the page has gone live
  • When the live video ends the VOD will automatically be published to the page (unless you uncheck the "auto-publish VOD" option)
  • No VOD will be generated
  • Page followers will not be notified
  • When the live video is ended, the post will be unpublished from the page so it will be visible only to admins of the page

YouTube
  • Your YouTube link is only available once the stream has started
  • You can create multiple live streams simultaneously on your YouTube channel
  • You can share the link to the live stream before you start the live broadcast
  • Only one live broadcast can be shared to your channel at any one time

 

Troubleshooting your source stream

If you are having difficulties viewing your source stream, below are some common issues and steps to troubleshoot. If you continue having issues please send us an email at support@grabyo.com.

Video is buffering

  1. Check that you have a good internet connection and sufficient bandwidth to download the source stream
  2. Ensure that your encoder has a good internet connection and sufficient bandwidth to upload the stream
  3. Check that your encoder has the correct streaming properties set up, please find more information here

 

Video player returns an error message 

  1. Ensure your encoder is live and running
  2. Check that your file configuring of your network is not blocking port 1935, use this tool to run some testing
  3. Ensure that the encoder has the correct streaming properties set up, please find more information here
  4. Double check that the correct source URL is entered
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