{"id":4993,"date":"2023-01-11T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/?p=4993"},"modified":"2023-01-11T14:47:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T11:47:29","slug":"how-to-stream-trueconf-video-conferences-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/knowledge-base\/how-to-stream-trueconf-video-conferences-on-youtube","title":{"rendered":"How to Stream TrueConf Video Conferences on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/products\/server\/video-conferencing-server.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TrueConf Server<\/a> allows you to stream video conferences on YouTube in real time via built-in RTSP gateway. Starting from TrueConf Server 4.5+, streaming does not require any additional software for converting RTSP to RTMP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, to enable video conference streaming the <b>RTSP Streaming extension<\/b> should be added to your license. If you would like to purchase it, <a href=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/company\/contacts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact us<\/a> in any convenient way. If the extension is already enabled, proceed with the manual below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Step 1: Configuring streaming on YouTube<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Sign into your YouTube channel.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Click on the camera icon in the upper right corner of the screen.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Choose <strong>Go live<\/strong> to open the stream settings menu.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Click on the <strong>Edit<\/strong> button and complete the following steps:\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Specify the stream name, category and access type.<\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong>No, it&#8217;s not made for kids<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Copy the stream key and URL.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Step 2. Configuring streaming on TrueConf Server<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Proceed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.trueconf.com\/server\/en\/admin\/web-config#streaming-tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Streaming<\/strong> tab<\/a> in the TrueConf Server <a href=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/blog\/wiki\/trueconf-server-control-panel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">control panel<\/a> and press <strong>Add configuration.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Press <strong>Add preset<\/strong> in the window that opens.<\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong>YouTube<\/strong> in the <strong>Streaming server<\/strong> box.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the following details available on the YouTube streaming configuration page:\n<ul>\n<li>Streaming URL in the <strong>Server URL<\/strong> box<\/li>\n<li>Streaming key in the <strong>Stream name\/key<\/strong> box<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>To save the preset, press <strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-20_1637082.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4NMPO0fN\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19443\" style=\"border: 1px solid #D1CCCC;\" src=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-20_1637082-690x387.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"387\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-20_1637082-690x387.png 690w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-20_1637082-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-20_1637082-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-20_1637082-290x162.png 290w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-20_1637082.png 1105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"marked_note marked_note--danger\" style=\"text-align: left;\">If you want to use one of the available templates for streaming with the new key, this key should be specified in the stream template settings. However, this is not enough for updating the settings of a conference that has already been created. To make sure that this key applies to the settings of this conference, you have to go to the conference editing section and just save current parameters (nothing should be edited). The new key will apply automatically.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Step 3. Creating a conference<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Proceed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.trueconf.com\/server\/en\/admin\/web-config#group-conferences-tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Group Conferences<\/strong><\/a> section and create a conference according to the TrueConf Server documentation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">While adjusting the conference settings, go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.trueconf.com\/server\/en\/admin\/web-config#additional-tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Advanced<\/strong> tab<\/a> and check the <strong>Enable streaming<\/strong> box.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Choose the preset which you have created in the previous step.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Save the conference. You will be redirected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.trueconf.com\/server\/en\/admin\/web-config#group-conferences-tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Group Conferences<\/strong><\/a> section.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Select the conference and press <strong>Launch<\/strong> on the right side panel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Step 4. Launch streaming<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To go live automatically, just start the conference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-16_170117.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4NMPO0fN\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19440 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-16_170117-690x333.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"333\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-16_170117-690x333.png 690w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-16_170117-1024x494.png 1024w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-16_170117-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-16_170117-1536x742.png 1536w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-16_170117-290x140.png 290w, https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2021-12-16_170117.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We wish you successful conferencing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ability to stream TrueConf video conferences on YouTube has appeared in TrueConf Server starting from version 4.3.5 thanks to the RTSP Streaming feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[260],"tags":[180],"class_list":["post-4993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knowledge-base","tag-conference-streaming","wpautop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4993"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23131,"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993\/revisions\/23131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}