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Utilizing OBS for Facebook streaming has been a popular and convenient method since the early days of Facebook Live. Even now, OBS Studio remains the top choice. Mytour readers are likely familiar with OBS Studio, but for those who aren't, here's how to use OBS for Facebook streaming, once again, explained by Mytour.
How to Use OBS for Facebook Streaming
Guide to Facebook Streaming with OBS
Step 1: Download OBS Studio to your computer here if you haven't already.
=> For further instructions on installing OBS on your computer.
Step 2: Once you've followed the instructions to download and install OBS Studio, open it up and head to your Facebook profile. Click on create a new post > select live video.
Step 3: You'll see a interface for live streaming on Facebook. Forget about everything else and focus on the server stream and stream key below. Remember to copy those two values and use them right here.
Step 4: Switch back to the OBS Studio interface and click on the Settings section.
Step 5: In the Stream section, enter the correct stream key and URL into the respective lines, then click Apply > OK.
Step 6: After completing the connection setup, now click on the screen and select Add > choose the item you want to broadcast. Here, I want to broadcast a video, so I'll select Media Source.
Then name the profile you want to create. It can be any name, but it's best to name it Mytour to match the article.
Step 7: Click on Browse to select the video you want to play.
Navigate to the location of the video and select it.
Step 8: Before confirming with OK, remember to check the loop option if you want the video to repeat.
Step 9: Adjust the playback screen as needed, then click on Start Streaming to begin using OBS for Facebook streaming.
Step 10: Now on Facebook, just double-check if everything is playing smoothly and then click on start live.
After using OBS Studio to stream on Facebook, we'll have access to live stream metrics and user comment management.
All user actions will be interacted with immediately.
Step 11: If you want to stop, simply click on end live video section.
Confirm the end, then check your personal page to see the video streamed using OBS for Facebook.
We hope this guide somewhat helps those who want to live stream on Facebook using OBS. With this method, we've learned to use OBS Studio, but there are many other solutions like streaming Facebook live on a computer without any software. Surely you didn't know about that, so check out the guide on streaming live Facebook videos here and explore the issue together.
