How to Make Live

THE PRACTICAL STREAMING GUIDE

Your first live,
made simple.

Find the right button. Get your sound and picture working. Learn to go live, one clear step at a time.

Choose your app Want to practise first?
A phone on a small tripod with a clip-on microphone on a light deskStart with what you have.

START HERE

Which app are you using?

From finding LIVE to ending the broadcast.

TikTokFind LIVE and check accessYouTubePhone, webcam and visibilityInstagramCamera, comments and guestsFacebookProfiles, Pages and groupsTwitchCamera and game streamingKickConnect a phone or computerDiscordShare in a call or voice channel

THE FIRST BROADCAST

Open the app.
Know what to do next.

Explore the platforms

SOMETHING NOT WORKING?

Find the cause.
Fix the right thing.

A missing voice, a repeated sentence or a loading circle each tells a different story.

01
Viewers cannot hear meFollow the sound from microphone to player.
02
My voice keeps repeatingSeparate feedback, duplicate audio and room echo.
03
The stream freezes or buffersUnderstand upload, bitrate and dropped frames.

A LITTLE MORE CONTROL

Make the setup make sense.

All setup guides
A simple laptop broadcasting setup with a webcam, microphone and headphones

OBS, EXPLAINED

One scene. Clear sound.
A working stream.

Learn what scenes and sources mean, then build a setup you can understand.

Set up OBS Studio

A small question is still a good question.

Look up the app, the button or the problem you are trying to understand.