Setting up a Live Stream
You can now set up your Web Presenter to stream via any streaming platform such as
YouTube Live, Facebook Live, Twitch and more. For this example, we will set up for a YouTube
Live stream.
1
Copy your stream key from your YouTube Studio account.
2
Download the Blackmagic Web Presenter Setup utility from
www.blackmagicdesign.com/support
This software lets you configure streaming settings for the first time.
3
Launch the Blackmagic Web Presenter Setup utility and go to the 'live stream' page.
4
Set the platform to YouTube and the server to 'primary'. Paste your YouTube stream key into
the 'key' field and select a streaming quality. Click 'save'.
5
You're now ready to start streaming to the world! Click the 'on air' button or press the 'on
air' button on the unit's front panel. When your production has finished, press the 'off'
button to stop your broadcast.
Using the SRT Streaming Protocol
The secure reliable transport protocol, or SRT, provides lower latency streaming when
compared to RTMP. SRT also improves security by using a passphrase, which is like an
encryption key.
When selecting the SRT protocol version of your streaming service, copy the passphrase and
stream key from your streaming account and paste them into the 'key' and 'passphrase' fields of
Blackmagic Web Presenter Setup utility.
Paste your passphrase into the 'passphrase' field of setup utility
Both the protocol RTMP or SRT as well as the codec H.264 or H.265 can be changed in the
XML file if technically experienced broadcasters want to customize streaming settings. For
more information, refer to the 'Blackmagic Streaming XML Format' section.
and install it on your computer.
Getting Started
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