Live Stream to YouTube Using WireCast Play

Want to live stream your events to YouTube?  Well, It’s almost as easy as clicking the “Easy Button!”  In this video tutorial I will walk you through the setup to successfully stream your event to YouTube using WireCast Play software available through YouTube for $9.99.

The screen recording in this tutorial is from a live football broadcast on December 2, 2016 which demonstrates, on an iMac, how to use Wirecast Play software to send a live stream to YouTube.

The setup in this tutorial uses a HD-SDI video signal fed into a BlackMagic Design Mini-Recorder (About $140) which is hooked to the iMac via a thunderbolt connection.  The HD-SDI signal is the program output of a BlackMagic Design ATEM 2 M/E switcher.

Below is a list of steps to setup your streaming in the YouTube Interface (In Your Web-Browser) and in the WireCast Play Software Interface.  One change from the video tutorial is in step four below.  I chose “Custom Ingestion” in the video because we always stream in 1080 so I have a preset I always use.  Choosing either “Basic” or “Custom” in the ingestion settings is a matter of personal preference and you should set up the BitRate based on the quality of your internet connection.

Link To WireCast Play to YouTube Tutorial Video

1. YouTube Interface: Activate Live Streaming on your YouTube Account
2. YouTube Interface: Create a Live Event
3. YouTube Interface: Use “Custom Encoding” Options
4. YouTube Interface: Choose “Basic Ingestion” Settings
5. YouTube Interface: Basic Ingestion “Select A Bitrate”
6. YouTube Interface: Select BitRate: 3000 Kbps – 6000 Kbps (1080p)
7. YouTube Interface: Select Your Encoder – “Wirecast for YouTube”
8. YouTube Interface: Go to “Live Control Room”
9. WireCast Play Interface: Choose Audio Source to UltraStudio Mini-Recorder (or your device)
10. WireCast Play Interface: Deselect “Built-In Audio Microphone”
11. WireCast Play Interface: Change Video Source to Ultrastudio Mini-Recorder (or your device)
12. WireCast Play Interface: Authenticate Wirecast
13. WireCast Play Interface: Choose the Event
14. WireCast Play Interface: Press The “Stream” Button
15. YouTube Interface: Live Control Room Tab – Click “Preview” Button
16. YouTube Interface: Live Control Room Tab – Click “Start Streaming” Button
17. YOU ARE LIVE!
18. YouTube Interface: Live Control Room Tab – To End Your Event – Click “Stop Streaming” Button (Once you click “Stop Streaming” you CANNOT RESTART.)
19. WireCast Play Interface: Click the “Stream” Button to stop sending data to YouTube

Archived Game Broadcast

Multiviewer Recording 2nd Quarter with Intercom Track

Multiviewer Recording 2nd Half with Intercom Track