Don't forget that I keep a timecoded breakdown in my video description, here are the timecodes if you want to jump ahead to a specific topic: 0:16 Introduction 0:55 The equipment you need 1:12 Explanation of why DSLRs or Mirrorless cameras are great for streaming 2:30 Why Cam Link is needed 3:22 Equipment Set Up and hookup to computer 4:40 Recommended lighting 5:32 Setting up the framing of your shot 6:22 Software setup - OBS 6:51 How to add video capture source 8:05 How to add an audio input source 8:54 How to connect to RU-vid from OBS (stream key) 10:21 Adjusting Canon M3 settings to produce clean HDMI output and remove auto-power off setting 11:58 Start streaming 12:43 How to use Belive.tv Facebook Live 14:18 Outro
I've watched a few videos on how to do live-streaming, and, by far, this is the best I've seen. You made it simple to understand, and the video capture of what your screen looked like through every step was immensely helpful. Thank you very much. You've earned yourself a subscriber.
You are the exact blueprint of how to do an instructional video, complete with links and precise information. Thank you for taking your time to give excellent instructional content.
I'm just getting into Live Streaming and I have literally searched and watched what feels like a gazzillion videos on the subject. Yours has to have been the best so far. Thank you.
Definitely subscribing, my church is looking to livestream our services and I must have watched dozens of videos to learn how to do it on my DSLR for better quality. You made it super easy and informative, I thought we were gonna go bankrupt since all of the other videos I saw before yours were talking about thousands of dollars of equipment! I was getting frustrated and sad tbh. Now, thanks to you we know to just invest in the Camlink and OBS and we're set! We have people all the way from Argentina that have wanted us to go live for years now. So thank you!
A minute of viewing this high quality production, compared to the average RU-vid how to video, convinced me she knows what she's talking about. No iris bounce, no fish eye, no blue face, no wild hand held camera moves. It's informative too.
You are the best. I swear I have filtered through like 10 videos with no luck. You were direct to the point and not only did I learn how to set up an inexpensive live broadcast set up. I learned how to use my canon a little better. I am a life time fan thank you!
Thank God, at last someone that understands what they are talking about. I have sat through a dozen clowns trying to set this up with a DSLR and they were totally useless, they did not understand what they were trying to do, some were using the camera via some proprietary stream then simply laid on the desktop. Let's just say the lag and framerates made this look like an animation from 80 years ago. Thank you for a very informative, interesting and well explained video, it makes such a pleasant change from some of these so called experts.
You are a freaking genius! I’ve been trying to hook my M3 up for 3 days using the Canon Utility. I finally broke down and called Canon and they said my camera was not built for live streaming. Low and behold I found your video and the missing piece to the puzzle is this Cam Link device! I could totally hug you right now! Thank you!!
Excellent video. It was to the point and on message throughout. So many folks who post fill things with so much stuff which is off the point and makes the videos too long. Yours is fab!
Hi I am new to advanced software for RU-vid. I would usually just use my computer camera and computer mic. So this video is going to help my RU-vid career out so very much, thank you.
This is complete package for demonstrating how to do live stream using external camera. I have been watching videos with different others but not of those satisfy what I'm looking for. Thanks to you! I am supposed to be using g7x mark 2 as a webcam for doing live stream but I kinda lost my way in watching mixed up videos with others. Thank you once again. It is good to know that we can't jump in using camera with hdmi cable right away! Perfect explanation and demonstration. God bless you more!
Now I am retired I find myself setting upo a studio and buying equipment to vlog more often, just like to say I found the video extremely helpful. Thanks agin Vic Goldman.
This video from Premiere Gal was a great help! Because the Camlink is sold out or people are selling it for 2 or 3 times the value (high demand now due to Coronavirus), I bought the "Elgato - Game Capture HD60 S" from Best Buy for $179 and it worked perfectly. I picked it up Curbside the same day. I tested last night with Zoom and connected with 9 of my students and and it worked great. From my research the S+ does not work with camera live stream. Looking forward to learning more from you. Thanks again!
This is such a well done tutorial. I watched it all the way thru. Easy, relaxed and covering all of the steps. Great audio and video. Almost impossible to watch this and NOT understand it. Great job and thank you! 🙏😃
The CamLink is FANTASTIC. Tricks your PC into seeing a simple webcam and just works,right out of the box! Plus it’s cheaper than the $300 Magewell (that overheats)
Your explanations were very helpful to my research. I will be using my Canon XHA1s instead of a DSLR for Live Video Streaming of our church services. as Doc Fuzz mentioned, you took the Scare Factor out of OBS. Again, thank you for your presentation. Michael
I have yet to finish up my setup to start Gaming/Streaming but I can already tell this is gonna help me out a lot. I'll see how my setup goes after following this and report back 😁😁
The Magewell is approx $ 299. and the Cam Link stick is about $ 100 - it seems like this is not an apple to apple comparison - can you supply a link to Cam Link or explain the difference - do I really need the Magewell - I will be using a Nikon dslr. Thank you.
This was really helpful. It really helped being walked through it. Most of the videos I've seen just tell you about some equipment but they don't actually show it being done.
My setup: Sony PMW-EX1R (which I consider one of the best camcorders ever made, and probably the best one for streaming - together with other Sony PMW- and PXW-series camcorders), URay USE265-1WB-4G Chinese streaming box over SDI output. Can stream two FullHD or lower resolution streams to different servers using different protocols, or four SD streams (in theory all four should be FullHD but the box's CPU is too weak for that). For example, you can send an RTSP stream over your LAN to a big TV and at the same time at RU-vid or any other RTMP server. Or to two social media platforms. Other protocols are available as well. The thing has three interfaces - Ethernet (cable), Wi-Fi (2.4 or 5GHz) and 3G/4G cellular broadband, but the best results are via cable and Wi-Fi isn't recommended. Actually it is possible via Wi-Fi anyway but better with an additional router that handles wireless connections, because the processor of that box is on a weak side. The box can run off the wall power, any 12V source with a barrel plug (a UPS battery with a piece of cable instead of wall adapter), or NP-F type battery (NP-F970 gives about 10 hours of uptime which I tested in real-life conditions). The advantage of this thing is that I can be totally wireless without any cables anywhere where there is good and unclogged 4G cellular coverage or a decent Wi-Fi network. Practically it turned out to be more reliable streaming solution than Teradek VidiU that I also used at some point, if more tricky when it comes to initial setup (via web interface only). Once set up, you turn it on and within 20 to 60 seconds you are live. Disadvantages: you have to watch so that your camera isn't disconnected (not that easy with fool-proof SDI BNC connectors) or turned off, otherwise you have to reboot the box and your stream is interrupted. The sound works only with one codec (AAC 128k - good enough even for music though). As well I have another HDMI-only, Ethernet-only, 12V-only streaming box that is drop-dead reliable and absolutely bug-free: you set it up via web interface, you plug it in and in 30 seconds you're live until you turn it off (one RTMP or RTSP stream up to 1080p and one up to 720p simultaneously) Obviously microphones are plugged into my camcorder in that case, I have a good selection of those. I can also record broadcast-quality footage simultaneously for further use on my camera cards, as usual. With my camcorder I do not have menu overlays in HDMI, SDI, analog or composite outputs unless I expressly wish so and turn them on. The backup capture solution that works with OBS and vMix but doesn't require either, is AverMedia Live Gamer Portable (old version). It needs a Windows PC and can capture analog and composite signals also, apart from HDMI (not simultaneously). In this case you would like an external sound device (LGP isn't exactly good with capturing audio over HDMI in my case, for whatever reason), so I can plug any microphone via Behringer XENYX 302USB or any other USB audio interface.
Hello Premiere Gal and thank you for this tutorial, I found it very informational. I ended up purchasing the Neewer LED bi-color lights using your Amazon link. Amazon had an amazing Lighting sale today and I picked up for around $45!
This is so great! I really really love your videos. Keep up the great work. I'm finding them super helpful the step by step walk through. So many tutorials assume you know something already and then I find myself missing pieces of info I need- so thank you!
FYI: For CANON users you may want to check out the new BETA *"EOS Webcame Utility"* software. Will save you some money so you won't need a capture card. Worth a look.
Thanks ElkGroveNews! Of course it varies per camera. But it should be a similar process for every camera! (just different UI for the software of the camera)
Apologies for posting this a bit late and for nitpicking, but you seem to be using the term HD to mean 1080p, but it's not the same. In general HD is not even a standardized definition but it generally means anything that is a step up from 576x480 scan lines, be it progressive or interalaced. Technically 720i is HD. We have come to usually refer to 720p as "HD" and 1080p as FullHD, but again this is just a marketing term. I would use the term 1080p (or i if interlaced) which is more accurate and professional, or FullHD in a pinch if referring to 1920x1080. I hope this is helpful :) Cheers!
I can't believe how useful this video was. I'm from a public library and streaming out children's programming sounds great until you realise the steep learning curve. Premiere Gal has "helped flatten the curve" as they say. I will be adding a few more views on this video before we're up and running, but thanks for the leg up. tb
I have loved the tutorial. You have explained in a simple way. Can I use Canon 700D or Live stream without it shutting down after 22mins? Is that still sorted by setting the POWER MODE off?
Your HDMI out of your laptop is an output, not an input. Camlink is used to convert the HDMI out of your camera into USB in to your computer so it becomes an input.
This was awesome. I have been wrecking my brain & patience trying to get all this to work since late June. Ok, I'm a total noob, when it comes to this live streaming. The issue I have is that I wish this was done for a location, instead of home. I have the Sony FDR-AX33 camera, external audio, Elgato HD60, MSI laptop. U had the "camlink" looks much different from what I have. I guess I will have to keep looking around for tutorials. Again, nice video. I gave a thumbs up.
Hi Young Lady. I enjoyed your presentation. Very clear and concise with your explanations. You gave time to hit pause in order to absorb or re-run... I understood everything you had explained:-). In addition, you have a very nice way about yourself "without" all the hype that most RU-vidrs feel is necessary. I did hit the subscribe, and gave you a well deserved thumbs up... My hat goes off to you. -keith
Thanks for an easy to understand tutorial video. Have you had any problem in syncing video and audio since you get them from two different sources in OBS?
The key piece of equipment you need to connect your DSLR or mirrorless camera to your computer is the elgato Cam Link, check it out here: bhpho.to/2IiTO5H (works with both MAC and PC). UPDATE: With the Canon M3 (the camera I had at the time of making this video), it turns out you need to hit record on the camera to keep the camera turned on while streaming. This may all sound fine, but if you want a clean HDMI output, it won't happen. You'll still see the record icon and other Canon UI in the stream. You can cover this with graphics inside of OBS, but if you want a clean output I'd recommend the Panasonic Lumix GH7: amzn.to/2Dla3dt
You would just need two hdmis, two cam links and two cameras, and hook them both up to the computer via USB. You can add more than one video capture device in OBS :)
Thank you so much for the Video I have learnt how to live stream on RU-vid but I have a question...How do you live stream on both RU-vid and Facebook Live
This was v informative, but also creative with angles and composition, which I really appreciate! Way better than just talking heads tutorials. Thanks for the extra effort!
You don't have to do any latency adjustment at all using a DSLR as a webcam? I feel like there would be latency somewhere in the process. This was an awesome video however. I might have to give it a try.
Thank you for taking the time to create this video. I have been looking for this advice all day. What makes this even greater is the fact that you are a woman! I’m finding that the info is usually dominated by males but you have definitely showed whose BOSS 🎉💯✅
Thank you for your videos! They're amazing! Could you please let me know which camera is the best for Live Streaming: DSLR Camera or Video Camera Camcorder? Thank you so much!
Hi... The menu that is on the DSLR screen shows up on OBS. I’ve been enlarging the image on OBS to eliminate this. Is there a better way to do so? Thank you
