Setting Up Streaming Services with OBS Studio: A Step-by-Step Guide

When it comes to streaming your gameplay or video content, having the right tools and settings can make all the difference. One of the most popular software used for streaming is OBS Studio (Open Broadcasting Software). In this article, we will go through the process of setting up different streaming services using OBS Studio.

First, let's start with YouTube. To stream to YouTube, you'll need to create a live dashboard in your YouTube Creator Studio. Go to your channel settings and status, and features, where you can check the live streaming options. If you don't see the live streaming option, you may need to contact your network to find out why it's not available.

Once you've enabled live streaming, click on the "Live Streaming" tab and accept any agreements that come up. This will give you access to your stream key, which is necessary for setting up your OBS Studio settings. To get started, go to your OBS Studio settings and click on the "+" icon next to the "Stream Key" field. Enter your YouTube stream key into this field and hit "Apply". You'll also need to enter a custom URL if you want to use one.

YouTube Gaming is another option for streaming your content. If you choose YouTube Gaming from the drop-down menu in OBS Studio, go over to the live dashboard in the live streaming menu of your YouTube Creator Studio. Click on the "Live Streaming" tab and accept any agreements that come up. This will give you access to your stream key, which is necessary for setting up your OBS Studio settings. To get started, go to your OBS Studio settings and click on the "+" icon next to the "Stream Key" field. Enter your YouTube Gaming stream key into this field and hit "Apply".

Hitbox is another popular streaming service that can be used with OBS Studio. To set up Hitbox, go to your Hitbox settings and click on the "+" icon next to the "Stream Key" field. Click on "Show" to reveal your stream key, then copy it into the box provided. Hit "Apply" to save your changes.

If you want to use a custom URL for streaming to Hitbox or another service, go back to your OBS Studio settings and click on the "+" icon next to the "URL" field. Enter your custom URL here and hit "Apply". You'll also need to enter your stream key into this field if you're using one.

For most users, streaming services will use a primary server. However, some users may want to choose a backup server or a different region for their streams. To do this, go back to your OBS Studio settings and click on the "Advanced" tab. Here, you can select the server that you want to use for your stream.

The Stream Key is an important piece of information when streaming to services like YouTube Gaming or Hitbox. Never show this key to anyone, as it allows access to your stream. If someone does see your key, you'll need to reset it and copy it into OBS Studio again.

When setting up multiple streams, OBS Studio makes it easy to manage different services. Go back to your OBS Studio settings and click on the "+" icon next to the "Service" field. Select the streaming service that you want to use for this stream from the drop-down menu provided. This will allow you to easily switch between different services in the future.

Some users may also be using custom streaming servers or other services like Watch People, Code, Restream, or GoodGame. To add these services to OBS Studio, go back to your settings and click on the "+" icon next to the "Service" field. Select the service that you want to use from the drop-down menu provided.

If you're using multiple streams, make sure to update your username for each streaming service separately. This is because some services may require a different username or password for each stream. You can find these settings in the description box for each streaming service.

Finally, when setting up OBS Studio for streaming, it's essential to have all of the necessary software and tools available. Make sure that you're using the latest version of OBS Studio and any other necessary software for your streaming setup.

By following these steps and tips, you can easily set up different streaming services using OBS Studio and start sharing your content with others. Remember to always keep your stream key private and secure, as it allows access to your stream.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone my name is Adam reos Vox and welcome back to another OBS multiplatform or OBS Studio tutorial this is a part of a bigger tutorial series that I'm running on my channel links to the playlist with the previous videos and upcoming videos will be in the description below along with a lot of other helpful links so if you have questions looking for more information looking for something that I talk talked about in the video check the video description you'll find a lot of information be sure to smash that like button and subscribe to the channel for more awesome videos and let's get started this video is brought to you by tunnel bear tunnel bear is an extremely fast and cheap or even free way to protect and hide your data and IP address from unwanted spying by hiding it behind a bear tunnel bear also zaps away tracking cookies and allows you to Tunnel through other countries to avoid censorship it's fast affordable and even has a free option click the l in the description below to try it out for free today this video is also brought to you by our contributors to our patreon campaign our patrons contribute to our work via a small monthly contribution to help us build bigger and better projects content and collaborations and they receive Early Access to our videos across all of our channels check the description or YouTube card now to check it out in this video we're going to be covering the live stream settings options since a lot of these settings are very similar to the previous version of OBS I'm just focusing on this for this video however I will do oneoff videos to go start to finish for streaming to Twitch YouTube gaming and hitbox as well as maybe a couple offbeat platforms as well again check the video playlist in the description to find out those videos so to get to our streaming settings options on your main OBS multiplatform window here go click click the settings button and then click the stream tab here now you have two different options you can either stream to a custom streaming server if you have a specific platform that you're streaming to that isn't supported yet and that you have the information for you can put your URL and stream key here as well if you're streaming to one of these supported platforms which are twitch hitbox YouTube beam.pro Daily Motion or live coding then choose one of these options from the streaming services menu so it's basically the exact same setup for all of these options and it's really super easy in this new platform so for twitch you have twitch and then you choose your servers or your yeah your server and the closest one to me is going to be Chicago and then you put in your stream key which for twitch you get from twitch.tv/ yourusername SL dashboard slst stream key or click your username up here and go to dashboard and then click stream key and then show key now this is going to apply to all of the streaming platforms but do not show anyone your stream key if you show them your key you must reset it and generate a new one because this key gives them the option to stream to your your channel even without logging in same thing will apply to YouTube hitbox Etc do not show anyone your key and do not show it on stream but click showkey and copy it into this box here and it will replace it with dots and then click apply and you're done same thing for YouTube and YouTube gaming if you choose YouTube from our drop- down menu here then go over to the live dashboard in the live streaming menu of your YouTube Creator Studio here if you don't have the live streaming option go to your channel settings and status and features and check the live streaming options you may have to check with your network to see what's going on with that but click live streaming and then accept any agreements you have to listen to and then here it will give you your stream key and in case you need to set it up with a custom URL and another software you have that but your stream key is all you need here and again hit reveal and then it'll have hide and reset if you show it to anyone you need to reset it and put it back here in OBS and then you have you can either stream to the primary or Backup backup server pretty much in all cases you want to stream to the primary one and then paste your key in there click apply and you're ready to start streaming same thing with hitbox if we go to hitbox.tv as our option go to your hitbox settings click your little Avatar up here in the corner go to live stream settings and then it will have your stream key and then you can click show and again if you show anyone hit generate new but click show copy it paste it in this box hit apply you're ready to start streaming and then you you can also choose a server for hitbox if you want to choose a closer one for example Us East Washington is closer to me hit apply you're ready to go and then same thing for all of those and there are more streaming services supported here if you click show all services there's uh what watch people code restream good game a bunch of these weird set you know services that most people don't use which is why it hides it but if you don't use any of those Services then uncheck that and and you'll only see the most common ones that you use and hit apply if you're streaming to a custom streaming server then you just need the stream key in the URL for example if we go to our live dashboard for YouTube and links to all of these dashboards will be in the description below but keep in mind you will have to replace your username on Twitch and hitbox But Here For example it'll you have your server URL copy that into your url box and then copy your key into the key box and then if it's a website that requires you to log in use authentification type in your username and your password and then click apply and okay and you're ready to start streaming to whatever service that is really super simple to set up in this version of OBS and they made it so easy and that that also works for streaming to YouTube gaming and I went over how to set up YouTube gaming in a previous OBS tutorial and I'll cover it in a future one for OBS multiplatform so just keep checking links in the description below for all of these videos and you'll find lots of great stuff if you're wanting to learn more thank you so very much for watching I hope this video helped you if it did be sure to leave a like on the video subscribe to the channel for more awesome Tech content check out our patreon campaign where you can contribute to the channels via a monthly contribution and receive Early Access to all of our videos across like four different or five different channels or something and get you know special Patron only q&a's and things like that also be sure to follow us over on Twitch at twitch.tv/ eposvox that link will be in the description below we've been picking up more streams and once we finish our final move here we're moving to an apartment we're going to be streaming a ton so be sure to follow us over on Twitch and feel free to request whatever game you'd like to see if you want to see us stream a game we may very well stream it be sure to request it as well and yeah thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in the next video again all of our videos should be up by time you watch this in the playlist I'm just making them public intermittently so as to not spam subscriber sub boxes have a great day you just watched another epic Tech video from me eos's vox consider crushing that like button and subscribing to the channel That way you never miss an upload also check the links in the description to follow me on Twitter and Facebook and hit up our patreon campaign for Early Access to videos see you in the next epic Tech videohello everyone my name is Adam reos Vox and welcome back to another OBS multiplatform or OBS Studio tutorial this is a part of a bigger tutorial series that I'm running on my channel links to the playlist with the previous videos and upcoming videos will be in the description below along with a lot of other helpful links so if you have questions looking for more information looking for something that I talk talked about in the video check the video description you'll find a lot of information be sure to smash that like button and subscribe to the channel for more awesome videos and let's get started this video is brought to you by tunnel bear tunnel bear is an extremely fast and cheap or even free way to protect and hide your data and IP address from unwanted spying by hiding it behind a bear tunnel bear also zaps away tracking cookies and allows you to Tunnel through other countries to avoid censorship it's fast affordable and even has a free option click the l in the description below to try it out for free today this video is also brought to you by our contributors to our patreon campaign our patrons contribute to our work via a small monthly contribution to help us build bigger and better projects content and collaborations and they receive Early Access to our videos across all of our channels check the description or YouTube card now to check it out in this video we're going to be covering the live stream settings options since a lot of these settings are very similar to the previous version of OBS I'm just focusing on this for this video however I will do oneoff videos to go start to finish for streaming to Twitch YouTube gaming and hitbox as well as maybe a couple offbeat platforms as well again check the video playlist in the description to find out those videos so to get to our streaming settings options on your main OBS multiplatform window here go click click the settings button and then click the stream tab here now you have two different options you can either stream to a custom streaming server if you have a specific platform that you're streaming to that isn't supported yet and that you have the information for you can put your URL and stream key here as well if you're streaming to one of these supported platforms which are twitch hitbox YouTube beam.pro Daily Motion or live coding then choose one of these options from the streaming services menu so it's basically the exact same setup for all of these options and it's really super easy in this new platform so for twitch you have twitch and then you choose your servers or your yeah your server and the closest one to me is going to be Chicago and then you put in your stream key which for twitch you get from twitch.tv/ yourusername SL dashboard slst stream key or click your username up here and go to dashboard and then click stream key and then show key now this is going to apply to all of the streaming platforms but do not show anyone your stream key if you show them your key you must reset it and generate a new one because this key gives them the option to stream to your your channel even without logging in same thing will apply to YouTube hitbox Etc do not show anyone your key and do not show it on stream but click showkey and copy it into this box here and it will replace it with dots and then click apply and you're done same thing for YouTube and YouTube gaming if you choose YouTube from our drop- down menu here then go over to the live dashboard in the live streaming menu of your YouTube Creator Studio here if you don't have the live streaming option go to your channel settings and status and features and check the live streaming options you may have to check with your network to see what's going on with that but click live streaming and then accept any agreements you have to listen to and then here it will give you your stream key and in case you need to set it up with a custom URL and another software you have that but your stream key is all you need here and again hit reveal and then it'll have hide and reset if you show it to anyone you need to reset it and put it back here in OBS and then you have you can either stream to the primary or Backup backup server pretty much in all cases you want to stream to the primary one and then paste your key in there click apply and you're ready to start streaming same thing with hitbox if we go to hitbox.tv as our option go to your hitbox settings click your little Avatar up here in the corner go to live stream settings and then it will have your stream key and then you can click show and again if you show anyone hit generate new but click show copy it paste it in this box hit apply you're ready to start streaming and then you you can also choose a server for hitbox if you want to choose a closer one for example Us East Washington is closer to me hit apply you're ready to go and then same thing for all of those and there are more streaming services supported here if you click show all services there's uh what watch people code restream good game a bunch of these weird set you know services that most people don't use which is why it hides it but if you don't use any of those Services then uncheck that and and you'll only see the most common ones that you use and hit apply if you're streaming to a custom streaming server then you just need the stream key in the URL for example if we go to our live dashboard for YouTube and links to all of these dashboards will be in the description below but keep in mind you will have to replace your username on Twitch and hitbox But Here For example it'll you have your server URL copy that into your url box and then copy your key into the key box and then if it's a website that requires you to log in use authentification type in your username and your password and then click apply and okay and you're ready to start streaming to whatever service that is really super simple to set up in this version of OBS and they made it so easy and that that also works for streaming to YouTube gaming and I went over how to set up YouTube gaming in a previous OBS tutorial and I'll cover it in a future one for OBS multiplatform so just keep checking links in the description below for all of these videos and you'll find lots of great stuff if you're wanting to learn more thank you so very much for watching I hope this video helped you if it did be sure to leave a like on the video subscribe to the channel for more awesome Tech content check out our patreon campaign where you can contribute to the channels via a monthly contribution and receive Early Access to all of our videos across like four different or five different channels or something and get you know special Patron only q&a's and things like that also be sure to follow us over on Twitch at twitch.tv/ eposvox that link will be in the description below we've been picking up more streams and once we finish our final move here we're moving to an apartment we're going to be streaming a ton so be sure to follow us over on Twitch and feel free to request whatever game you'd like to see if you want to see us stream a game we may very well stream it be sure to request it as well and yeah thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in the next video again all of our videos should be up by time you watch this in the playlist I'm just making them public intermittently so as to not spam subscriber sub boxes have a great day you just watched another epic Tech video from me eos's vox consider crushing that like button and subscribing to the channel That way you never miss an upload also check the links in the description to follow me on Twitter and Facebook and hit up our patreon campaign for Early Access to videos see you in the next epic Tech video\n"