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Questions tagged [youtube-live]

This tag should be used to differentiate questions about the streaming service from other questions on this site. Use when the topic is YouTube Live, a service that provides live streams such as of gaming, music, sports and news. This tag may be used in conjunction with tag [youtube].

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Can I host a private or unlisted livestream on YouTube?

I want to setup a private livestream for my classmates from university. I don't want the stream to be publicly available online, and Twitch doesn't have an option for private streams. Is it possible to set up a private or unlisted stream on YouTube?
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How can I stream live video on YouTube?

Nowadays, I see a lot of users live streaming on YouTube and wanted to try it for myself. However, when I go to my channel I don't see an option for live streaming. I tried researching how to do this on YouTube and Google, but without luck. So I was…
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How do I stop a YouTube live stream?

YouTube's instructions state that to stop the stream: To stop, simply stop streaming from your encoder. YouTube will detect that you stopped sending content and stop the stream for you. When I stop streaming from OBS, the YouTube stream goes…
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Sharing private YouTube Live with a Gmail mailing list

I'm trying to share a private YouTube Live broadcast with a Gmail alias that has 200+ people on it. Will YouTube allow sharing with a mail/distribution list, or do I have to enter each email one by one?
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Forcefully end youtube live stream

How to end youtube live stream? Usually when started a live stream through YouTube Studio, the streaming starts but there's no option to stop it. If streaming through another service such as Zoom, ending the meeting does not turnoff stream.
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How do I know when a live YouTube stream will start?

I'm using safari on iOS 16 looking at a youtube.com page for a live stream that allegedly has not started and is scheduled to start sometime in the future (since it's marked as upcoming in the UI). I'm logged in to my account. The video player…
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YouTube live - unlisted vs private vs public videos

When going live on YouTube live, you have an option to mark the video as "Public", "Unlisted" or "Private". When you want to integrate your live stream channel into another website or application, you can easily link to the generic channel page, but…
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Watching older Youtube Live Streams

I just noticed the following Youtube livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPfHHls50-w which is of a Falcon Heavy launch which happened 9 days ago. Despite that, it still is marked as LIVE and I cannot jump forward in it. There are also people…
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YouTube Live (Quick or 'Hangouts on Air') not working

I can't get YouTube Live to work. It's October 2017, and I know Google is making big changes to Hangouts. I get one of a few different errors: Your domain admin has disabled hangouts on air. (No he hasn't. He is me, and I have enabled hangouts.…
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Posting YouTube Live Stream on Facebook misbehaves?

Whenever I post the URL of a YouTube Live Stream to Facebook, it has the right image, but in a desktop browser it turns into a strange "Send Message" chat link, no matter where I click on it. This is the case in a desktop browser, however on a…
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Can other people see that I'm watching a YouTube stream/chat?

I am looking at some YouTube live stream. The live chat is open but I haven't posted any messages. Can other people (e.g., other users in the chat or the livestream author) see that I'm watching the stream/chat? Example of YouTube live stream and…
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Can I change the URL of a YouTube video?

I am currently doing some live-streaming on YouTube. When the stream is live, I want it to be public. After the stream is over, I'd like the recording to be unlisted, but with a different URL. The obvious way to do this, to my mind, is to change the…
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How to know which manager has deleted a Youtube video?

My educational institution has a Youtube channel, it is a branded account. Some 30 teachers are connected to the channel as managers to upload their class videos, some are also using the live feature. But now, someone is deleting all the videos. Is…
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Automatically move forward to what is really live on a Youtube livestream after a pause and resume

When I watch a Youtube livestream, and then I pause it, and then continue it after a while, it just continues from where it left off. So this makes me watch stuff that has happened before, and I am not really seeing what is live. Can I change any…
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Will YouTube continue to support Gameshow for live streaming?

A few days ago, I opened up Gameshow to start a live stream. Then I came across this message: For the next year we will be updating Gameshow when necessary, but after January 1, 2020, there will no longer be any updates to Gameshow. After…
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