How to Stream to Twitch and YouTube?

Online gaming streaming is something that everyone wants to partake in. However, getting a stream up and running on YouTube or Twitch streaming platform can be a tough task. Online streaming involves real-time gameplay and your reactions with the audience. Online game streaming is like bringing the entire enthusiast players under one roof.

Currently, Twitch and YouTube are considered as the most popular online gaming streaming platform in the world. Whereas in their competition Microsoft has used its own streaming service, Xbox and Windows.

Here in the tutorial, we will guide you on how to stream to Twitch and YouTube from any device. The only thing that you have to learn by yourself is how to improve your gaming performance. For that, Just Practice.

Minimum Requirements for Online Game Streaming

Before we dive into the particular setups, here are the important requirements for starting an online stream, no matter which game you are going to play. A gaming device, gaming headset, a fast internet connection, a webcam, a high-performance gaming router like Nighthawk Gaming Pro Router, Twitch or YouTube account.

Streaming with Twitch

If you are trying to target a large audience, your best bet is Twitch. Be ready: If you want to broadcast your PUBG, Apex Legends, or the Fortnite game sessions, you have to install a couple of applications.

First of all, you have to create a Twitch account and copy or note down your stream key. The stream key is a kind of unique core that is used to link your Twitch account with the free online broadcasting applications. Never share your stream key.

Now, decide whether you want a basic stream which just captures live video of whatever you are doing over the screen, in-game audio, and your webcam and headset. Download a simple broadcasting application.

Broadcasting apps are powerful, despite not have the coolest user interface. Once downloaded and install, you have to enter the Twitch stream key so that broadcasting app can communicate with your Twitch channel and actually understand, where to stream something.

From there, you can choose your medium if you want to stream from a specific window, or from a full-screen. As well as other options like audio levels, stream quality, etc.

Streaming with YouTube

YouTube is one of the most popular platforms for online game streaming. The top gamers like 'Dynamo Gaming' on YouTube have millions of followers. Open broadcasting applications is one of the famous tools used to share the live stream on the YouTube platform.

We put together a step-by-step guide to set up YouTube with OBS. So, let's get started.

First of all, you need a YouTube account, if you don't have the account. You have to verify your account with your mobile number. Until you do not verify the mobile number, you can't continue to stream live on YouTube.

Once verified, move a step ahead to the YouTube Studio dashboard. Click on the 'Red Camera' icon located in the top right corner. After that, hit on the 'Go Live' button.

Download and install any open broadcast software to stream live your game on YouTube. Open the stream application, visit the Stream option on the toolbar. Fill the asked details. Copy the secret key from the YouTube Studio dashboard and paste it in the asked field in OBS.

So, that it. You are done here with the live gaming streaming setup process. We hope you will like it.