How to stream to Facebook Live or YouTube?

How to stream to Facebook Live or YouTube?

Actually, both Facebook Live and YouTube streamings are RTMP streaming. And both require H.264 encoded video. Here you can find information about H.264 encoding options


Note please, that this information is valid for many external streaming services, like Twitch, Azure Media etc.

Encoding Settings

Here is a Google guide about bitrate settings that perfectly suits for Facebook too:


Note that at the moment YouTube supports up to 4K streaming whereas Facebook works fine with an HD720 format.

For example, to stream 720 50p video an encoding configuration looks like:

RTMP Streaming Overview ( English )



Tutorial video in Hindi ( Facebook )



Tutorial video in Telugu ( Facebook )



Tutorial video in Telugu ( Youtube )


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