How to live stream Facebook with OBS Studio software

Live stream on Facebook is now no stranger to users of this social network. You can or any screen. To be able to live stream from PC to Facebook we will use OBS Studio software.

This is an upgrade software and a new version of Open Broadcaster Software. In general, how to stream live to Facebook using OBS Studio is the same as when. The following article social-networking-tips will guide you how to stream live screen to Facebook using OBS Studio.

1. Guide live stream Facebook with OBS Studio

Step 1:

First, click on the link below to download OBS Studio software. Then proceed with the installation as usual.

Step 2:

In the software interface, click on Sources icon to select the video recording mode. In this list there are many options for direct recording of the screen. There will be some frequently used options such as:

• Display Capture để live stream toàn màn hình máy tính.
• Image Slide Show để live stream slide show lên Facebook.
• Game Capture để live stream màn hình game.
• Video Capture Device để live stream kèm webcam.
• Windows Capture sẽ lựa chọn cửa sổ ứng dụng đang mở để live stream.

If you want to live stream your computer screen to Facebook, choose Display Capture.

Step 3:

Display naming interface for screen live stream operation. You name it and click OK below.

Step 4:

Display the live stream screen on OBS Studio, click OK.

Step 5:

Go to your personal Facebook account and click on the Video section directly above the interface.

Step 6:

Display the Connect to live broadcast screen, click the Connect button. Note that during the live stream streaming on Facebook, this interface may not be turned off.

This will display the server URL and Block flow. Click the Copy button to copy these 2 contents. Note to readers, if you don't see the Flow lock line, minimize the computer screen.

Step 7:

Go back to the OBS Studio software interface, click the Settings button.

Step 8:

Switch to the new interface and click on the Stream section, then look to the right of the Stream Type section and select the Custom Streaming Server.

This will display 2 lines of URL and Stream key. Please copy 2 lines of server URL and Block thread on Facebook interface and enter this content as shown below. Click Apply and OK to save.

Step 9:

Click Start Streaming in the software interface to play live stream on Facebook.

Step 10:

It will then display the live stream screen on Facebook for users to preview.

Step 11:

Looking to the side you can enter a title for the currently playing video, add content, ... then press the Live Play button.

Also in this section can press the Schedule button to schedule live stream. In the scheduling interface we can choose the playback time, images waiting before playing live tream. Finally click Schedule.

Video results will be played live on Facebook as below.

Step 12:

To stop playing the video directly on Facebok, click the End video button directly in the Facebook Direct Connect interface. Or press the Stop Streaming button on OBS Studio software.

For gamers who normally live stream games on Facebook, there is a need to include webcam images in the video.

2. How to live stream on Facebook with webcam

Step 1:

In the Sources section click Display Capture to live stream the computer screen. To continue streaming with the webcam screen, select Video Capture Device.

Also name this live stream playback operation and click OK.

Step 2:

Instantly displays the image preview screen captured from the webcam. We will have the settings below to adjust the webcam image. If not, click OK to save.

Step 3:

Then there is the webcam image displayed directly on the live stream screen. Users can zoom in or zoom out the webcam frame size by dragging the red frame, changing the location of the webcam on the screen. This adjustment depends on each person and live content on Facebook.

Step 4:

You also go to the Live Video section on Facebook to get the server URL and Lock the stream as above. Then paste into the URL and Stream Key section on OBS Studio software.

The live stream preview screen results will look like the image below. The location of the webcam screen will be displayed on the live stream screen.

Finally we play live stream as usual.

Through OBS Studio software, we can easily play videos directly from the computer screen to Facebook. The server URL and Blocking URL are available in live video playback on Facebook, so you don't need to access external sources. If you enter the URL and Stream key on OBS Studio error, reload the page that provides Locking Flow on Facebook and re-enter the content.

Video tutorial live stream on Facebook

I wish you all success!

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