How to Stream Live Games to YouTube: Step-by-Step Guide

This updated guide explains how to Stream Live Games to YouTube through clear steps, practical examples, and important checks that help prevent common errors.

Things to Prepare to Stream Game on YouTube:

• Web browsers: Chrome, FireFox, Coc Coc, etc.
• Google Account used to sign in to YouTube
• OBS Studio Software (Download here: https://obsproject. com/)

Steps to Live Stream Game on YouTube:

Step 1 : You access YouTube and log in your account, after successful login, please visit the address below to access the YouTube Studio interface:

https://www. YouTube. com/live_dashboard

Step 2: In the admin window, scroll down to the Basic Information section and enter information for your Stream, respectively:

1. Enter a title for the Stream
2. Add a description for the Stream
3. Stream list we choose the game
4. Enter the name of the game you will Stream
5. Choose the privacy mode, if you want everyone to see it, select Public

Step 3 : Switch to the Stream Options tab to set up additional options such as allowing you to rewind the Stream, the delay of the Stream.

If you may need to install more, you can select Advanced settings at the bottom:

The bottom is that Set up encoder, this is the most important, is the key to help you Stream the game to YouTube.

Step 4: Open the OBS Studio software installed in the preparation above. At the main interface of the software you choose File -> Settings

In the Settings window you select the Stream tab, in the Service section you select YouTube, your server to the default and the Stream Key we will get in the Name / stream key in the YouTube window.

Click Show to show the stream key, then copy the key to the Stream Key and click Apply.

Step 5 : Now open the game you may need to Stream, then return to the main interface of OBS, click the plus sign in Source and then select Game Capture:

Step 6: A small window appears, name the source and click OK:

Step 7 : The next window appears, choose the following:

- Mode : Select Capture Specific Windows if you are playing the game as a window, otherwise select Full Screen.

- Windows : Select the game window that you may need to record the game with in OBS studio.

Then click OK.

Step 8: Back to the main interface you will see the game window appears, click Start Streaming to start the Live Stream game:

Step 9 : Open the YouTube window and wait for about 15 seconds before the Stream screen starts to appear. Now you will see the message You are streaming directly on the screen:

When you may need to stop the Stream you just need to press Stop Streaming is done: