Given that is a challenge I myself am facing at this moment, it seemed like a great time to get around to making this video. I am both streaming to substack, as well as to twitch, for my creator and gaming brands respectively.
Both of which would do better if I was simulcasting them across platforms.
Not only that but taking the opportunity that vertical livestreaming platforms like YouTube Shorts offers us!
Related: https://polyinnovator.space/why-you-need-to-multistream-horizontally-and-vertically/
You WILL regret not livestreaming sooner, and taking advantage of the opportunity in front of us in this moment.
Why is this a format I’m pushing so hard?
Ironically it is the one I have the least amount of experience with, but that is exactly why I am changing that situation.
I joined Vine and Tiktok very early on, and I saw the opportunity at hand for that fresh take on content. The short form video being what I mean.
Currently right now YouTube Shorts is under-appreciated attention. I have only truly seen Pokemon YouTubers streaming to vertical YouTube. Let ALONE at the same time as horizontal youtube simultaneously.
Despite livestreaming becoming such a huge thing on Tiktok, it seems that there is still under priced attention at this moment for certain games or types of streams. For those creators out there looking for an opportunity to grow I am literally giving it to you right now. Substack is also very new to livestreaming, and I think that over time when the feature gets a bit better, that we will see more viewers/streamers on here.
Here are the Tools mentioned!
These are going to be somewhat in order, akin to the video, but towards the end are the ones I would recommend. The only one I have an affiliate link for I think is streamlabs by the way. I’ll share what is best at the end.
Some Basic Tools:
https://restream.io/ Limited to just horizontal, and very expensive compared to other tools.
Potentially great if you are streaming from a Console only Https://golightstream.com/studio/
https://prismlive.com/en_us/home.html More mobile centric
Limited livestreaming features (horizontal only) and I haven’t tested https://riverside.com/livestream
Streamyard - Price hiked a lot in the last couple years since two acquisitions, not worth it IMO
https://www.xsplit.com/ rather archaic
A couple other ones I found in my notes after recording:
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/multistream-by-streamway.1882/ using https://streamway.in/
Better Tools:
If all you care about is Tiktok, then https://www.tiktok.com/studio/download
If you have the know how for servers/secondary PC, this could be a great cost savings (potentially only horizontal) https://github.com/datarhei/restreamer
Not familiar with this one but relatively cheap https://polystreamer.com/
IMO Best Tools:
🥡 Takeaways
If you are going to multistream to horizontal and vertical, then I would suggest an OBS plugin or Meld Studio. If you have the computer power, and maybe more importantly internet bandwidth. Then you can go ahead and multistream using a locally powered tool.
However if you don’t think your computer can handle that bandwidth, or you are using a console setup (as in streaming from the console not a PC). Then using something like Streamlabs would be the way to go!
Lightstream might be a good option too if you want to support a smaller company. I think Streamlabs had copied them originally.
I am simply pragmatic, and want my content to reach as far as possible. Thus I am trying to think outside of the box, and use whatever tool will get my job I need done.
Feel free to leave a comment if you have questions, and I will be making a more specific podcast focused Multistreaming episode too!
Bonus info if need: https://www.dacast.com/blog/live-broadcasting-software/#11_prism_live_studio
Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.
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