Who Should Use StreamYard?

If you want to raise brand awareness via live video streaming, check out StreamYard.

The platform is a good fit for any company looking to take advantage of live streaming across social media platforms at a relatively low cost and in an easy-to-use interface.

(Video) Brief Walkthrough

StreamYard Review and Walkthrough

Register for the FREE version when starting with StreamYard, especially if you have no experience with live streaming.

This will allow you to get comfortable with the concepts and only upgrade when your usage demands require you.

Upon initial login, your experience will be a bit empty, looking like this.

Setting Up Streaming Destinations

Streaming is only valuable if you send the stream somewhere.  We begin with selecting destinations and choosing the Destinations menu on the left-hand navigation.

You’ll see a big blue button to “Add a destination”, choose that.

StreamYard demonstrates that they get the stress that some people feel with live streaming and provides a solution to try live streaming without a destination.

We will use that option in a moment, but let’s demonstrate how to set up a destination while we are here.

For now, choose Twitter.  

The flow will be similar to all destinations, with you giving permissions for StreamYard to interact with the destination platform.

Simply click on the “Authorize app” button, and you will be directed back to the Destinations page with your new destination listed.

The three-dot menu allows you to grant permission again and remove the stream.

Now, click back on Broadcasts to test live streaming

Don’t worry; we will still test, not stream to your social channel.

Click on the “Create a broadcast” button.

Choose the New broadcast option.

Since we are testing, choose Record only to experience the studio without sending any session to our Twitter account.

 

The studio will open showing you in your webcam and allowing you to test audio.

Am I whistling?

In the settings option, you can set up your virtual background, change microphones and cameras, and perform other configuration options.

 

We now name the broadcast and continue into the studio.

Note: By default, you are not “in the stream”, meaning you won’t show up.  Click on your image in the bottom left of the screen to add yourself in.

You can change between various broadcast layouts using the options right under the video window.

From the studio, you can invite additional guests into your stream, share your screen, adjust branding, and much more.

We will add more coverage soon.

Around The Web

 

Website

Crunchbase

LinkedIn

Pricing

StreamYard comes with two paid plans and a FREE option.

All plans include automated content briefs, content scoring, content editor, easy document sharing, project collaboration, outline builder, and more.

Free

Basic

$20/month if billed annually.

Everything in Free, plus: 

• No StreamYard branding in your streams
• Unlimited streaming
• 10 on-screen participants
• Logo
• Overlays
• Backgrounds
• Custom RTMP destinations
• Pre-recorded streams
• Recording – 6 hours/stream
• Multistream – 3 destinations

Professional