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Stream to your own website

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Wish you could to live stream to your own website? You can with StreamYard!

There are number of ways to accomplish this – in this tutorial we’re going to use YouTube.

Note: If your YouTube account was created after August 2016, you need monetization enabled and an approved AdSense account linked to your YouTube account. Check the YouTube Features page to confirm live streaming and embedding is enabled as well.

Embed a YouTube Live stream

Follow these steps to embed a YouTube Live stream on your website:

  1. Add your YouTube channel on StreamYard. You can do this from your dashboard.
  2. Create a broadcast. Then on the broadcast, click the dots, then “View on YouTube”. 
    view_stream_on_youtube.png
  3. On YouTube, right click on the video section and click “Copy embed code”. 
    youtube_copy_embed_code.png
  4. Paste the embed code onto your website. Your viewers will see the stream on your website when you go live on StreamYard! Note that the embed code will be different for each broadcast.

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