How To Stream 24/7 on YouTube Using Pre Recorded Videos and OBS

[@TwoPineapples]

Been 24/7 livestreaming non-stop since 2020...from using my own machine to vitural server . Having the virtual server was great except for the limitations. As for the audience...it's two different crowds thats for sure. My 24/7 crowd doesnt always make it to my "non-live" videos. I get it...it's hard to watch someone yapping away when you are used to the watching an erupting volcano live or viewing a earthquake swarm live. Good video Michael. Always like your take on educating those looking for way to better their channels. Aloha

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@mediatechtube]

interesting. What is your hardware and software setup for your 24/7 stream?

[@itspaperboy]

What virtual server did you use?

[@LeBigKoklm]

I'd be curious what vps did you use for it?

[@Christmas_at_GroRooms]

hey guys thnx for the inspiration on not giving up being YT cC, we are relatively new and are now taking a swing at our Xmas Channel here, but are 24/7 christmas channels only live in december? is it even possible to start one up now? or are they being over running each other? Kind regards from the Elves Hood :)

[@wingedcanvas]

Really helpful, to the point, and easy to understand. Thanks!

[@ChaosAndCheer]

This was an awesome tutorial. I didn't consider the fact that the stream would be running in the background from my computer the entire time it's live so I think what I'll try is having a live stream going over-night while I'm sleeping-I seem to get most of my viewers in the wee hours of the morning so I'll experiment with this. Thanks again, great video!

[@rk1362]

Nice Video. Michael, your stuff is always staight to the point and clearly done. Thank you.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DipshankarDas]

Really nice tutorial :) Thank you!!

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help.

[@CBTstreams]

I keep watching your videos for evey problem have or thing I wanna do from search results, I realise after maybe the 5th or 6th time, I should probably subscribe 😂😂😂 Cheers mate, you're a legend

[@eric81766]

I could see this being useful as an indie game developer for having content running all day on launch day.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

For sure

[@djflipside33]

I’m really curious about what you said at the end. Doing this from a cloud server for $20. You have examples of this?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

You can do a search for server space and find all sorts of cheap options. its really a product of how much it takes to run a smooth instance of OBS and VLC tht just encodes simple videos and streams them. Since you probably have to use X264 for the encoding it could be more overhead to get a smoth stream than I am thinking, but if the videos are all optimized it shouldnt be much for OBS to encode an X264 stream and server bandwith going up is pretty much infinate, or at least way more than a stream like this would require.

[@KopitesOfAnfield]

Thanks for this Michael love your channel. Do you have to keep your laptop on?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

if you are not running it on a remote server, yes.

[@KopitesOfAnfield]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr can you post anything on it or do you still get copyright claim/strikes?

[@KopitesOfAnfield]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr what spec do I need for a remote server Michael? Any recommendations?

[@ForsTv365]

Dear Michael Feyrer Jr. thank you very much for your help. It'is great work.

[@blakepace]

Very, very nice, Michael! Having watched a few of this kind of 24/7 stream on other channels I wondered if and how I could do it too. however, I now have a great fear of seeing a 24/7 livestream of Carl the Cat

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

We need more Carl huh lol

[@EscapeStoriesMix]

Can I live stream my previous youtube videos?

[@CBTstreams]

By path/URL, could you do a KZbin video url or better yet a KZbin playlist?

[@kenwarner]

love it. I've been thinking about doing this too. reminds me of after the late late night shows end, the infomercials play until morning. when i'm not live i'll just let my personal infomercial run till I get back online 🤔

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

I love that idea!!

[@ArmandoMedia]

Does KZbin allow uploading the same content a couple of time?

[@Lil_Cam_5_1]

How do we do this on Android/Chromebook... It only lists rtsp and mms on the Android app and YT uses rtmp

[@djblendz7715]

This is pretty cool. The only issue I ran into was all the videos need to be the same size or the size changes on screen.

[@2020MediaChannel]

Thank you so much. Can you please put a video about how to buy sever and setup ? Pls 🙏

[@RobinsBuysandDIYs]

I tried once doing the live stream with a video playing over and over looping it on StreamYard and my audience was like, "when are you coming on, Robin??" I couldn't get away with it lol but I might try it again with this little trick. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Cant wait to hear how it goes.

[@MajHun-xb1fm]

Thank you very much, Michael. I really appreciate it.

[@repentance101]

Very well presented, thanks for showing the way that VLC could be used.

[@LOVATV]

i just want to ask brother @MichaelFeyrerJr, if i stream 24/7 my own old video from youtube , i will not get reuse content?

[@MAVOmusicYT]

Big ups for that Iced Earth t-shirt 🤘😁

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

One of my favorites

[@venkatesanramdoss8767]

I did the same thing for my vertical live stream what u said, but audio is not working.Can u please guide me

[@anburathisindhuja9866]

Thank you so much for your help. I have started live stream based on your video.

[@ABDP]

can you make a video about buying/renting server space? I would love to start a 24 hour live stream but I cannot give up my computer 24/7 lol. I would love to see the steps and recommendations to set this up as I've never rented server space. $20 seems more than fair to run

[@dailychallengesquizzes]

on KZbin?

[@RimeBeatz]

I have never gone live, and now I look forward to starting my first stream. Also, glad to be the 1k LIKE on this video!.! 👊🙂

[@donaldstott1899]

Michael, you mentioned a server....dumb question but where do you find that so I could do that. Great idea and great video

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Just do a search for server space on your favorite search engine.

[@beyondthepain-estrangement]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr so, i looked some up and they range widely......so i guess my question for you is how to i figure out the size i need to put OBS on and say a 2 hour loop of video....if you can point me in the direction to figure that out......i could decide on one perhaps....i mean there is 1 $5 a month with 30 GB SSD - 150 GB SSD and 1 - 8 cores, 1 GB - 8 GB but i just don't know how to translate that

[@itspaperboy]

@@beyondthepain-estrangementdid you ever figure it out? 😅

[@pianosymmetry]

Thanks for this. Very useful

[@ingridsanchezeger4181]

Excellent information. 👍 Thanks so much Michael 😊👉🏻👻👻👻

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bumblebeausa5780]

This is a great ideas for growing the audience! Thanks Michael for the great info, questions: can this be done on Facebook? What if I want to stream 3 days a week, is there a setup for it? Hop to hear from you, I always learn new things from your content, much appreciated you ❤

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

I dont see why it couldnt be done on facebook.

[@MarylandDevin]

Thank you so much for this video! Any suggestions for server streaming? I've been looking for a few days now. There are a lot all over the place with pros and cons. It's a lot to sort through. Narrowing down some options here would be extremely helpful. I also have come across some sites that are geared specifically for this task. I would like an option capable of 1080 60fps with potential of 4k 60fps (under a higher plan). Running multiple (3+) at the same time would also be desired.

[@mediatechtube]

Nice video. I am just wondering how stable this would actually be as a 24/7 service, since OBS is software running in a desktop environment, i think running a web service type system might provide further stability, and could probably perform better on a lower powered system. Especially if someone is going to keep it on / running 24/7 365 days a year.

[@Minimisshow]

Great video. Just 1 question about streaming. Are you allowed to stream the same 60 minute video on a daily basis? Would that be counted as a repeat and then youtube don't monetise or is it Ok to use the same video for streaming? Thanks

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

That's what I was concerned about, too. 🤔🤔

[@Uncle_P_415]

I love this dude

[@ThatJunkman]

so i have to leave my computer on 24/7?

[@RobinsBuysandDIYs]

What a great idea!

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks

[@smartnet24]

Hello Michael, could you please advise why the streaming after 24+ hours OBS is lagging. The only helping if i am restarting the OBS. Same time PC is working properly. Thanks

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

could be lots of things, heat in the PC has it throttling performance, Ram fills up with no way to purge while you are live. Lots if potential things.

[@withoutyourhead]

VLC video source does not show as an option on my OBS

[@EchoesOfNatura]

Make sure the bitness (32 or 64 bit) of vlc and OBS is the same. If you use the 64-bit version of OBS, you have to have the 64-bit version of VLC installed.

[@withoutyourhead]

@@EchoesOfNatura I got it working ty :)

[@PrecursorJake]

How do you make it 24/7 tho? I mean eventually you have to turn off your pc...? Won't OBS stop running ?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

It will run as long as you keep it on.

[@GD15555]

Helped! Can I close obs to stream? What is PC reboots?

[@dailychallengesquizzes]

Unfortunately, it won't work like this, you need to keep your PC on all the time. If you don't want to keep your machine on, you can try something like Livereacting

[@LevityMusings]

Help! I uploaded a video to live stream tomorrow night. I can see the video play on OBS but can't hear the audio on OBS. In the audio mixer, I dont see desktop or desktop audio working, however, in media source 2, I see the audio bar moving. Does this mean the audio will broadcast when I turn on the streaming?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Yes. It will broadcast. If you want to hear it you need to change monitoring in advanced audio properties to monitor and output.

[@LevityMusings]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr Thank you you are awesome! I just saw this in one of your other videos. However, to hear in "monitor", I think that is only via headphones connected to the laptop? Even though I set it to "monitor and output", I can't hear it via the the laptop speaker, so I assume you can only hear it via connected headphones?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

@@LevityMusings That is dependent on what you have set as your monitor in settings. However it should always be headphones because if you use a speaker it will feed back in through your microphone and couse an echo.

[@LevityMusings]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr again you are so kind and helpful!

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

Stream yard?

[@SoftTides-z4d]

does it mean that i need to run my obs 24/7 as well? and my laptop or computer will be 24/7 open as well?

[@Slyazu]

thanks you very much ! 😎😎

[@NatureTVLive]

How do we get more than one stream at the same time?

[@VIDEOZISEKEJE-w4j]

Answer please 😮 Can you get Dollar if you are monitized ??

[@KooroshAcademy]

Thanks for content. I have a question that I can't find any answer for that anywhere. I have a7slll and I want recording with that in OBS with 4K 60FPS, but OBS just let me select preset for that maximum 1980*1080 and not more. why I can't find 3840x2160 option for that? in other hand I have DJI osmo pocket 3 and with that I have 3840x2160 but maximum in 30 FPS :)) . how can I have 4k in My Sony Camera in OBS ? I use iMac and I connect my camera to OBS with USB C and it works well. Thanks you

[@lusigamer-gta6]

i cant let my pc on for 24/7. any solution for this?

[@0bserver44]

Could i do this with like 48 hours of video or is that too much for system to cope with

[@gnpgameplay]

Sir my channel was monetized already if I play pre recorded video via obs loop the live streaming is there any issue for my channel please reply your hard core subscriber

[@iffy98]

How do i mute the computer audio while allowing the prerecored audio to play live in OBS?

[@itspaperboy]

What Obs version do you use?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

I am currently on the newest version. Which is rare for me, but its stable.

[@pattythegypsy]

This video was very useful and you got a new subscriber. I would like to see how it's possible to run this on a server without using my computer.

[@Aqeditz]

Video starts at 2:25

[@nikzahui3477]

what happens if your turn off your desktop after the OBS transition started?

[@snaggin_cats]

D A N C I N G 24/7 //edit is there a way to add an audio spectrum ?

[@RobinsBuysandDIYs]

What about the 12 hour thing on KZbin where you can only stream for 12 hours and then you need to make a new live stream?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

I dont know how that works. I didnt see any limitation like that.

[@RobinsBuysandDIYs]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr yes KZbin doesn’t archive live streams over 12 hours so you have to make a new one once the 12 hours is up.

[@tramitescc]

You can stream for more than 12 hours, but the restriction is that KZbin doesn't save the video, so users cannot watch it after the stream has finished.

[@tramitescc]

​@@RobinsBuysandDIYs you can do a stream for more than 12 hours, I have donde in other channel.

[@tramitescc]

​@@RobinsBuysandDIYsYou can do a stream for more than 12 hours; I have done it on another channel.

[@TheStandingStreamer]

Holy crap! Iced Earth! Tell me you’re a Richard Cristy fan!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

RC is a noine outta 10.

[@MochaMediaStoryteller]

I’m a church video editor with umteenth million event highlights and promos. Can you imagine any structure or context that makes sense for engagement purpose run with this idea? Thanks Mike!

[@Turbo614]

Always on point

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks

[@MoviesFromTheMultiverse]

BIG ❤

[@nikzahui3477]

If the full video is already on youtube, how do you run it Live 24/7 ?

[@Dgaming_gamer]

I love this video so musch ❤

[@Louieplayz152]

this really helped me thx

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help.

[@backyardmetalcasting]

This sounds like a great way to get monetized? As long as someone’s watching, you are getting watch time?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Yep

[@DataCrossPuzzles]

You might run into problems by posting reused content. Not sure though

[@BinuM.V.]

Thanks for valuable information...

[@GUITARSTUFF911]

This is a great asset for the news channel I work with! Thank you Michael !

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

That’s the perfect type of thing for this.

[@TheRocketN00b]

I love your content. I have a question: Why do you prefer using the stream key over connecting your account to OBS?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Mostly just a creature of habit. I was doing this long before any direct connection was available so I just got in the habit of doing it that way. I also change the stream key a lot for security just because I never know if I maay accidentally leave the key in a video or something.

[@alexsimon1473]

Thank you So Much!

[@NatureTVLive]

Thanks man!!

[@thalaiyuthugamer]

Am having 142 subs...And starting now am gonna use 24*7 . Lets see how long I'll grow....Credits will be yours ,my friend.

[@itspaperboy]

any luck?

[@thalaiyuthugamer]

@@itspaperboy yes bro. The views increased but as he says the system had heated so much. Therefore I stopped

[@asiimwepeter1316]

​@@thalaiyuthugamer which app do i use to livestream pre recorded videos and has no limitations of unnecessary watermarks & video duration. Any link please help

[@kingsleyanthony803]

i did a live stream with OBS and it lasted 18 hours, but when i tried plying the video on my youtube channel, it would not play, how do you fix that

[@dailychallengesquizzes]

it's because YT doesn't save videos that last longer than 12h

[@satyrusgrandis4748]

love your t-shirt! \m/

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks!

[@StrongOnesEP]

Thank you

[@ymirogaming]

thanks you sir

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help.

[@Shrapnel_Music]

Literally NO VLC source to add. So this is a "winblows" thing. Not linux

[@withoutyourhead]

same

[@GypsyStacker]

Thx

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

No problem

[@Infxnt]

Is this free?

[@relaxingwithcass]

New Subscriber 🎉 can you have a channel with livestreams only and be monetized?

[@fernandobarbosa25]

I usually don’t comment on videos, but you are very straightforward in your explanation, and your video helped me a lot. You provided content that doesn’t rely on virtual servers I would need to pay for, and your solution is very simple. To support you, I’m here giving you a like and leaving this comment.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks. Glad to help.

[@AboutUsToday]

thank you so much. I will follow your instructions.

[@onpointmediake]

Something nice

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

:-)

[@SUPER_DOCTEUR]

good

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks

[@item_plays_those_games]

Bro yaps until 14:00 and then again until 14:34

[@GetSongsDone]

hmm...

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Pretty Cool huh.

[@GetSongsDone]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr not a bad idea to run this at night. it might be way easier to use a paid service like cast r, but yeah

[@TheeUncleElon]

😂 15 minute video right here. My watch time .... 1hr 35min

[@ManteraPj]

Do Live

[@MyMindGeek]

Too much talking and no timestamps !🙄

[@johnquillman785]

Just stop it. Put date of recording on every video

[@garyschumacher9461]

ugh you and your OBS LOL

[@GhostXXX2023]

Can you do 2nd stream while having your 24/7 live stream ongoing?

[@dailychallengesquizzes]

yes

[@ROBOTRIX_eu]

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

👍

[@ourdigitalprofessor]

Thank you