Live streaming on a Facebook Event lets you reach your audience directly, boost engagement, and share live or pre-recorded videos, all while tracking performance with built-in analytics.
To go live on a Facebook Event, follow these steps.
Create a Facebook Live Event
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From the left-hand sidebar, select where you would like to go live, and the selected Facebook profile, page, or group will be the host of the Facebook event.
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Click on Create live video event > Create Event in Facebook Live Producer.
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In the left-hand sidebar, enter event details including Event name, date & time, privacy and description.
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Click on Next.
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In the left-hand column, click on Settings > Stream.
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Copy the persistent stream key from the right-side window.
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Click on Create Event.
- Click on Set up Live Video.
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In the left-hand sidebar, make sure that the Complete post details check box is green.
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Scroll down and toggle on Go Live automatically at the scheduled start time.
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Click on Save changes.
Connecting Facebook via Custom RTMP
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Log in to the OneStream Live dashboard.
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From the left sidebar, click Social Platforms.
- Click Add Platform.
- Select Custom RTMP.
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Assign a name to your Custom RTMP social account & choose Facebook as the platform.
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Paste the Persistent stream key copied from the Facebook Event.
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Click Connect.
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Once the Custom RTMP account is connected, schedule pre-recorded videos or go live in real time on that Custom RTMP social account via OneStream Live.
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The stream will automatically go live on the Facebook event at the set date & time.