How to live streaming to Facebook pages from PC or MAC

For Live streaming to Facebook pages from PC or MAC, you need is OBS Studio software, a Facebook page you manage and a fast internet connection. Follow these steps to do this.

Step 1. The very first thing to know is that you need to install the OBS Studio software on your computer and not the previous version of the software called OBS Classic. If you install the previous version, you will not be able to perform the task of Facebook live streaming because it is not supported.

Step 2. Open Facebook and log in to your account and then go to the page where you want to live stream. After reaching the page, click on the “Publishing Tools” option from there which you can easily find at the top of your screen.

Step 3. Select the “Videos” option from the sidebar that appears after you apply the above step. In addition, click on the button that says “Live” option and then proceed with the next steps.

Step 4. You will now see that above the popup that would carry the Stream key, just copy that key from there. Please note that you copy that key correctly as it is required while using OBS Studio. After copying the key, press the Next button.

Step 5. Launch the OBS Studio and from there click on the Settings, from there, look for the Stream option in the sidebar that appears. Just paste the Stream Key you just copied in the previous steps into the box that appears on your screen. Select the “Facebook Live” option under the Service tab and then click the OK button.

Step 6. After all that, you should add the sources to the OBS Studio, such as Webcam or a video placed in a folder that would be streamed live. To do that, just click on the “+icon below the Resources box in the software. From the list menu that appears, select Video Capture Device and give it a name, then click the OK button.

Step 7. In the next window that pops up, just select your video capture device you just mentioned in the above step and then click the OK button. You should now see the input from your video capture device in the OBS studio that would be streamed live to the Facebook page, to start the streaming just click the Start Streaming button.