You are running YOUTUBE today
YouTube uses the same OBS scenes as Zoom. The only special step is that in OBS you press
Start Streaming (not Start Virtual Camera), and then you press Go live in YouTube Studio.
Step 1 — Get OBS ready
Confirm the camera light on the camera base is blue (camera is on).
Make sure the wireless audio box at the pulpit is on (it shows a blue light).?
Open OBS Studio from the desktop.
The OBS Studio icon on the desktop.
Click the Live Broadcast scene. You should see the live chapel view.
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OBS on the Live Broadcast scene: chapel view, with Camera and Pulpit Mic listed as Sources. (click to enlarge)
Step 2 — Start the broadcast in OBS (both outputs)
On the right side of OBS, under Controls, click Start Virtual Camera, then click Start Streaming. Press both — they work independently and don’t interfere, and running both is your backup.
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The two broadcast buttons in OBS. Click both — each changes to ‘Stop…’ once it is running. (The button labeled YouTube is Start Streaming; the one labeled Zoom is Start Virtual Camera.) (click to enlarge)
Both buttons now read Stop… — Stop Streaming and Stop Virtual Camera. That means both outputs are running. Leave them on.
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✓ You should see: both buttons now read Stop… (Stop Streaming and Stop Virtual Camera).
Both outputs are running — that’s the backupStart Streaming (YouTube) and Start Virtual Camera (Zoom) are independent. Running both means if one platform has a problem, the other still carries the meeting.
Step 3 — Open YouTube Studio
In the web browser, go to YouTube Studio (it may already be your start page).
On the left menu click Manage.
The 'Manage' item in the YouTube menu.
Open the Channel dashboard.
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The 'Channel dashboard' heading. The broadcast icon is on the right. (click to enlarge)
Find today’s Upcoming event: West Bountiful 1st, 7th & 8th Wards.
Today's scheduled 'Upcoming' broadcast for West Bountiful 1st, 7th & 8th Wards, using Streaming software. (click to open YouTube Studio)
Confirm the date is correct, then open it. It is set to use Streaming software (that is OBS).
Check the date
Make sure you are opening today’s event, not next week’s. Going live on the wrong date is the most common mistake.
Step 5 — Go live
When OBS is streaming and the chapel preview looks right, click Go live (top-right).?The 'Go live' button. When OBS is connected, YouTube says you're ready.
If you see “Looks like you’re ready. Click here to start streaming,” that is normal — go ahead and go live.?
You are now broadcasting
From here on, you control everything by switching scenes in OBS. Do not stop the stream between wards.
Step 6 — Check who is watching (for the clerk)
The ward clerk can use the live viewer count for attendance — the same way the Zoom Participants list is used.
Open the live page and read the number of people watching.
In YouTube Studio → Analytics, the Concurrent viewers number (here 19) is the live attendance count for the clerk.
Running the broadcast (same for Zoom & YouTube)
You control what people see at home simply by clicking a scene name in the lower-left corner of OBS.
Here is the whole service in one table:
When
Click this OBS scene (lower-left)
What people at home see
Someone is speaking / the meeting is going on
Live Broadcast
The live chapel view with the pulpit microphone sound.
The sacrament is being blessed & passed
Sacrament
The “Please stand by” video with reverent music. The chapel camera and mic are hidden.
Between wards / waiting to start
Between Meetings
The Church logo screen. No live sound.
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Your three scenes in OBS (lower-left corner). Clicking one of these names is the only live control you need. (click to enlarge)
Switching to the Sacrament scene
When the sacrament is about to begin, click Sacrament in the scenes list.
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OBS switched to the Sacrament scene. Notice the little headphone icon on the Sacrament Video is GREEN so the music is heard. (click to enlarge)
Make sure the green headphone icon next to Sacrament Video in the Audio Mixer is on
(green, not gray). That is what lets the music be heard at home.?The green headphone icon on 'Sacrament Video'. If it is gray, click it once so it turns GREEN.
When the sacrament is finished, click Live Broadcast to go back to the chapel.
Between wards / before the meeting
Click Between Meetings to show the Church logo screen.
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The Between Meetings scene (Church logo). Use this while waiting between wards. (click to enlarge)
Leave this scene up until the next ward starts — do not end the stream or meeting.
Then switch back to Live Broadcast.
When everything is over
Switch OBS to Between Meetings (the logo screen).
In YouTube Studio, click End stream and confirm.
In OBS, click Stop Streaming.
You can leave the camera and computer on; the coordinator will handle the rest.
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