Is this still the case?

@@Gnosis2078 Oh wow - great question. I think so yes, but I wrote that 7 months ago, so I'm not 100% sure. It's a pretty easy thing to check though. Just get another person in a zoom meeting and a test live-stream. Then add both of you to a spotlight, and see what shows up on youtube

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Thanks so much Avinash! And great question! I hadn't really thought about that before. I think, but I'm not 100% sure on this, that KZfaq only separates the Live from Uploads in your KZfaq "studio". I think that your public facing page combines them so that your audience doesn't have to look in two different places. Try going to your channel from a browser that you're not signed into, and see how things look.

Thanks so much!

Yes, you can definitely share your screen!

Around 3:22 in the video, it shows you how to check your zoom settings to make sure that you're all set up to live stream to a custom live streaming service (even if it's KZfaq). Did you check that and are you still getting the problem?

It sounds like you're all set, but Zoom and KZfaq aren't actually connected yet. Once the meeting starts, you'll have to click "go live on custom streaming service" on Zoom. That should launch a screen on your browser that asks for info from KZfaq. That info will be available in the stream settings on the KZfaq page. Copy and past those in. That officially connects the two. After about 20 seconds your zoom meeting should appear in on the KZfaq settings page, and the "go live" on KZfaq button should activate. Anyway, that's my best guess about what you're dealing with. Good luck!

Oohhh. Great question. Short answer - no. You need to do from a desktop. Longer answer - there may be pieces of this process that you could do from a mobile device, but not the whole thing.

@@spahowhow thanks.

I don’t know if this might be of interest to you, but I just bought a new Panasonic Lumix GH 5II which has built-in tetherless live streaming capability. And their LUMIX Sync app has KZfaq, Facebook, RTMP connection. Having a devil of a time though trying to get it to work. I’ll keep hacking away at it.

I think I understand your issue. First of all, even though the Zoom meeting is recurring, you will need a new KZfaq stream page for each new occurrence. Then when you launch the live stream for zoom you're going to get an error. The error page has a link that lets you re-enter the streaming info. Click that link. BUT before you re-enter the streaming error, go back to your KZfaq stream page and RESET the stream key. Now that you have a new stream key, enter the info in again and it should work. Fingers crossed, good luck!

Hey, great question! You can only connect one stream to one meeting at a time. If you do breakout rooms, I don't think there's anyway to stream them simultaneously. The feed to KZfaq will probably just follow the host's screen. So wherever the host goes, that's what will stream to KZfaq. If you find different information on this, let me know!

Once you're done scheduling the event on KZfaq, make sure the video is "unlisted", then get the public link. This is the link you will you provide to Eventbrite. So that when someone buys a ticket, they are given the KZfaq link. When advertising the show, you will be providing the Eventbrite link, so that people have to buy a ticket, to get access to the KZfaq presentation of the Zoom show. Don't share the Zoom link with anyone who isn't a part of the presentation. So the path looks like this. Zoom connects to KZfaq -> KZfaq link connects to Eventbrite -> Eventbrite link is shared publicly.

@@theaterengine9457 Awesome! Makes perfect sense! Thanks. This way I can collect emails from Eventbrite 👍

Yes you can! The option to stream will only show up on one of your zoom accounts. I think it shows up on the primary zoom account holder's dashboard. Besides that, you can continue using Zoom as normal.

@@theaterengine9457 awesome and thank you for this very useful content! It’ll be my 1st live on KZfaq. 🤞🏽

Great question! When you click "Live on KZfaq" from the Zoom meeting, it automatically generates a new video URL on KZfaq intended for you to begin streaming immediately. This doesn't allow you to create a KZfaq link that you can share with your audience in advance. By using the "Schedule Live Stream" function on KZfaq, you can promote the live stream with the URL you get. However, from Zoom, if you then click the "live on youtube" button instead of the "live on custom live stream" it will ignore the page you created and create a new one. Using the "live on custom live stream" is the only way to sync your meeting up with the Live Stream URL that you created in advance. Hope that answers your question!

Great question! I wouldn’t recommend it. I haven’t tried that exact scenario, but sometimes the zoom meeting and the KZfaq stream key can get confused and you could end up troubleshooting right when you don’t want to be. I would just start the meeting well in advance, and hook up the stream, then “go live” when it’s ready to start.

@@spahowhow thank you for your reply.

When you set up the KZfaq page for the live stream you'll have the option to make it public (everyone can see), unlisted (only people with the link can see), or private (only you can see).

@@theaterengine9457 Wow, thank you kindly for your answer and quick response!

Hey there, I think I know what's happening. From Zoom, you have four choices to go live - 1) Live on Facebook, 2) Live on Workplace Facebook 3) Live on KZfaq, 4) Live on Custom Live Streaming Service. You need to choose NUMBER 4 - LIVE ON CUSTOM LIVE STREAMING SERVICE. If you choose number 3, you'll go live immediately. To schedule in advance, and control going live from the studio, you need to choose NUMBER 4. More info about that at 3:41 in the video - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbp6bJZ2v8rReZs.html

Right. When you link zoom to youtube, it sends you to the public viewing page. You'll want to mute that page to avoid feedback.

I just found this article - I think this has the info you want - support.google.com/youtube/answer/7444635?hl=en

@@theaterengine9457 Thank you so much for your reply and help 😁😁

Hey there! That's the great thing about live streaming to KZfaq. Now it's on KZfaq! You don't have to do anything. When you're finished, it will live on your channel along with all of your other videos.

@@theaterengine9457 Great. Thank you for the quick reply.

Hi! Great question. By "performers" I mean the people who will be a part of the zoom meeting. The people who you want to see on the screen. You'll send them the link to the zoom meeting. Your "audience", the people who will be watching, but not be on screen, will get the KZfaq link.

When you schedule on KZfaq in advance, you're not actually connected to the Zoom meeting yet. You don't connect the zoom meeting to the scheduled KZfaq live stream page, until you're actually ready to stream.

Great question! I think she should be able to access it as host (not co-host), but I'm not 100% sure if she doesn't need to be signed in as the account holder who's hosting the meeting. You can do a quick check by setting up a meeting, making her host, and see if she has the option to live stream. If she does, you're good to go. QUICK NOTE: If you have any trouble establishing the connection to KZfaq. It's most likely the "stream key". Go into the KZfaq settings find the link that says "stream key" and hit the big button that says "reset stream key". This should fix any connection issues. Good luck!

@@theaterengine9457 Thank you. I'll try that. :-)

If you go into the scheduled event on KZfaq, try resetting the stream key. And then when you go live from Zoom, make sure you're selecting "go live on custom streaming" and not KZfaq. Zoom tries to reuse settings when it can, and when it does, it launches a new KZfaq video. If you reset the stream key, and make sure to select, "custom streaming service" it will force you to re-enter the streaming information. This should allow you to enter the scheduled event info and connect you. Good luck!

This was so helpful! If I just go live from zoom to KZfaq. Where do i send people to view the performance - just the live tab on my channel?

Yes, I do have an update! If you try to go live and you get the error screen that says, " Unable to live stream to the custom service. Update the Streaming URL and Streaming Key on the configuration page, then try again." You need to go into the settings page on KZfaq for the scheduled Live Stream and RESET the STREAM KEY. Once the stream key is reset go back to the error page and hit the link that says, "Update the Streaming URL and Streaming Key". You should get the choices to enter the links again. Try again, and this time it should work.

@@theaterengine9457 I really apprecate your reply. 🙏 I am goiong live with a Chair Yoga class. In your video it looks like when you went live you lost the zoom screen dispay. Is that true? If so maybe it is better to use the KZfaq option in zoom rather thatn the live stream so I can make a smoother transisition from my students that are on zoom the Live KZfaq. Although I do not plan on interacting with anyone until after the class.

@@patriciabeckeryoga Hi Patricia, it probably just appeared that way in the video. You will not lose access to your Zoom display. I recommend doing a trial run - you can schedule a live stream, and make it private, so you can hook it all up just to see if it works.

@@theaterengine9457 Excellent ... to do a test in private setting. I did 2 tests in public setting. 😨 Thank you sharing your knowledge. Have a beautiful day 🌍🤩

Yes, the "share screen" function does work! And I believe you'll still be able to see the active speaker as a smaller window off to the side of the shared screen. Although you may not be able to see anyone else who has their camera on.

I'm not 100% on this question because it depends on how you're screen sharing but I would recommend you use a second monitor even if you don't strictly need to - it will make your life a lot easier.

@@theaterengine9457 Thanks, I can just use my Mac as a second screen. I will practice with that set-up. Originally, I was thinking I was going to have to use OBS, but with Zoom now integrating with KZfaq, it will be smoother I think.

You have to be the HOST to initiate the live-stream.

Great question! I had to look around for this a bit. It's not totally clear. It's either the time zone associated with the account, or the time zone associated with the person setting up the page. In either case, it doesn't look like it can be changed. If it's associated with the account - then theoretically you could schedule a live stream even if you weren't in the time zone that you were going to be streaming in. If it reflects the time-zone of the person setting up the page, then I imagine you'd want to be in the same time zone you hope to be streaming in when you schedule it. If you find a better answer, let me know!

Your guests will join the the Zoom meeting the same way they would if you weren't streaming. Just make sure you're sending them the zoom link and not the KZfaq link. People watching on KZfaq cannot participate in the Zoom. They can only watch on KZfaq and comment KZfaq.

@@theaterengine9457 thank you

Thanks for asking! Are you looking on KZfaq? And are you on a desktop or a mobile device or tablet? From KZfaq on your desktop computer, click on the little camera icon with the + symbol in it, then click "go live". If you haven't activated live streaming you'll need to wait 24 hours, but if live-streaming is active you'll see a bright blue button in the top right that says "schedule live-stream". If you're on a mobile device or a tablet, KZfaq treats live-streaming a bit differently and you may not have the option to schedule a live stream in advance. Although I'm not 100% sure... I'll have to check!

You don't need subscribers to go live from Zoom. Just make sure you activate "going live" from KZfaq 24 hours before you need to go live. You'll only need to do that once. As far as I know, you only need subscribers if you're going live directly to KZfaq from a mobile device. As long as you're going live from a 3rd party app, like Zoom or OBS or something you don't.

I'm not sure what you mean by "same youtube live"?

@@theaterengine9457 Does this not work for basic? I'm not seeing these settings.

@@ThinkerHaistTV When you say "basic" do you mean the free account that only gives you 45 mins? I don't know for sure, but I assume that live streaming is not an option for the free account.

Super interesting question. I suppose you can live stream the "walk through" on KZfaq, but have the KZfaq page set to "private" or "unlisted" so that you're not broadcasting it until you've had a chance to review. Although in that case you could also just record the zoom walk through and upload it to KZfaq later. That would allow for some editing.

@@theaterengine9457 Yep most likely have to do the latter... thanks for the reply

Hi, I don't know if you already solved this - but I think I've seen what you're talking about. Zoom will try to connect using the same stream key as before and then you'll get an error screen. On that screen is a really small link that basically allows you to try again. Then it'll reset to the screen where it asks you for the "stream key", "stream URL", and "public URL". BEFORE YOU ENTER THAT INFORMATION AGAIN - go to KZfaq and RESET THE STREAM KEY. After it's reset, try again, and it should work. Good luck!

@@theaterengine9457 I was able to fix it by entering the stream key and all info in the special instructions box in Zoom settings and it worked!

I am having same issue please help me out

Not able to see that small link in error page

@@avanishgarkoti3197 enter the stream key and address in the zoom custom setting

You should never have to use a Zoom link at all when setting up the live stream to KZfaq. You have to click go "live" from the Zoom meeting once it's already started. This fires a browser window that will ask you for the KZfaq links in order to sync with the KZfaq page you've previously set up. If your meeting participants are registering in order to gain access to the zoom meeting, who's watching on KZfaq? Are you certain you need to live stream to KZfaq? Or are you needing them to register, in order to send them the KZfaq link?

@@theaterengine9457 I would like participants to register for the Zoom meeting that will be streamed on KZfaq. Does this affect the KZfaq URL I send out publicly in advance of them registering, since some of those who register may just wish to view the meeting on KZfaq? Hope that makes sense! Thanks.

@@jns8393 No, it won't impact the URL. Worst thing could happen is that people are confused as to where you want them to go. But as long as you're clear, that one link is to participate in the meeting and the other is to watch on KZfaq, you're good to go!

@@theaterengine9457 Thanks for replying!