Top 4 Tools for Live Streaming | EP 140

Top 4 Tools for Live Streaming

1. Wirecast 02:10
   • This tool was around long before Facebook and YouTube starting doing live streaming.
   • The plus side with this tool is that you can multicast to Facebook and YouTube at the same time.
   • The down side is that this tool is very complicated to use. In Tim’s words, “you’ve got to be a rocket engineer to set this Wirecast up”.
2. Zoom.us 03:50
   • This is a great live streaming tool that you can also use for online meetings with one person or multiple people.
   • It has the ability to multicast to Facebook and YouTube and is more user friendly than Wirecast.
3. Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) 04:55
   • This software is basically the free, open source version of Wirecast.
   • It’s a very powerful tool, considering that it is free.
   • The downside is that you can’t multicast to more than one channel at a time.
4. Native Platform Tools 05:45
   • You can always use the native live streaming tools on Facebook and YouTube.
   • It’s very easy to use this method, but you won’t get the extra features that the other options will give you, such as screen sharing.

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