How to conduct an online broadcast in the "Classmates" and OK Live

How to start

First you need to decide on the content that you want to broadcast in the social network. It can be a travel-streaming, life-streaming, DIY, cooking, fitness, game streaming, mobile karaoke and much more - what is interesting to you and that will return to the screen of your friends and subscribers.

Do not be afraid of shaking the camera failed angles and reservations. The audience understands that you live, and will not find fault with the picture. In this sense, it is a tape drive, even a little bit easier than being videoblogerom. But newcomers to better prepare the script.

How to prepare your account

If you build upon your account in the "Classmates", before creating streams analyze your profile and fill in the missing information about themselves. Constantly gaining audience Only active users of social networks, so you need to publish and other content - posts, photos, videos - and react to the content friends.

You can start your own group and maintain the stream in a personal account, and in the group. But users respond better to it on a personal content.

If you want to stream only from a smartphone, it is better to choose the application OK Live.

Interesting and, importantly, the regular broadcast will multiply the number of your subscribers. Ideally, you want to go on air in the same time the audience to adjust to your schedule.

If you want to stream on different topics, for example about their daily life and video games, in the "Video" on your page, you can create different channels. They are grouped into playlists. More channel will monetize your content. To do this, connect to the affiliate program, but later on this.

Stream from your computer

If you want to keep your coverage from your computer, now you can start the stream directly from your browser and conduct master classes, webinars and simply chat with subscribers of life. Ether will go directly from webcam or from an external digital camera connected to a laptop or PC.

To start broadcasting, and settings need to go to the section «Video» → «Ether» → «Webcam" or click "Broadcast" in the form of posting.

Choose a name and description for Stream, download cover art for a video, and you can start broadcast! The only thing we recommend pre-set Adobe Flash Player and enable the use of Flash.

But for streaming games you need to create a translation through another section: "Video» → «Ether» → «application». And require additional software that captures an image from the screen. Game streamers often use Open Broadcaster Software, TV people prefer WirecastYou can still see Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder.

Through the OBS to cast too easy. The main thing - to copy the YouTube URL and Stream Key (broadcast key) in the section "Video" in the "Classmates" and paste it into the "Settings" the OBS. It is already possible to capture different images: the browser, any window, program, game and so on.

Monitor the progress of your translation in the section «Video» → «Live broadcasts". Recommended test run before an important broadcast stream, to choose the right camera angles and the desired settings.

Restro

You to stream to several platforms. To do this, use the services restrima example Restream.io. As it is available in different authorization strimingovyh sites, including in the "Classmates". However, here too, need additional software, such as you are already familiar OBS program.

OK Live

However, the easiest way to stream with the application for OK Live - Now there is created to 40,000 streams per day. Video feed from your smartphone launched just a couple of clicks. For it is only the mobile Internet needs, with broadcast quality will adapt to the network conditions. To become a tape drive, you do not even need to create an account in social networks: You can sign up for OK Live on his mobile phone.

To create a translation need to click on the camera icon on the toolbar. And the first thing that offers application - choose where to lead the stream. You can broadcast live in your profile and in their group account (for example, DIY-community, group fitness moms, brand community, and so on).

Then the screen displays the Stream setting. Stream can specify the name and the place where you conduct air. Ether gets on streams mapSo that it will be able to see people around the world. If you suddenly found themselves at the center of events and included a live broadcast, it is possible that it describes your video to all the world's TV channels.

However, not necessarily to conduct live for all its subscribers and for the whole world. OK Live application allows you to create private stream available to view team members, all friends or friends to choose from. For example, you can show family stunning views from vacation.

Stream can share in other social networks such as "VKontakte" or Facebook.

With OK Live, you can diversify your stream augmented reality - virtual filters and masks. New mask run to all major holidays: Cupids and hearts for Valentine's Day, to suit the Cosmonautics Day and so on.

There are various color filters. When the front face shooting can use special filter "Retouching", which will hide minor imperfections.

Just inside OK Live is a function of a mobile karaoke, where users can perform popular songs. Unlike other mobile karaoke service in OK Live tracks are available for free. In the long traffic jams, you can sing your favorite song and at the same time to communicate with subscribers.

monetization

If you are already a popular tape drive and want to earn money from playbacks of your videos, you have just two options.

Group owners with over 10,000 subscribers can independently connect to affiliate program in group settings. Then the ads will appear in the film of their group.

If subscribers on the channel less or do not have a group, then write to the post office [email protected] short story about yourself with the note "I am a blogger, I want to earn in the OK" (as my colleagues will immediately recognize, that you have read this stuff), and we will help you connect Donata - donations from spectators.