Connecting channels

A channel is an external destination you want your live stream to land on: your YouTube channel, your Twitch account, or somewhere else entirely. Connect them once, then pick which ones to use for each broadcast.

Your own TribeNest site is always a destination. Fans can watch the broadcast there whether or not you've connected anything external.

Channels live under Live Stream then Channels.

Adding a channel

1. Open Live Stream then Channels.
2. Click New Channel.
3. In Add New Channel, pick the kind you want: YouTube, Twitch, or Custom RTMP.

TribeNest tells you whether the channel was added, or that a matching one already exists.

Connecting a YouTube channel

1. In the Add New Channel dialog, click the YouTube tile.
2. A new tab opens and walks you through signing in to your Google account and granting TribeNest permission to broadcast on your behalf.
3. Once you approve, the tab closes itself and the channel appears in your list.

You can connect several YouTube channels. The same flow runs for each Google account you authorise.

Connecting a Twitch channel

1. In the Add New Channel dialog, click the Twitch tile.
2. A new tab opens for the Twitch sign-in. Approve TribeNest to stream on that channel's behalf.
3. The tab closes and the channel shows up in your list.

Adding a custom destination

If you want to broadcast somewhere that isn't YouTube or Twitch, use a Custom RTMP channel. You supply the address the destination gives you.

1. In the Add New Channel dialog, click the Custom RTMP tile.
2. Fill in:
   • Title: a name so you can recognise it later, such as "Backup mirror" or "Studio relay".
   • Ingest URL: the full address the destination platform gave you. It usually has the stream key built into it.
3. Click Save Channel.

Viewing your channels

The Stream Channels page shows every connected destination as a card with its logo and title. Use it to confirm a channel is there before you go live.

Picking channels for a broadcast

Connecting a channel does not automatically send every stream to it. You pick the channels for each broadcast from inside the studio.

1. Open the studio for the setup you're using.
2. Click Channels in the studio header. The small number on the button is how many are currently selected.
3. Click the channels you want this broadcast sent to. Each connected one shows as a tile.
4. For YouTube and Twitch, click Edit Info on a selected tile to set the Stream Title and Stream Description used on that platform for this broadcast. The same show can carry different titles in different places.
5. Click Save.

You can change the selection any time before you go live. Once you're live the set is fixed, but you can still edit each destination's title and description.

Per-channel titles and descriptions

YouTube and Twitch channels each carry a title used when you broadcast to them. To change it for a particular show:

1. Open the studio and click Channels.
2. On a selected channel tile, click Edit Info.
3. Update the Stream Title and Stream Description.
4. Click Save.

Twitch titles are capped at 140 characters, and the dialog tells you so. Custom destinations don't support a per-channel title and description, and the dialog says that too.

Where to go next

• With your channels connected, build the stream setup you'll broadcast through.
• Then walk through going live to push the show everywhere at once.