Connecting channels

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

Your TribeNest site is always a destination — fans can watch the broadcast on your own site whether or not you've connected any external channels.

Channels live under Stream then Channels.

Adding a channel

1. Open Stream then Channels.
2. Click New channel.
3. Choose the kind of channel you want to add — YouTube, Twitch, or Custom RTMP.

The first time you add a channel of any kind, TribeNest will tell you whether it was added successfully or if a matching channel already exists.

Connecting a YouTube channel

1. From the Add channel dialog, click the YouTube tile.
2. A new tab opens that 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 channels list.

You can connect multiple YouTube channels — the same flow works for each Google account you authorise.

Connecting a Twitch channel

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

Adding a custom RTMP destination

If you want to broadcast to a destination that isn't YouTube or Twitch — another live platform, your own server, a third-party service — use a custom RTMP channel. You provide the ingest URL.

1. From the Add channel dialog, click the Custom RTMP tile.
2. Enter:
   • Title — a name for this destination, just so you can recognise it later (e.g. "Backup mirror" or "Studio relay").
   • Ingest URL — the full RTMP URL provided by the destination platform. This usually includes the stream key as part of the URL.
3. Click Save channel.

Viewing your channels

The channels page shows every connected destination as a tile with its logo, type, and the title or account name. Use this to confirm a channel is active before going live.

Picking which channels to use for a broadcast

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

1. Open the studio for the template you're using.
2. In the studio header, click Channels. The number badge next to it shows how many are currently selected.
3. Tick the channels you want this broadcast sent to. Each connected channel appears as a tile.
4. For YouTube and Twitch, click the pencil icon on a selected tile to set the Title and Description that will be used on that platform for this specific broadcast — you can give the same broadcast different titles on different services.
5. Click Save.

You can change channel selection any time before you go live. Once you're live, the channel set for that broadcast is locked, but you can still edit the per-channel title and description.

Editing a channel's default title

YouTube and Twitch channels each carry a default title that gets used when you broadcast to them. To change the per-channel default:

1. Open the studio for any template that uses the channel.
2. Click Channels in the studio header.
3. On a selected channel tile, click the pencil icon.
4. Update the Title and the Description.
5. Save.

The change applies to the broadcast you're setting up. To set a longer-term default, edit the channel inside the Channels page itself.

Removing a channel

From the channels list, use the controls on a channel tile to disconnect or remove it. Disconnecting a YouTube or Twitch channel revokes TribeNest's access to broadcast on that account — sign in again to re-add it.

Removing a channel from a single broadcast (without disconnecting it from your account) is done from the studio: open the Channels picker and untick the channel before going live.

Where to go next

• With your channels connected, set up the stream template you'll broadcast through.
• Then walk through going live to push the broadcast everywhere at once.