Blackmagic Design Web Presenter 4K - Manual (Page 20)

Setting up Open Broadcaster
Open Broadcaster is an open source application that works as a streaming platform between
your Web Presenter and your favorite streaming software like YouTube, Twitch, Facebook Live
and others. Broadcaster compresses your video to a bit rate that is easily managed by your
streaming app.
Below is a demonstration of how to set up Open Broadcaster to stream the webcam output
from your Web Presenter using YouTube Live as the streaming service.
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Launch Open Broadcaster and click on the
plus symbol in the ‘sources’ box. Select ‘Video Capture Device’.
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Name the new source and click ‘OK’. In the device menu, select your Web Presenter
model and click ‘OK’.
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Now go to your YouTube account. Click on the
‘go live’ button then click ‘stream’. In the YouTube ‘stream’ options, enter your
broadcast details and click ‘create stream’.
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