# Set up live streaming

Where to find the destinations, the internet networks and the button that starts the stream.

> NWK Live Production · https://nwkglobal.com/help/set-up-streaming/ · Setor 360 Tecnologia e Eventos Ltda (CNPJ 68.185.118/0001-75)

## Step by step

1. At the top of the window, click the gear ⚙ next to the LIVE button.
2. The “Live · settings” window opens with the list of destinations.
3. Click “+ New destination” to add YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch or your own server.
4. Check the internet networks under “Internet networks”.
5. When everything is ready, click “Start stream”.


## What this window has
- Destinations: one card for each platform, with the name, the quality and an on/off switch for each format (16:9 and, on Mac, 9:16).
- Internet networks: the computer's connections and which ones the stream can use.
- ✓ Check before going live: checks inputs, microphones, disk, internet and destinations before you start.
- At the bottom, the Start stream button (or End stream, if you are already on air).


## Setting up puts nothing on air
You can change anything you like in this window. The stream only starts when you press Start stream or the LIVE button.



## How much internet you need
Next to “Destinations” you see the total upload of the streams that are on, for example “~12.5 Mbps upload”. Your upload speed needs about 50 % headroom over that number.



## Video format
The resolution and frames per second follow the project (Settings › Project). The stream uses H.264 with AAC audio: RTMP for YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitch, and MPEG-TS for SRT destinations.


## Questions

### I pressed LIVE and the settings opened. Why?

This happens when no destination is on. Add a destination or turn on one you already have, then press LIVE again.