StreamLive ProGoing live on each network: what it needs
YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and Kick connect with a sign-in. Instagram, TikTok, X and LinkedIn live take a stream key from the network. What each one asks of you.
Every network has its own rules for live video. Some let us start the broadcast for you after one sign-in; others only hand out a stream key, which you copy from the network and paste here. This page says which is which.
Connected once, live every time
These connect under Connections → Add a connection with the network's own sign-in screen. After that, every broadcast can go to them without any further step.
| Network | What it needs |
|---|---|
| YouTube | Live streaming enabled on the channel. The first time, YouTube can take up to 24 hours to enable it. With Brand Channels, choose the channel after connecting. |
| A Facebook Page you manage. Tick the Page on Facebook's approval screen. Groups and personal profiles are not live destinations. | |
| Twitch | Nothing beyond the sign-in; we fetch the stream key from Twitch ourselves. |
| Kick | The sign-in. |
Networks that give a stream key
For these the network does not let any outside service start a live for you. You open the network, it shows a server URL and a stream key, and you paste both into the network's block on Connections. The block checks the key as you paste it and has a Test connection button that tries the address without going live.
| Network | Where the key comes from | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| instagram.com on a computer, when you start a live there | The key works for one session. Paste a fresh one before each live. | |
| TikTok LIVE | Your TikTok account, if TikTok has given it live access with a stream key | Not every account gets a key. The key changes between sessions. |
| X | X's live producer tools | Changes between sessions. |
| LinkedIn Live, once LinkedIn has approved live for your profile or page | Needs LinkedIn's approval first. | |
| Rumble and any other service | The service's RTMP settings | Saved once, used every time. |
When a key is old, the studio says so before you go live and asks for a fresh one, so a broadcast does not start toward a dead key.
How many at once
Your plan sets how many networks one broadcast can reach at the same time: 3 on Creator, 6 on Pro, 20 on Studio, and 2 during the trial. You can connect more accounts than that and choose per broadcast.
Posting is a separate thing
Most of these networks also take finished videos and posts (Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, Threads and others). That is the Publish Everywhere screen, and it works with the account connection, not with stream keys.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I have to paste a key for Instagram every time?
Instagram creates a new stream key for every live session started from a computer and does not let outside services start a live. The key from the previous session no longer works.
Can I go live to a Facebook Group?
No. Facebook allows live from outside services only to Pages, so Groups are not a destination.
My TikTok has no stream key. What now?
TikTok decides which accounts get a key for streaming from software. Without it, TikTok live is possible only from the TikTok app itself. Posting finished videos to TikTok works either way.
Keep reading
How to go live on Instagram and TikTok LIVE from StreamLive Pro with a stream key: who can, where the key is, why it changes every live, and what the "New key needed" and "Key ready" badges mean.
RTMP and stream keys: where to find them, what breaksRTMP, RTMPS, SRT, WHIP and RTSP in plain words, where the stream key is on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and Kick, how to reset it, and the usual errors.
How to live stream to several platforms at onceA complete guide to sending one broadcast to YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and more — from the first connection to going on air.
Your first live broadcast, step by stepFrom sign-up to live on YouTube or Facebook: five steps in the browser, nothing to install, and the one wait you should know about.
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