YouTube

Configure the YouTube streaming platform in Streamer.bot

Stream Info

View & modify attributes of your live YouTube broadcast

Navigate to Platforms > YouTube > Stream Info
Title
Text required
Modify the title of your YouTube broadcast
Description
Text
Modify the description of your YouTube broadcast
Privacy
Select
Modify the public status of your YouTube broadcast

Accounts

Connect your YouTube account with Streamer.bot

Navigate to Platforms > YouTube > Accounts

YouTube Account Configuration

YouTube Account Configuration

If asked, you must click I Agree to continue to the YouTube configuration screen.

Broadcaster Account

The Broadcaster Account is your primary YouTube account where you host your stream. This connection is required for Streamer.bot to monitor your chat and receive YouTube events.

  1. Click Sign in with Google to launch the Google OAuth screen
  2. Review all permissions granted to Streamer.bot and allow access
  3. Enable Auto Connect to automatically connect to your YouTube account when Streamer.bot starts up
The username field is read-only. Your authenticated username will display here once you have signed in.
If you stream from a brand account: the proper permissions will not be granted if you select the brand account on the first screen. You must first sign in to the primary YouTube account which has ownership of the brand account. You will then be able to select from owned brand accounts on the following screen.

Bot Account

The Bot Account is an optional second connection if you wish to send chat messages from another account.

  1. Click Sign in with Google to launch the Google OAuth screen
  2. Review all permissions granted to Streamer.bot and allow access
  3. Enable Auto Connect to automatically connect to your YouTube account when Streamer.bot starts up

Settings

Navigate to Platforms > YouTube > Settings
First Words Reset Cache
Number
Resets first words detection after the entered number of hours
  • You can also click Reset to immediately clear the first words cache
Present Viewers
Slider
Modify the interval, in minutes, at which YouTube present viewers are updated